Amanda

Amanda’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (12)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (488)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
romance‎ (274)
contemporary‎ (267)
foodie‎ (241)
adult-fiction‎ (197)
chick-lit‎ (163)
womens-fiction‎ (159)

fantasy‎ (134)
dark-academia‎ (110)
historical-fiction‎ (98)
mystery‎ (85)
adult-romance‎ (76)
magic‎ (73)
favorite-reads‎ (70)
magical-realism‎ (69)
paranormal‎ (61)
estrogen-waterfalls‎ (56)

regency-romance‎ (53)
book-club‎ (48)
fave-heroines‎ (46)
literary-fiction‎ (37)
cottagecore‎ (36)
urban-fantasy‎ (33)
christian-fiction‎ (24)
dream-alphas‎ (24)
flowers‎ (24)
historical-fantasy‎ (23)

realistic-fiction‎ (23)
princesses‎ (20)
japan‎ (16)
magic-garden‎ (16)
neurodivergent-heroines‎ (16)
tall-dark-brooding‎ (16)
bad-boys‎ (15)
faeries‎ (11)
vampires‎ (9)
perfume‎ (7)

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Amanda’s Quotes

“I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

tags: butter, honey, millionaires, tea

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“It is clear that the books owned the shop rather than the other way about. Everywhere they had run wild and taken possession of their habitat, breeding and multiplying, and clearly lacking any strong hand to keep them down.”
― Agatha Christie, The Clocks

tags: books, bookstore

333 likes

“She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, Garden Spells

tags: autumn, women

193 likes

“Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good.”
― Alice May Brock

tags: food

159 likes

“Households that have lost the soul of cooking from their routines may not know what they are missing: the song of a stir-fry sizzle, the small talk of clinking measuring spoons, the yeasty scent of rising dough, the painting of flavors onto a pizza before it slides into the oven.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

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