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A Botanist's Guide to Society and Secrets (Saffron Everleigh Mystery, #3)

by Kate Khavari (Goodreads Author)

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Local Woman Missing

by Mary Kubica (Goodreads Author)

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Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

by Kylie Lee Baker (Goodreads Author)

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MJ’s Quotes

“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

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“Nobody gets everything in this life. You decide your priorities and you make your choices. I'd decided long ago that any cake I had would be eaten.”
― Donald E. Westlake, Two Much

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“There's things that happen in a person's life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there's no forgetting them.”
― John Boyne

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“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.”
― Laurell K. Hamilton, Mistral's Kiss

tags: depression, pain, trauma

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“It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.' I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessens. But it is never gone.”
― Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

tags: healing, pain, remembrance, scars, time

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Banned Books — 5145 members — last activity 2 hours, 54 min ago
To celebrate our love of reading books that people see fit to ban throughout the world. We abhor censorship and promote freedom of speech.

Read-along Seduction by M.J. Rose — 240 members — last activity Apr 06, 2014 09:50AM
A place to discuss Seduction a novel of suspense with me, the author, M.J. Rose. I will be dropping in a few times a week bringing my own insights abo ...more

A-Z Challenge — 339 members — last activity Jan 18, 2026 11:09AM
This is a different type of book challenge. You try to read a book that the title, author, or both starts with each letter of the alphabet. Your list ...more