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Karlen is Currently Reading

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Crash and Burn

by Artie Lange

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Apr 16, 2026 06:17AM

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A Short and Happy Guide to Contracts

by David G. Epstein

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Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris

by David King

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Karlen’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Prince of Wolves (The Grey Wolves, #1)

Prince of Wolves (The Grey Wolves, #1) by Quinn Loftis

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some pervert preteen getting a glimpse of his first girly bits. But, whatevs’. I can deal with my dirty little conscience tomorrow.”

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Lexie, this book is so bad. So so bad...

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Karlen’s Quotes

“I believe there is a theory that men and women emerge finer and stronger after suffering, and that to advance in this or any world we must endure ordeal by fire.”
― Daphne DuMaurier, Rebecca

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“The hard thing about death is that nothing ever changes. The hard thing about life is that nothing stays the same.”
― Sue Grafton, J is for Judgment

tags: simple-truth

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“Rain slips through your fingers as easily as words blow away in the wind, and yet it has the power to destroy your whole world.”
― Karen Maitland, Company of Liars

tags: power, rain, words

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“We need to make books cool again. If you go home with somebody and they don't have books, don't fuck them.”
― John Waters

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“People think librarians are unromantic, unimaginative. This is not true. We are people whose dreams run in particular ways. Ask a mountain climber what he feels when he sees a mountain; a lion tamer what goes through his mind when he meets a new lion; a doctor confronted with a beautiful malfunctioning body. The idea of a library full of books, the books full of knowledge, fills me with fear and love and courage and endless wonder.”
― Elizabeth McCracken, The Giant's House

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