Melissa

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Melissa’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (2025)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (847)
did-not-finish‎ (10)
non-fiction‎ (208)
audiobooks‎ (202)
biography-and-memoir‎ (115)
classics-literary-fiction‎ (111)
priority-reading‎ (111)
own-voices‎ (99)
mysteries‎ (94)

scifi-fantasy‎ (72)
historical-novels‎ (55)
2021-tbr‎ (51)
favorites‎ (48)
poetry‎ (40)
graphic-novels-and-comics‎ (39)
book-candy‎ (37)
summer-books‎ (36)
food‎ (35)
lady-naturalists‎ (33)
childrens-classics‎ (31)

winter-books‎ (30)
science‎ (24)
realistic-ya‎ (22)
short-stories‎ (19)
book-group-books‎ (17)
christmas‎ (17)
bookstore-crawl‎ (12)
autumn-books‎ (11)
football‎ (11)
essay-collections‎ (8)
spring-books‎ (7)

translated‎ (7)
magical-realism‎ (6)
picture-books‎ (6)
cookbooks‎ (4)
horse-books‎ (4)
life-s-library-book-club‎ (3)
fantasy‎ (2)
plays‎ (2)
gift-books‎ (1)

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Melissa’s Quotes

“At a certain age almost all the questions a person asks him or herself are really just about one thing: how should you live your life?”
― Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here

tags: book-club, book-club-fiction, humor, inspiration, inspirational-quote

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“Soccer is a curious game, because it doesn’t ask to be loved. It demands it.”
― Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here

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“Some things happen only once, twice in a lifetime. The world is full of signs and wonders that come, and go, and if you are lucky you might be alive to see them.”
― Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk

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“If you can be heard then you exist.”
― Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie var här

tags: book-club, book-clubs, book-quote, inspiration, inspirational-quotes

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“The winter requires whoever is doing the watering to have a bit of faith, in order to believe that what looks empty has every potential.”
― Fredrik Backman, Britt-Marie Was Here

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The Feminist Orchestra Bookclub — 4577 members — last activity Mar 11, 2026 05:04AM
Discover and recommend more feminist reads here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/96419.The_Feminist_Orchestra_Potential_Reading_List We're also o ...more

Nerdfighters — 1925 members — last activity Jun 14, 2021 05:06AM
Decreasing world suck one day at a time

Readiton — 82 members — last activity May 21, 2013 11:28AM
An exciting new book club based in Sanditon, California. We are three friends who love reading and wanted to share this passion with our fellow Sandi ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222825 members — last activity May 18, 2026 10:32AM
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

Victorian-style Dickens Readalong - Bleak House #dickensalong — 289 members — last activity Feb 15, 2019 09:48AM
So welcome to a Victorian-style Dickens readalong, run by me, Katie from Books and Things. Following on from our reading of Dickens's Our Mutual Frie ...more

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