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Dana is Currently Reading

Dana is currently reading

Paladin's Grace (The Saint of Steel #1)

by T. Kingfisher

bookshelves: 2024-the-52-book-club-challenge, 2024-buzzwordathon, beautiful-covers, fantasy, currently-reading

Reading for the 2nd time

read in February 2024

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May 11, 2026 08:09PM

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Cloud Cuckoo Land

by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)

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May 11, 2026 08:06PM

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Good Material

by Dolly Alderton

bookshelves: 2025-52-book-club-challenge, currently-reading

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Apr 07, 2026 08:27PM

Dana’s Notes & Highlights

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Dana’s Quotes

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.”
― Mark Twain

tags: age

5506 likes

“He was telling an interesting anecdote full of exciting words like "encyclopedia" and "rhododendron".”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

tags: discourse, storytelling, variety, vocabulary, word-choice, writing

33 likes

“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”
― Dr. Seuss

tags: troubles

4688 likes

“We live as we dream--alone....”
― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

tags: dream, loneliness

2499 likes

“My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

tags: grammar, handwriting

423 likes

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Dana’s Groups

Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge — 43009 members — last activity 25 minutes ago
*** IMPORTANT NOTE: There is never any fee charged to participate in this challenge or in this group. If you received a note asking for money, that is ...more

Buzzwordathon — 6263 members — last activity 23 hours, 24 min ago
The Buzzword Readathon (#buzzwordathon) is a monthly readathon, running the first week of each month (1st through 7th). Each month will have a designa ...more

The 52 Book Club: 2026 Challenge — 27689 members — last activity 2 hours, 49 min ago
This group is for those participating in The 52 Book Club's annual challenges! With 52 unique prompts released each year, the goal is to diversify our ...more

Goodreads Librarians Group — 323763 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Literally Dead Book Club — 16521 members — last activity Feb 18, 2026 12:04PM
A mostly monthly book club (February-November) focused on thriller/mystery/horror hosted by BooksandLala and a rotating set of wonderful co-hosts! li ...more

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