Jen

Jen’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (434)
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read‎ (3485)
did-not-finish‎ (173)
to-read-nonfiction‎ (123)
stalled‎ (33)
want-to-read-next-in-series‎ (16)
fantasy‎ (806)
historical‎ (470)
nonfiction-history‎ (418)
contemporary‎ (322)
2013reads‎ (270)

2015reads‎ (263)
romance-historical‎ (243)
2016reads‎ (242)
scifi‎ (242)
2017reads‎ (238)
subject-fairy-tales-and-folklore‎ (227)
nonfiction-memoir-biography‎ (226)
2020reads‎ (222)
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2014reads‎ (219)
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2023reads‎ (206)

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2021reads‎ (196)
mystery‎ (192)
2018reads‎ (190)
horror‎ (174)
2022reads‎ (167)
subject-wwi-wwii‎ (155)
for-school‎ (152)
dystopia-apocalyptic‎ (137)
thriller‎ (126)
lgbtqia‎ (123)
gothic‎ (112)

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childrens‎ (81)
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Jen’s Quotes

“I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.”
― Lucy Maud Montgomery

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“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Diggers

tags: humor, open-mind, thinking

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“She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.”
― Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites

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“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
― Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Letters

tags: friends, humor, people

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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, children, fairy-tales

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Ancient & Medieval Historical Fiction — 6180 members — last activity Apr 09, 2026 02:36PM
The focus of this group is historical fiction set in Ancient and Medieval eras(with some post Medieval), in any geographical location. Preference is g ...more

A History of Royals — 798 members — last activity Feb 28, 2020 11:58AM
A place to talk about all royals from every corner of the world and from all moments in history, fiction or non-fiction; real or imaginary. Discuss ev ...more

Into the Forest — 2145 members — last activity 6 hours, 35 min ago
A group to discuss the fairy and folk tales, world mythologies, mythic fiction, magical realism fiction, and monsters. Of course, we also discuss rete ...more

/r/Fantasy Discussion Group — 6728 members — last activity Apr 13, 2026 04:24AM
A place for readers/contributors of Reddit's /r/Fantasy subreddit to discuss books from the genre and see others' book lists and recommendations. ...more

Sirens Conference — 297 members — last activity Oct 16, 2020 10:58AM
Sirens Conference Website: http://www.sirensconference.org/ Once a year, Narrate Conferences presents Sirens, a conference on women in fantasy litera ...more

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