Alex

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Alex’s Bookshelves

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Alex’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Brutal Truth (Truth #1)

The Brutal Truth (Truth #1) by Lee Winter

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Expectations are one of life’s most powerful, invisible forces. They crush our throats tighter than any necktie. We chafe at them, deny they exist, pretend we don’t care about them, yet we can’t get enough of them.

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Alex’s Quotes

“Your ignorance keeps dismembering every piece of patience I have left.”
― Andrea Gibson

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“I came of age, then, in the Dream House, wisdom practically smothering me in my sleep. Everything tasted like an almost epiphany.”
― Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House

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Alex’s Groups

The Lesbian Bookclub — 95 members — last activity Jan 17, 2024 08:37AM
Goodreads group for the discord hosted club "The lesbian Bookclub". The group is open for everyone that likes lesbian fiction. Here is the link to the ...more

Mostly Sapphic — 2460 members — last activity Jul 15, 2026 01:08AM
This group is for readers who love wlw fiction but also like to read other stuff, too. This is a group for readers. Since many authors are readers, a ...more

Do Better: SFF without Sexual Violence — 379 members — last activity Aug 23, 2024 11:52AM
NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED. THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED!! We're a group building a reliable bookshelf-database of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horro ...more

Lesbian Book Club — 5065 members — last activity Jul 15, 2026 01:06AM
Come and read with us. Here there are classics, non-fiction, fiction, and many more in LGBTQA+ literature. Find authors that you would have never read ...more