Jessie B

https://dwellinpossibilityblog.wordpress.com

Jessie’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (3681)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1369)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
fiction‎ (489)
books-i-own-read‎ (386)
historicalfiction‎ (312)
borrowed-from-library‎ (282)
literary-fiction‎ (203)
non-fiction‎ (191)
set-in-england‎ (186)
contemporary‎ (185)

kindle-books-i-own‎ (185)
books-i-own-tbr‎ (161)
modernclassics‎ (140)
mystery-thriller-suspense‎ (136)
classics‎ (111)
in-translation‎ (77)
1930s‎ (74)
translated‎ (74)
london‎ (69)
romance‎ (65)
wit‎ (65)
wwii‎ (64)

winter‎ (63)
20th-century‎ (62)
victorian‎ (61)
novella‎ (59)
read-on-oyster‎ (59)
art-arthistory‎ (50)
gothic‎ (50)
nineteenth-century‎ (47)
feminism‎ (45)
regency‎ (45)
1920s‎ (42)
magical-realism-fantasy‎ (42)

janeite‎ (41)
lgbtq‎ (41)
nyc‎ (35)
history‎ (34)
coming-of-age‎ (32)
holiday‎ (32)
memoir‎ (32)
autobiography‎ (28)
persephonebooks‎ (28)
favorites‎ (27)
summer‎ (27)
dual-timeline‎ (26)

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Jessie’s Quotes

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: books, reading

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“I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart. I am, I am, I am.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

tags: breath, existence

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“The pleasure of all reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.”
― Katherine Mansfield

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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

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“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, ethics, justice, philosophy

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Persephone Books — 1429 members — last activity Apr 13, 2026 09:38AM
Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more

The Classics Club — 242 members — last activity Jul 02, 2023 12:46PM
This group is made up of members of the Classics Book Club. Members who happen to be part of Goodreads can meet here to share links, post reviews, etc ...more

Top 5 Wednesday — 9783 members — last activity 1 hour, 26 min ago
Welcome to the official group page of the T5W! This weekly book meme officiated in November 2013 and is still going strong! Join the group to become a ...more

Tome Topple Readathon — 2982 members — last activity Sep 10, 2023 03:39PM
The next round of the Tome Topple Readathon will take place from midnight in your time zone on February 7th to 11:59pm in your time zone on February 2 ...more

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon — 4441 members — last activity 9 minutes ago
Our next readathon will be April 18-19, 2026. We'll start reading at 8am Eastern Time April 18th, and end at 8am April 19th.. ...more

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