81 books
—
57 voters
“When you are born,” the golem said softly, “your courage is new and clean. You are brave enough for anything: crawling off of staircases, saying your first words without fearing that someone will think you are foolish, putting strange things in your mouth. But as you get older, your courage attracts gunk, and crusty things, and dirt, and fear, and knowing how bad things can get and what pain feels like. By the time you’re half-grown, your courage barely moves at all, it’s so grunged up with living. So every once in awhile, you have to scrub it up and get the works going, or else you’ll never be brave again.”
― The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
― The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end… because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing… this shadow. Even darkness must pass.”
― The Two Towers
― The Two Towers
“It's never been a perfect world. It's never going to be. It's going to be hard and scary, and if you're lucky, wonderful and awe-inspiring. But you have to push through the bad parts to get to the good.”
― The Dead-Tossed Waves
― The Dead-Tossed Waves
Howell Family Book Club
— 7 members
— last activity Jun 29, 2020 07:55AM
Group for the Howell Family to discuss books.
EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club
— 28888 members
— last activity 12 hours, 16 min ago
Click HERE for the latest group announcements. "It reminded me of ____ but in space." "I read ____ in high school, and actually liked it." "It's ...more
Chick Lit Book Club
— 3042 members
— last activity 5 hours, 45 min ago
Our group is for people who like to read Chick Lit books for fun, relaxation, humor, and/or entertaining characters. We like to share the good books w ...more
Romantasy Readers
— 2727 members
— last activity Jul 16, 2026 06:43PM
A group (18+) for fantasy-romance lovers to talk about their favorite books, series and authors, make friends, find reading buddies and get new recomm ...more
Cozy Mysteries
— 24936 members
— last activity 1 hour, 40 min ago
For those who love a good cozy mystery while curled up on the couch with a cup of coffee/tea/cocoa and maybe a dog/cat next to them. Please be kind ...more
Brenda’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Brenda’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Brenda
Lists liked by Brenda
























































