Karla Strand

https://www.karlajstrand.com/

https://www.goodreads.com/karlajstrand

Karla’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (2)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1700)
women-authors‎ (1057)
poetry‎ (327)
fiction‎ (305)
african-american‎ (302)
world‎ (287)
picture-books‎ (286)
biography-autobiography-memoir‎ (279)
queer‎ (274)
women-feminism‎ (263)

family-parenting‎ (246)
non-fiction‎ (244)
gender‎ (152)
classics‎ (138)
history‎ (136)
favorites‎ (133)
juvenile-ya-fiction‎ (132)
aapi‎ (131)
american-history‎ (131)
graphic-novels‎ (112)
religion-spirituality‎ (112)
health‎ (108)

self-help‎ (107)
indigenous-native-american‎ (101)
tgnc‎ (100)
nature‎ (99)
latinx‎ (92)
africa‎ (86)
animals‎ (81)
immigration-migration‎ (73)
reviewing‎ (73)
reference‎ (72)
magical-realism‎ (64)
work‎ (55)

historical-fiction‎ (54)
art-photography‎ (51)
music‎ (46)
dphil-reading‎ (45)
astro-magick-witchcraft‎ (43)
politics‎ (41)
disabilities‎ (40)
speculative-dystopian‎ (40)
poverty-and-homelessness‎ (39)
education‎ (37)
south-africa‎ (36)
libraries‎ (33)

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Karla’s Quotes

“I will not be perfect, I will keep learning. I will also not be silent, I will keep learning.”
― Adrienne Maree Brown, We Will Not Cancel Us: And Other Dreams of Transformative Justice

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“I believe that we are part of a natural world that is constantly changing, and we need to learn to adapt together and stay in relationship if we hope to survive as a species.”
― Adrienne Maree Brown, Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good

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“Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy. I choose joy over despair. Not because I have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

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“I close my eyes and listen to the voices of the rain.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

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“The job is never over; it simply changes from one task to the next. What I’m looking for, I suppose, is balance, and that is a moving target. Balance is not a passive resting place—it takes work, balancing the giving and the taking, the raking out and the putting in.”
― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

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Karla’s Groups

Goodreads Librarians Group — 305687 members — last activity 1 minute 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 F-word — 5752 members — last activity Apr 15, 2025 09:52PM
This is our reading group for anybody who loves to read and identifies as a feminist. We'll be reading a variety of books that may fall into one of th ...more

Haaave Ya Met... — 1174 members — last activity May 20, 2025 12:03AM
Networking for authors, beta readers, editors, reviewers, and book bloggers.

ARCs Anonymous — 141 members — last activity Aug 06, 2018 12:24PM
Do you get loads of ARCs? Do you struggle to read them in time? We've all been here. My name is Avalinah and I'm an ARCoholic. Welcome, fellow bookwor ...more

The Classics Club — 242 members — last activity Jul 02, 2023 12:46PM
This group is made up of members of the Classics Book Club. Members who happen to be part of Goodreads can meet here to share links, post reviews, etc ...more

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