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Karen is Currently Reading

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Swamplandia!

by Karen Russell (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 17, 2026 03:17PM

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This Could Hurt

by Jillian Medoff (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 08, 2026 08:38PM

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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

by Anthony Bourdain

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“I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that.”
― Robin Williams

tags: happiness, sadness

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“looked up and found the Great Bear. I told her, In Italy, they used to blame the influence of the constellations for making them sick—that’s where influenza comes from. Bridie took that notion in stride. As if, when it’s your time, your star gives you a yank—”
― Emma Donoghue, The Pull of the Stars

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