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Light From Uncommon Stars

by Ryka Aoki (Goodreads Author)

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Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

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Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking

by Samin Nosrat

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Byrdie’s Quotes

“Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, attributed-no-source, difference, paradox, significance

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“We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.”
― Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

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“Beauty was not simply something to behold; it was something one could do.”
― Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

tags: beauty, the-bluest-eye, toni-morrison

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“Everybody is a book of blood; wherever we're opened, we're red.”
― Clive Barker, Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three

tags: blood, equality, horror, reading

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“You looked at them and wondered why they were so ugly; you looked closely and could not find the source. Then you realized that it came from conviction, their conviction. It was as though some mysterious all-knowing master had given each one a cloak of ugliness to wear, and they had each accepted it without question.”
― Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye

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Seattle's Capitol Hill — 82 members — last activity Jul 11, 2020 09:36AM
Group for Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. You don't have to live in Capitol Hill to join, just like reading, discussing, or finding new books of ...more

Goodreads Librarians Group — 301472 members — last activity 3 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

The State of Black Science Fiction Book Club (archived) — 147 members — last activity May 05, 2019 11:41AM
This club was created for the sharing and enjoyment of black speculative fiction books. We haave since moved the club to Facebook. Please join the clu ...more

Tarot Book Club — 11 members — last activity May 01, 2019 12:11PM
Book Club for reading and discussing books about tarot Subreddit: reddit.com/r/tarot Discord: https://discord.gg/Hg3ECZK

Sistah SciFi — 144 members — last activity Dec 16, 2021 01:09PM
Sistah Scifi is a community of doulas of Afro-Futurism and Afro-Mysticism centered on science fiction literature written by Black women.

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