415 books
—
671 voters
to-read
(3820)
currently-reading (2)
read (3944)
did-not-finish (218)
on-hold (47)
to-review (13)
speed-dating (4)
europe-2021 (96)
read2022 (78)
ebooks (1137)
reviewcopy (936)
around-the-world (896)
currently-reading (2)
read (3944)
did-not-finish (218)
on-hold (47)
to-review (13)
speed-dating (4)
europe-2021 (96)
read2022 (78)
ebooks (1137)
reviewcopy (936)
around-the-world (896)
sci-fi-fantasy
(617)
poetry (468)
audiobook (401)
own (369)
read2020 (364)
netgalley (348)
read2017 (339)
read2016 (326)
read2018 (318)
around-the-usa (312)
read2019 (305)
read2021 (280)
poetry (468)
audiobook (401)
own (369)
read2020 (364)
netgalley (348)
read2017 (339)
read2016 (326)
read2018 (318)
around-the-usa (312)
read2019 (305)
read2021 (280)
Jenny (Reading Envy)
is currently reading
Jenny (Reading Envy) said:
"
Reading this with a work group, one part a month, so this will linger a while and I'll just add some bits I marked."To unlock the joy of being wrong, we need to detach. I've learned that two kinds of detachment are especially useful: detaching your p ...more "
progress:
(page 160 of 307)
"Work book club discussing part II today.
To me the biggest takeaway is the idea of strong yet fewer arguments if trying to win a debate - it runs counter to how the old LD debates were scored, where I'd lose points for every opposing point I didn't refute. But it was the same idea I was trying to communicate to my physical therapisit when he was trying to sell me on their services - less is more." — Feb 15, 2022 08:00AM
"Work book club discussing part II today.
To me the biggest takeaway is the idea of strong yet fewer arguments if trying to win a debate - it runs counter to how the old LD debates were scored, where I'd lose points for every opposing point I didn't refute. But it was the same idea I was trying to communicate to my physical therapisit when he was trying to sell me on their services - less is more." — Feb 15, 2022 08:00AM
Pizza Girl
by
realized how avoidance was the most attention you could give something.
chantel nouseforaname and 1 other person liked this
“That day, I came to a stark realization. I was afraid of men, and the harder I fought, the more intense the fear became. I can't think of an experience that is more harrowing than a woman being sexually harassed or assaulted by a man.”
― Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World
― Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World
“When you are in love you know that love is a beggar, shameless as a beggar; and the responses of merely human pity can console one where love is absent by a false travesty of an imagined happiness.”
― Mountolive
― Mountolive
“The old love was slowly metamorphosed into admiration, just as his physical longing for her (so bitter at first) turned into a consuming and depersonalized tenderness which fed upon her absence instead of dying from it.”
― Mountolive
― Mountolive
“All my life I have overheard, all my life I have listened to what people will let slip when they think you are part of their we. A we is so powerful. It is the most corrupt and formidable institution on earth. Its hands are full of the crispest and most persuasive currency. Its mouth is full of received, repeating language. The we closes its ranks to protect the space inside it, where the air is different. It does not protect people. It protects its own shape.”
― Priestdaddy
― Priestdaddy
“How do you spell love in Alexandria?' he said at last, softly. 'That is the question. Sleeplessness, loneliness, bonheur, chagrin -- I do not want to harm or annoy her, but I feel that somehow, somewhere, she must need me as I need her.”
― Mountolive
― Mountolive
The Sword and Laser
— 21670 members
— last activity 2 minutes ago
Online discussion forum for the Sword and Laser podcast and monthly book club pick. Subscribe to the audio podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podca ...more
Newest Literary Fiction
— 1311 members
— last activity 6 hours, 46 min ago
Discover and share your discovery of the most recently published literary fiction. If you love reading novels before anyone else decides they are good ...more
Around the World
— 1899 members
— last activity Apr 22, 2026 02:42PM
Each year we look at our to-be-read shelves and choose which countries of the world we want to travel through. Some of our members map their journeys ...more
Reading Envy Readers
— 255 members
— last activity Dec 14, 2023 06:47AM
For feedback on Reading Envy Podcast episodes, Reading Envy Readalong discussions, and general chatter about books we are envying!
Tournament of Books
— 2366 members
— last activity 21 hours, 29 min ago
This book group was established for those interested in participating in The Morning News's Tournament of Books. Please do not feel the need to finish ...more
Jenny (Reading Envy)’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jenny (Reading Envy)’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Book Club, Classics, Cooking, Fiction, Food, Music, Non-fiction, Poetry, Science fiction, and Travel
Polls voted on by Jenny (Reading Envy)
Lists liked by Jenny (Reading Envy)



















































