Jessie B

https://dwellinpossibilityblog.wordpress.com

Jessie’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (3694)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1400)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
fiction‎ (517)
books-i-own-read‎ (402)
historicalfiction‎ (316)
borrowed-from-library‎ (290)
literary-fiction‎ (212)
set-in-england‎ (195)
non-fiction‎ (194)
contemporary‎ (193)

kindle-books-i-own‎ (186)
books-i-own-tbr‎ (160)
modernclassics‎ (147)
mystery-thriller-suspense‎ (138)
classics‎ (119)
in-translation‎ (86)
translated‎ (83)
20th-century‎ (80)
1930s‎ (76)
london‎ (72)
wit‎ (72)
wwii‎ (68)

romance‎ (67)
winter‎ (63)
novella‎ (62)
victorian‎ (62)
read-on-oyster‎ (59)
gothic‎ (53)
art-arthistory‎ (50)
nineteenth-century‎ (49)
feminism‎ (46)
regency‎ (46)
1920s‎ (44)
janeite‎ (42)

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coming-of-age‎ (38)
history‎ (35)
nyc‎ (35)
memoir‎ (34)
summer‎ (33)
holiday‎ (32)
autobiography‎ (30)
persephonebooks‎ (29)
favorites‎ (28)
dual-timeline‎ (27)

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Jessie’s Quotes

“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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“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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“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Work: A Story of Experience

tags: books

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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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“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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Persephone Books — 1442 members — last activity Oct 02, 2026 09:57AM
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 — 239 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 — 9745 members — last activity Aug 06, 2026 08:07PM
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 — 2969 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 — 4464 members — last activity 15 hours, 29 min ago
Our next readathon will be October 17-18, 2026. We'll start reading at 8am Eastern Time on Saturday October 17th, and end Sunday October 18th at 8am E ...more

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