Jen

Jen’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (433)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (3486)
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)
2025reads‎ (222)
2014reads‎ (219)
2024reads‎ (216)
2023reads‎ (206)

2019reads‎ (200)
2021reads‎ (196)
mystery‎ (192)
2018reads‎ (190)
horror‎ (174)
2022reads‎ (167)
subject-wwi-wwii‎ (155)
for-school‎ (152)
dystopia-apocalyptic‎ (137)
thriller‎ (127)
lgbtqia‎ (123)
gothic‎ (112)

classics‎ (96)
2026reads‎ (94)
childrens-middlegrade‎ (90)
romance-contemporary‎ (82)
childrens‎ (81)
short-stories‎ (66)
novella‎ (63)
paranormal‎ (61)
1995-2005-reads‎ (57)
subject-americanwest‎ (48)
subject-plagues‎ (48)
nonfiction-science‎ (45)

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Jen’s Quotes

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

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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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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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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 2 hours, 3 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 — 6729 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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