Simant Verma

https://www.goodreads.com/allthatissim

Simant’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (122)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (480)
on-pause‎ (11)
dnf‎ (1)
age-adult‎ (111)
category-fiction‎ (101)
age-young-adult‎ (94)
rep-asian‎ (55)
favorites‎ (46)
rep-mental-health‎ (42)
g-fantasy-or-science-fiction‎ (41)

form-graphic-novels-manga-comics‎ (40)
rep-desi‎ (40)
g-contemporary-fiction‎ (37)
form-poetry-or-verse‎ (35)
g-romance‎ (35)
on-my-shelf‎ (27)
category-nonfiction‎ (25)
age-childrens‎ (22)
tag-arcs-review-copy‎ (19)
rep-disability‎ (15)
under-series‎ (15)
form-short-stories-or-anthology‎ (12)

rep-poc‎ (12)
under-standalone-in-series‎ (11)
form-novella-or-short-story‎ (10)
tag-book-to-movie-or-tv‎ (10)
g-magical-realism‎ (9)
g-memoirs-biographies‎ (9)
tag-translated‎ (7)
rep-lgbtq‎ (6)
form-picture-or-illustrated-book‎ (4)
g-mystery-suspense-thrillers‎ (4)
on-my-kindle‎ (4)
age-new-adult‎ (3)

g-business-or-self-help‎ (3)
g-classics‎ (3)
g-literary-fiction‎ (3)
japanese-lit‎ (3)
rep-fat‎ (3)
rep-jewish‎ (3)
rep-latinx‎ (3)
g-historical-fiction‎ (2)
g-mythology-retellings‎ (2)
tag-books-about-books‎ (2)
trope-friends-to-lovers‎ (2)
trope-second-chance-romance‎ (2)

Stats | More…

Simant’s Notes & Highlights

Zikora by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

20 highlights

I had prepared for pain but this was not mere pain. It was something like pain and different from pain. It sat like fire in my back, spreading to my thighs, squeezing and crushing my insides, pulling downward, spiraling.

See Simant Verma’s 6 books with notes and highlights…

Simant’s Quotes

“It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: albus-dumbledore, courage, friends

32109 likes

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: dreams, life

48257 likes

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”
― Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

tags: better-life-empathy

18377 likes

“There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.”
― J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: awesome, friendship, inspirational

3371 likes

“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

tags: truth

16389 likes

More of Simant’s quotes…

recent posts
Simant’s Groups

Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge — 42851 members — last activity 31 minutes ago
This group is for people participating in the Popsugar reading challenge for 2025 or 2026 (or any other year). The Popsugar website posted a reading c ...more

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge — 26833 members — last activity 4 hours, 30 min ago
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more

The Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge — 9760 members — last activity Jan 03, 2026 10:55AM
Welcome to the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge, the cozy corner for all Gilmore Girls fans and book lovers ready to dive into Rory’s famously eclectic ...more

Project Backlist Reading Challenge: Tackling the Owned TBR in 2023 — 77 members — last activity Mar 18, 2023 08:09PM
The goal of Project Backlist is easy: read your owned TBR. Where this challenge differs from others is you decide the details of your challenge. This ...more