Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
“It probably seems obvious, but as an editor, I love stories. But it’s a little bit more than that. I intensely believe that stories have power. They can spark an idea, or a realization. They can, by just offering another perspective, change a person’s mind. They can make us weep and cry and care. And they can connect us. That’s powerful stuff.”
― Whedonistas: A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them
― Whedonistas: A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them
“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it's a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it's a way of making contact with someone else's imagination after a day that's all too real.”
―
―
“Something can be very funny and then suddenly very terrifying-very exciting, and suddenly very ridiculous. I think that’s what life is like, that’s what interests me.”
―
―
“To be fair, English is full of booby traps for the unwary foreigner. Any language where the unassuming word fly signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, and a critical part of a gentleman’s apparel is clearly asking to be mangled.”
― The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way — A Book About the Origins of the English Language
― The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way — A Book About the Origins of the English Language
“Eenie, meenie, minie, mo” is based on a counting system that predates the Roman occupation of Britain, that may even be pre-Celtic. If so, it is a rare surviving link with the very distant past. It not only gives us a fragmentary image of how children were being amused at the time Stonehenge was built, but tells us something about how their elders counted and thought and ordered their speech.”
― Made in America
― Made in America
Msrcarreyteacher’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Msrcarreyteacher’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Msrcarreyteacher hasn't connected with their friends on Goodreads, yet.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Msrcarreyteacher
Lists liked by Msrcarreyteacher