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South and West: From a Notebook

by Joan Didion

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The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics (Feminine Pursuits, #1)

by Olivia Waite (Goodreads Author)

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Black Futures

by Kimberly Drew (Goodreads Author)

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“It occurred to me then that you is everything you are in this life at every moment. And that includes loving somebody. If you can't be your own self, how can you love somebody? How can you be free? That pressed on my heart like a vise right then. Just mashed me down.”
― James McBride, The Good Lord Bird

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“Whatever he believed, he believed. It didn’t matter to him whether it was really true or not. He just changed the truth till it fit him. He was a real white man.”
― James McBride, The Good Lord Bird

tags: belief, race-relations, truth, whites

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“He was like everybody in war. He believed God was on his side. Everybody got God on their side in a war. Problem is, God ain’t tellin’ nobody who He’s for.”
― James McBride, The Good Lord Bird

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“When the shooting starts would you rather be armed or legal?”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Road

tags: firearms

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“God gived you the seed. But the watering and caring of that seed is up to you.”
― James McBride, The Good Lord Bird

tags: the-good-lord-bird

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That's What She Read Podcast Reading Group — 33 members — last activity Dec 14, 2015 08:00AM
Serena and Ravena, two friends with vastly different reading habits, lay it all on the line when chatting about the current books gracing their nights ...more

NovelTea Book Club — 213 members — last activity Feb 01, 2017 06:50PM
A monthly book discussion club for bibliophiles and generally geeky lasses, who appreciate good literature just as much as a good story. Run by Krist ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222801 members — last activity Jul 15, 2026 06:48AM
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