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Emma M.
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I’m talking about anything and everything—work, family, Top Chef—without a filter. It’s so natural and I feel so … light. It’s as if I was totally unaware I’d been lugging around this burden until it was lifted. The weight, I guess, was the
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“Teachers deserve a safe working environment in which violence is not tolerated from students, parents, or staff, and educators can report it and other transgressions without fear of retaliation.”
― The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
― The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
“And now I was looking for ways to keep the rest of the day simple, absent of striving and shoulds. This new mindset allowed me to make decisions based not on what was best, but what was good enough.”
― Everyone But Myself: A Memoir
― Everyone But Myself: A Memoir
“I like to say I’m a believer, not a knower. If you start to believe you know, be wary. I think of life as a state of constant learning.”
― A Nearly Normal Family
― A Nearly Normal Family
“In every office I’ve worked, word of complimentary cake races through the ranks of the cubicle class like it’s a rumor about the Wells Fargo wagon showing up in River City, Iowa. Free break room cake is a blessing, a gift from some benevolent force that asks nothing of you in return. Free break room cake offers you an opportunity to share a portion of some other person’s joy, both literally and figuratively. In a space built on capitalist power structures, free break room cake reminds you that you don’t need to produce anything to be deserving of a little sweetness.”
― Congratulations, The Best Is Over!: Essays
― Congratulations, The Best Is Over!: Essays
“Teachers deserve a well-defined, realistic job description and enough protected school day planning time to fulfill that job within their paid contracted hours.”
― The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
― The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
Book Challenge by Erin
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A book challenge held twice a year among book lovers. Most of the activity occurs on a facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/groups/BookChallengeB ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
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Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
Beyond Words: A Bloggers' Book Club
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— last activity Aug 28, 2017 12:43PM
A book club for people who love to read anything and everything! We made this book club to connect with people from all over the world and read great ...more
NetGalley Addicts Support Group
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Warning: If you're not already a NetGalley addict, joining this group will likely turn you into one. Proceed with caution! Do you ever catch yourself ...more
Kick Up Your Heels
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— last activity Apr 17, 2026 03:56AM
As the name of the group suggests, relax and do something that you enjoy! This group is for ladies who love to read and discuss books. We are an easy ...more
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