Abigail Allison

Abigail’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (256)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (505)
did-not-finish‎ (9)
college‎ (11)
fiction‎ (231)
romance‎ (103)
mystery-thriller‎ (102)

non-fiction‎ (86)
bio-memoir‎ (43)
social-studies‎ (39)
classics‎ (35)
beach-reads‎ (33)
historical-fiction‎ (33)
holiday‎ (29)
essays‎ (18)

favorites‎ (16)
short-stories‎ (16)
wanderlust‎ (15)
feminism‎ (14)
seasons‎ (14)
religion-philosophy‎ (13)
history‎ (12)
to-read-shortlist‎ (8)

true-crime‎ (6)
book-club‎ (5)
in-translation‎ (5)
ireland‎ (5)
self-help‎ (5)
giveaways‎ (3)
map-of-novels‎ (3)
to-read-longlist‎ (3)

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Abigail’s Quotes

“I have done that', says my memory. I cannot have done that—says my pride and remains unshakeable. Finally—memory yields.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil

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“It's amazing that the city we live in allows "pets" that belong in a sideshow, but makes it illegal for me to have a switchblade.”
― Helen Ellis

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“What does a sunset have to do with you and me? The sun sets everyday over like parking lots and oil fields and prisons and shit.”
― Emma Pattee, Tilt

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“He’d learned early on—fights in a marriage were like seesaws. You needed to balance blame carefully. You pile too much blame on one person, let them thunk down to the ground, they’re liable to stand and walk away, send you flying down on your ass.”
― Angie Kim, Miracle Creek

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“Eventually remembering turned into imagining. How slight the difference was between the two.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

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Abigail’s Groups

Our Shared Shelf — 222881 members — last activity Sep 07, 2026 09:03PM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine — 178694 members — last activity 3 hours, 11 min ago
Hey Y’all, We’ve been reading together for awhile and we don’t know about you, but we’re ready to hear your thoughts and opinions. This group is a pl ...more

Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 87889 members — last activity 1 hour, 23 min ago
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more