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Holly

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Holly’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (1002)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1421)
did-not-finish‎ (1)
manga‎ (679)
covers-saved-for-later‎ (323)
saved-for-later‎ (37)
picture-books‎ (15)
favorites‎ (51)
childrens‎ (417)
young-adult‎ (319)
childrens-fantasy‎ (175)

mystery-suspense‎ (161)
ghosts‎ (156)
classics‎ (143)
childrens-classics‎ (130)
childrens-historical-fiction‎ (127)
ya-mystery-suspense‎ (118)
gothic‎ (113)
historical-paranormal‎ (110)
19th-century‎ (99)
neo-victorian‎ (99)
historical-fiction‎ (97)
ya-historical-fiction‎ (95)

childrens-mystery-suspense‎ (89)
nonfiction‎ (89)
horror‎ (84)
short-stories‎ (75)
ya-fantasy‎ (75)
fairy-tales‎ (74)
childrens-horror‎ (68)
ya-paranormal‎ (65)
literary-fiction‎ (48)
ya-horror‎ (42)
ya-contemporary‎ (40)
spiritualism-occultism‎ (37)

true-crime‎ (37)
timeslip‎ (34)
romance‎ (28)
plays‎ (25)
fantasy‎ (22)
girls-classics‎ (22)
science-fiction‎ (19)
ya-retro‎ (17)
memoir‎ (11)
pre-1800s‎ (9)
graphic-novels‎ (7)
education‎ (5)

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Holly’s Quotes

“He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination.”
― Andrew Lang

231 likes

“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

tags: alice-in-wonderland, breakfast, carroll

5429 likes

“I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir,' said Alice, 'Because I'm not myself you see.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

788 likes

“It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”
― Mark Twain

tags: humorous

673 likes

“It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.”
― Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit

tags: deceit, honesty, hypocrisy, morality, shock, top-8

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Personalized Recommendations — 3 members — last activity May 26, 2016 02:16PM
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Listopia — 57 members — last activity May 11, 2026 08:39AM
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Goodreads Librarians Group — 324853 members — last activity 2 minutes ago
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Listomania — 447 members — last activity Jan 06, 2022 04:03PM
I have not yet found anywhere on GoodReads for people to post their booklists! (Listopia doesn't count as they are not personal lists, but community o ...more

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