Sarah

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Sarah’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (5650)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1520)
did-not-finish‎ (9)
picture-books‎ (858)
nonfiction-books-to-inspire‎ (225)
kid-books‎ (595)
audiobooks‎ (281)
2021‎ (266)
graphic-novel‎ (240)
ya‎ (234)
mystery‎ (224)

short-stories‎ (216)
trashy-love‎ (213)
translation‎ (211)
fantasy‎ (186)
small-press‎ (173)
poetry‎ (172)
classics‎ (170)
to-read-to-norah‎ (160)
animals‎ (159)
myth-fairytale‎ (144)
funny‎ (141)
black-authors‎ (125)

essays‎ (102)
favorite-characters‎ (95)
2022‎ (94)
environment‎ (89)
scary‎ (85)
kids-comics‎ (84)
scify‎ (84)
romance‎ (76)
this-is-how-it-ends‎ (75)
philosophy‎ (67)
2014-reading-to-breathe‎ (65)
addiction-mental-illness‎ (65)

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ancient-classic-retellings‎ (61)
kids-contemporary‎ (61)
biography‎ (55)
cook-it‎ (54)
japan‎ (52)
war‎ (49)
writing‎ (42)
sad‎ (40)
books-about-books‎ (39)
indigenous-authors‎ (38)

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Sarah’s Quotes

“Time and the universe lie around in our minds. We are sleeping histories of the world.”
― Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

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“He should have burped,” Charlie said. “Of course he should have burped,” said Mr. Wonka. “I stood there shouting, ‘Burp, you silly ass, burp, or you’ll never come down again! But he didn’t or couldn’t or wouldn’t, I don’t know which. Maybe he was too polite. He must be on the moon by now.” On the next door, it said, SQUARE CANDIES THAT LOOK ROUND.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

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“There isn’t one kind of happiness, there’s all kinds. Decision is torment for anyone with imagination. When you decide, you multiply the things you might have done and now never can.”
― Penelope Fitzgerald, Offshore

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“We stand now where two roads diverge. But unlike the roads in Robert Frost's familiar poem, they are not equally fair. The road we have long been traveling is deceptively easy, a smooth superhighway on which we progress with great speed, but at its end lies disaster. The other fork of the road — the one less traveled by — offers our last, our only chance to reach a destination that assures the preservation of the earth.”
― Rachel Carson, Silent Spring

tags: civilization, earth, environment, frost, nature, poem, poetry, preservation, robert-frost, survival

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“On the average, only those prisoners could keep alive who, after years of trekking from camp to camp, had lost all scruples in their fight for existence; they were prepared to use every means, honest and otherwise, even brutal force, theft, and betrayal of their friends, in order to save themselves. We who have come back, by the aid of many lucky chances or miracles - whatever one may choose to call them - we know: the best of us did not return.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

tags: holocaust, honor, morality, sacrifice, survival, war

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readers advisory for all — 5725 members — last activity Mar 10, 2026 04:29AM
life's too short to read crappy books. this is why readers' advisory exists. feel free to join if you are looking for "a book like____" or "a book tha ...more

Vaginal Fantasy Book Club — 16204 members — last activity May 20, 2026 05:43AM
Forum for the Vaginal Fantasy Book Club hosted by Felicia Day, Veronica Belmont, Kiala Kazebee and Bonnie Burton. From January 2012 to April 2018, the ...more

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge — 26945 members — last activity 4 hours, 36 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

Retro Rereads — 155 members — last activity Oct 15, 2017 11:55AM
Retro Rereads is a 2017 Reading Challenge to go back to your favorite books from different points of your life and re-read them to see if they're stil ...more

The Feminist Orchestra Bookclub — 4577 members — last activity Mar 11, 2026 05:04AM
Discover and recommend more feminist reads here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/96419.The_Feminist_Orchestra_Potential_Reading_List We're also o ...more

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