Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
“Books are the mile markers of my life. Some people have family photos or home movies to record their past. I’ve got books. Characters. For as long as I can remember, books have been my safe place.”
― The Great Alone
― The Great Alone
“Do whatever brings you to life, then. Follow your own fascinations, obsessions, and compulsions. Trust them. Create whatever causes a revolution in your heart.”
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
― Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear
“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.”
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
― Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
“Sometimes I like books more than people.”
― The Paris Library
― The Paris Library
“What she needs are stories.
Stories are a way to preserve one's self. To be remembered. And to forget.
Stories come in so many forms: in charcoal, and in song, in paintings, poems, films. And books.
Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives—or to find strength in a very long one.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Stories are a way to preserve one's self. To be remembered. And to forget.
Stories come in so many forms: in charcoal, and in song, in paintings, poems, films. And books.
Books, she has found, are a way to live a thousand lives—or to find strength in a very long one.”
― The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Pardon my Books
— 662 members
— last activity Oct 22, 2026 10:38PM
“Let’s be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading” ― Lena Dunham Welcome to Pardon my Books, a book club ...more
Janine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Janine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,253 books
|
97 friends
949 books
|
109 friends
4,109 books
|
4,997 friends
2,610 books
|
1,800 friends
3,108 books
|
2,204 friends
1,429 books
|
115 friends
2,825 books
|
118 friends
4,070 books
|
4,314 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Janine
Lists liked by Janine