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Happy in whatever: this throwaway phrase is Mitzi’s life goal. Margaret Quinn is happy in whatever because she is filled to the brim with self-confidence and pluck. She has achieved her dreams a hundred times over. She has nothing to prove
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“Even in okay times, there is a subterranean river of melancholy in me, and sometimes a productive afternoon is comprised of using YouTube videos of varying qualities like divining rods.”
― Congratulations, The Best Is Over!: Essays
― Congratulations, The Best Is Over!: Essays
“In every office I’ve worked, word of complimentary cake races through the ranks of the cubicle class like it’s a rumor about the Wells Fargo wagon showing up in River City, Iowa. Free break room cake is a blessing, a gift from some benevolent force that asks nothing of you in return. Free break room cake offers you an opportunity to share a portion of some other person’s joy, both literally and figuratively. In a space built on capitalist power structures, free break room cake reminds you that you don’t need to produce anything to be deserving of a little sweetness.”
― Congratulations, The Best Is Over!: Essays
― Congratulations, The Best Is Over!: Essays
“Oh God, to return. To find a way back to yourself, the version of yourself that wanted nothing more than what you have, the version of yourself paralyzed by the fear of living through what you've lived through, the stranger in your story who had just enough hope to make a path for you. But if we could go back, we'd never move forward.”
― Congratulations, the Best is Over!
― Congratulations, the Best is Over!
“Teachers deserve a well-defined, realistic job description and enough protected school day planning time to fulfill that job within their paid contracted hours.”
― The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
― The Teachers: A Year Inside America's Most Vulnerable, Important Profession
“It’s a widely known fact that most moms are ready to kill someone by eight thirty A.M. on any given morning.”
― Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
― Finlay Donovan Is Killing It
Book Challenge by Erin
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— last activity Sep 09, 2024 04:16PM
A book challenge held twice a year among book lovers. Most of the activity occurs on a facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/groups/BookChallengeB ...more
A book challenge held twice a year among book lovers. Most of the activity occurs on a facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/groups/BookChallengeB ...more
Around the World in 80 Books
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— last activity 7 hours, 13 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more
Beyond Words: A Bloggers' Book Club
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— last activity Aug 29, 2017 03:43AM
A book club for people who love to read anything and everything! We made this book club to connect with people from all over the world and read great ...more
A book club for people who love to read anything and everything! We made this book club to connect with people from all over the world and read great ...more
NetGalley Addicts Support Group
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— last activity 14 hours, 33 min ago
Warning: If you're not already a NetGalley addict, joining this group will likely turn you into one. Proceed with caution! Do you ever catch yourself ...more
Warning: If you're not already a NetGalley addict, joining this group will likely turn you into one. Proceed with caution! Do you ever catch yourself ...more
Kick Up Your Heels
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— last activity Feb 16, 2024 12:31AM
As the name of the group suggests, relax and do something that you enjoy! This group is for ladies who love to read and discuss books. We are an easy ...more
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As the name of the group suggests, relax and do something that you enjoy! This group is for ladies who love to read and discuss books. We are an easy ...more
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