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Merle is Currently Reading

Merle is currently reading

The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina

by Zoraida Córdova (Goodreads Author)

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Merle’s Quotes

“You are the gull, Jo, strong and wild, fond of the storm and the wind, flying far out to sea, and happy all alone.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

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“No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own / Three Guineas

tags: calming, reassuring, true

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“She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

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“I'd rather take coffee than compliments just now.”
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

tags: coffee, compliments, little-women, louisa-may-alcott

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#ClassicsCommunity 2021 Reading Challenge — 2706 members — last activity Aug 20, 2025 03:13PM
In 2021, I'm hosting a year-long readathon where I - and hopefully you! - will be reading as many classics as possible. The #ClassicsCommunity is an ...more

E.T.A. Hoffmann: Das Fräulein von Scuderi (Mademoiselle de Scuderi) | Spinster's Library buddy read — 5 members — last activity Jul 29, 2021 01:06PM
Reading E.T.A. Hoffmann's Das Fräulein von Scuderi (Mademoiselle de Scuderi) in the last week of April, starting Monday, 22nd of April ...more

Reading German Books in 2020 — 400 members — last activity Dec 06, 2025 11:34AM
In 2020, Melanie and Britta decided to challenge themselves to read more books in their native German language and created the Read More German Books ...more

NobelWomen — 159 members — last activity Nov 26, 2023 10:19AM
Each month we read a book by a female winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. BONUS-READ: In November we will read Olga Tokarzcuk, Drive Your Plow ...more

Tome Topple Readathon — 2994 members — last activity Sep 10, 2023 03:39PM
The next round of the Tome Topple Readathon will take place from midnight in your time zone on February 7th to 11:59pm in your time zone on February 2 ...more

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