Vicki

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Vicki’s Notes & Highlights

Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron

4 highlights

These decent men are turning a blind eye to indecent acts.

The Animators

by Kayla Rae Whitaker

1 highlight

Vicki’s Quotes

“Far more perversions arise from repression than from expression”
― Brandi Lynn Ryder, In Malice, Quite Close

2 likes

“The world was almost at the point of forgetting what a fine time people can have helping one another. That people like to work together and to kick back after work and share their experiences. What would happen if our foreign policy centered on the cultivation of joy rather than pain? she thought.”
― Alice Walker, Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart

tags: community-building, foreign-policy

6 likes

“And I want to be happy. Like, seventy to eighty percent of the time. I want to be actively, thoughtfully happy.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Landline

8 likes

“Why risk the rare happy marriage—rarer still, a love marriage that endures—for something as common and as toxic as complete, unthinking, transparent honesty?”
― William Landay, Defending Jacob

1 likes

“Truth and lies were both tools, to be used when most necessary.”
― Tasha Suri, The Jasmine Throne

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Books on the Nightstand — 6105 members — last activity Jun 19, 2026 04:57PM
A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.

Literary Disco — 1329 members — last activity Jan 28, 2025 03:45PM
A podcast all about books. Hosted by Tod Goldberg, Julia Pistell, and Rider Strong. Old books, new books, and book-related games. Occasionally, a gues ...more

BooktubeSFF Awards — 1685 members — last activity Jun 01, 2021 12:01PM
A group for discussing the BooktubeSFF Awards and associated readalongs. To learn more about the awards have a look at the website: http://booktubesff ...more

Tournament of Books — 2364 members — last activity 3 hours, 55 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

Creating and Co Book Club — 331 members — last activity Aug 17, 2020 12:22PM
A book club for the Creating and Co Book Club community. A place to find information about the readathons and links to the conversations.

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