229 ratings (3.76 avg)
16 reviews

Shaina

Add friend

https://www.goodreads.com/shainabear

Shaina’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (328)
currently-reading‎ (2)
read‎ (253)
pretty-good-i-must-say‎ (49)
all-the-feels‎ (32)

well-written‎ (28)
finished-in-a-day‎ (20)
disappointed‎ (19)
books-too-bad-to-finish‎ (18)
favorites‎ (18)

meh‎ (18)
not-bad‎ (18)
beautifully-written‎ (16)
hard-to-get-through‎ (13)
heart-breaking-soul-crushing‎ (10)

so-much-suckage‎ (5)
satirically-hilarious‎ (4)
so-funny‎ (3)
seriously-horrible‎ (2)

Stats | More…

Shaina is Currently Reading

Shaina is currently reading

Twisted Love (Twisted, #1)

by Ana Huang (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Dec 29, 2025 04:11PM

Shaina is currently reading

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

progress:

(page 105 of 637)
"Slow start, but I’m getting intrigued" — Dec 26, 2025 04:27PM

Dec 04, 2025 08:52PM

Shaina’s Quotes

“Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.”
― Charles Bukowski

3645 likes

“When you hold a grudge, you want someone else’s sorrow to reflect your level of hurt but the two rarely meet.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

tags: grudges, hurt, inspirational, life, relationships, sorry

759 likes

“In a child's eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.”
― N.K. Jemisin, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms

733 likes

“He wished he could be anywhere else and anyone else but Here and Him.”
― James R. Silvestri, Hawthorn Road

tags: dissatisfaction, identity, self-loathing

64 likes

“It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathing—they are not all bad. Those devils have been my angels. Without them I would never have disappeared into language, literature, the mind, laughter and all the mad intensities that made and unmade me.”
― Stephen Fry, Moab Is My Washpot