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Briana’s Notes & Highlights

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You Had Me at Hola (Primas of Power, #1) by Alexis Daria

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If you’re not wearing lipstick and earrings, you might as well be naked, Esperanza used to say. It wasn’t until Jasmine was older that the true meaning sank in. Those things were armor against a world that had wanted to treat her ...more

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Briana’s Quotes

“writing novels is, to my way of thinking, basically a very uncool enterprise”
― Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

tags: humour

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“When I was a child, luxury was fur coats, evening dresses, and villas by the sea. Later on, I thought it meant leading the life of an intellectual. Now I feel that it is also being able to live out a passion for a man or a woman.”
― Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

tags: love-passion

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“From the very beginning, and throughout the whole of our affair, I had the privilege of knowing what we all find out in the end: the man we love is a complete stranger.”
― Annie Ernaux, Simple Passion

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“I don’t think it’s ever too late to try, and I am always learning.”
― Marlowe Granados, Happy Hour

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“What we call the imagination consists of fragments of memory that lack any clear connection with one another.”
― Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation

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Dragons & Tea Book Club — 4405 members — last activity Mar 01, 2024 07:14AM
Hello! This is a book club, hosted by four Asian book reviewers, dedicated to boosting marginalized voices and celebrating diverse books, while always ...more

Black Coffee — 3104 members — last activity Sep 24, 2026 02:45PM
This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genres though we focus on historical fiction and cl ...more

MoPOP Book Club — 34 members — last activity Sep 29, 2020 03:06PM
The Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle, WA hosts a quarterly book club. We select books that connect to our collection of science fiction, fantasy, popu ...more

Early Modern History, 16th-18th Century — 50 members — last activity Jun 18, 2022 11:43AM
This is a group for all those with an interest in Early Modern history (roughly from 1500-1800, though the 15th century is also fair game). My own int ...more

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Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

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