Karen

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Karen

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Karen’s favorite books

Enemy at the Gates by William Craig

Albion's Seed by David Hackett Fischer

Stalingrad by Antony Beevor

Journey into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Ginzburg

The Beginning of Spring by Penelope Fitzgerald

A Life of Her Own by Emilie Carles

Night by Elie Wiesel

Amongst Women by John McGahern

Forced Founders by Woody Holton

The Country Girls Trilogy by Edna O'Brien

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie / The Girls of Slender Means / ... by Muriel Spark

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Karen’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (72)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (249)
abandoned-books‎ (15)
fiction‎ (143)
nonfiction‎ (111)
2020‎ (57)

2021‎ (54)
2024‎ (40)
to-read-nf‎ (38)
2022‎ (37)
2025‎ (29)
2023‎ (26)
to-read-fiction‎ (22)

2019‎ (10)
half-reads‎ (3)
prize-cundill‎ (3)
nyt-best100-2021‎ (2)
prize-bancroft‎ (2)
2026‎ (1)
abandoned‎ (1)

npr-2021‎ (1)
nyt-best10-2021‎ (1)
prize-pulitzer‎ (1)
prize-wolfson‎ (1)
npr-2020‎ (0)
prize-international-booker‎ (0)

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Karen’s Quotes

Dorothy L. Sayers

“Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.”
― Dorothy L. Sayers, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

tags: books, character-development, growth, reading

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Karen’s 2025 Year in Books

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