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Barbara is Currently Reading

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The Knave and the Moon (The Stonewater Kingdom, #2)

by Rachel Gillig (Goodreads Author)

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Barbara’s Quotes

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, attributed-no-source, be-yourself, conformity, individuality

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“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, enemies, forgiveness, strategy

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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2026 Reading Challenge

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Barbara has read 26 books of her goal of 25!

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Barbara’s Year In Books

Barbara’s 2025 Year in Books

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537 books | 19 friends

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Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Romance, Science fiction, and Young-adult

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