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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

by Michelle McNamara

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Mile High (Windy City, #1)

by Liz Tomforde (Goodreads Author)

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Spinning Silver

by Naomi Novik (Goodreads Author)

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Whitney’s Notes & Highlights

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

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THERE WAS NO possibility of taking a walk that day.

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Whitney’s Quotes

“Janis Joplin is singing with Big Brother in the Panhandle and almost everybody is high and it is a pretty nice Sunday afternoon.”
― Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem

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“May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again

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“You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.”
― Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

tags: burdens, empowerment, flying, freedom, unburdening, weight

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“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.”
― Louisa May Alcott

tags: books, reading

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“I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

tags: character, empowerment, flaws, freedom, gender, identity, image, independence, integrity, realism, self-awareness, self-determination, women

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Our Shared Shelf — 223025 members — last activity Feb 11, 2026 12:23PM
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

Winternight Trilogy Readalong! — 209 members — last activity Feb 03, 2021 08:14AM
Come join the readalong for the Winternight trilogy by Katherine Arden! I can't wait for us all to read this together and discuss! Find below the book ...more

A Touch of Whimsy — 1659 members — last activity Nov 30, 2024 08:12AM
Hi and welcome to A Touch of Whimsy's Goodread's page! We're a bookclub that focuses on middle grade literature to add a touch of whimsy to our lives. ...more

Literally Dead Book Club — 16518 members — last activity Jan 14, 2026 01:58PM
A mostly monthly book club (February-November) focused on thriller/mystery/horror hosted by BooksandLala and a rotating set of wonderful co-hosts! li ...more

Persephone Books — 1419 members — last activity Feb 06, 2026 04:05PM
Persephone Books specializes in rediscovering 20th century novels, neglected women writers, twentieth century women writers and out of print books. Th ...more

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