Lydia Sigwarth

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Lydia’s favorite books

The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The First Four Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Lydia’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (714)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (2410)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
2021‎ (401)
2023‎ (333)
2022‎ (309)
2024‎ (274)
2025‎ (262)
mysteries-and-thrillers‎ (189)
ya-teen‎ (169)
2020‎ (167)

2026‎ (141)
non-fiction‎ (134)
romance‎ (121)
2022-favorites‎ (101)
2024-favorites‎ (89)
agatha-christie‎ (88)
2023-favorites‎ (82)
2015‎ (67)
2016‎ (56)
52-in-2012‎ (55)
2025-favs‎ (52)
2014‎ (50)

cult-books‎ (45)
graphic-novels‎ (36)
60-in-2013‎ (32)
recs‎ (30)
time-travel‎ (25)
murder-island-house‎ (23)
2018‎ (21)
best-agatha-christie‎ (21)
more-informed-but-more-depressed‎ (20)
all-county-read-ideas‎ (19)
favorites‎ (19)
middle-grade‎ (19)

2019‎ (18)
2026-favs‎ (18)
book-club-options‎ (17)
exvangelical-books‎ (16)
for-kindergarteners‎ (15)
memoirs‎ (15)
dnf‎ (14)
dairies-and-journals‎ (13)
oldpeoplesolvecrime‎ (11)
favorite-ya-books‎ (9)
adhd-journey‎ (6)
2017‎ (4)

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Lydia’s Quotes

“Life, with its rules, its obligations, and its freedoms, is like a sonnet: You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. - Mrs. Whatsit”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

tags: inspiration, life

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“Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: death

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“Just because we don't understand doesn't mean that the explanation doesn't exist.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: understanding

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“So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a cult of evil Librarians.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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