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Lisa Boyd

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Lisa’s Bookshelves

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2023-challenge‎ (105)
2022-challenge‎ (85)
2024-challenge‎ (76)
storytime-read-aloud‎ (67)
2020-challenge‎ (60)
2022-kids-to-review‎ (60)
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Lisa’s Quotes

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

tags: adversity, inspirational, life-lessons, problems, trials

10806 likes

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
― Fran Lebowitz, The Fran Lebowitz Reader

tags: advice-for-daily-living, books, reader, reading, speaking, thinking, wisdom

7783 likes

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― James Baldwin

9059 likes

“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

tags: books, library

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Lisa’s Groups

Online RA Book Club — 36 members — last activity Dec 04, 2016 05:20PM
Here for anyone looking to read lots of different genres. We can have one book a month to start us off and we should begin in December 2015!

100+ Books in 2026 — 1800 members — last activity 2 hours, 16 min ago
Up for a serious challenge? Then come join us! Our goal is to read 100 or more books in one year. GO AHEAD AND START YOUR 2026 LIST!! Just star ...more

Dystopian Society — 1179 members — last activity May 21, 2026 03:55PM
A book club for those of us who enjoy the Post-Apocalyptic/Dystopian genre. Each month there will be a poll so we can find out what our next book wi ...more

Canton Public Library — 39 members — last activity Dec 21, 2017 11:21AM
This is a social space designed for patrons of the Canton Public Library in Canton, Michigan to come together, interact with librarians, and discover ...more

Books 'n More — 9 members — last activity Apr 14, 2016 03:43AM
Here's the perfect book group for read alongs with all of your Goodreading buddies! You can even request books for us to read and have discussions and ...more

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