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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

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I love reading true crime, but I’ve always been aware of the fact that, as a reader, I am actively choosing to be a consumer of someone else’s tragedy. So like any responsible consumer, I try to be careful in the choices I make. I read only ...more

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Monica’s Quotes

“No matter how much you love someone—the capacity of that love is meaningless if it outweighs your capacity to forgive.”
― Colleen Hoover, All Your Perfects

tags: forgiveness, love

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“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
― Edgar Allan Poe, Eleonora

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“What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become.”
― Joseph Chilton Pearce, Teaching Children to Love: 80 Games & Fun Activities for Raising Balanced Children in Unbalanced Times

tags: gifts-of-imperfect-parenting, parenting, parenting-advice, parenting-tip

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“I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

tags: inspiration

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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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Literally Dead Book Club — 16508 members — last activity Oct 28, 2025 02:19PM
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

Llama Library — 549 members — last activity Dec 30, 2019 12:40AM
This is the Goodreads group for members of the Facebook Group Llama Library.

Buzzwordathon — 6254 members — last activity Dec 31, 2025 05:52PM
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