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“I’m a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love – and it being more important and special than anything and everything else.”
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“Failure is not an end-it is the means to an end. Study your failures, for they are the scrambled secrets of success.”
― Wandering Star
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“All my life flashed before my eyes.… It was really boring.”
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“Wisdom lies not in facts themselves but in our understanding of them”
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“Sometimes the best way to love someone is to let them go”
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― Wandering Star
Our Shared Shelf
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OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more
Oprah's Book Club (Official)
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Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more
Black Coffee
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— last activity Apr 27, 2026 11:07PM
This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genres though we focus on historical fiction and cl ...more
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more
Book Girl Magic
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— last activity Jul 16, 2022 05:36AM
Book club for women that focuses on reading books by black women.
Melanie’s 2025 Year in Books
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African American, Art, Biography, Children's, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Cookbooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Humor and Comedy, Manga, Memoir, Music, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Science, Science fiction, Self help, Suspense, Spirituality, Sports, Travel, Young-adult, werewolves, anthropology, autobiography, adventure, coming-of-age, space, teen, realistic-fiction, steampunk, supernatural, urban-fantasy, angels, science-fiction-fantasy, young-adult-fantasy, magic, high-school, young-adult-science-fiction, young-adult-romance, mythology, young-adult-paranormal, young-adult-historical-fiction, realistic-young-adult, young-adult-contemporary, middle-grade, astrology, read-for-school, college, africa, egypt, cultural, holocaust, mermaids, media-tie-in, movies, animals, Adult, new-adult, fantasy-romance, contemporary-romance, science-fiction-romance, steampunk-romance, african-american-romance, interracial-romance, New Adult Romance, Animation, personal-development, sequential-art, superheroes, graphic-novels-comics, dystopia, utopia, post-apocalyptic, marvel, x-men, spider-man, dark-fantasy, romanovs, race, ethnic-studies, disability, disability-studies, family, novels, humor, magical-realism, christmas, halloween, feminism, western, space-opera, amateur-sleuth, detective, cozy-mystery, witchcraft, magick, occult, and lgbt
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