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Karen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Karen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Karen Allendoerfer’s Followers (51)
275 books
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1,400 books
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476 books
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217 books
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Karen Allendoerfer
Goodreads Author
Born
in Providence, RI, The United States
December 04
Website
Twitter
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Member Since
August 2012
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/klallendoerfer
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Geocaching GPS: Great Personal Stories of Romance, Adventure, & Connection
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2015
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3 editions
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CoronaBach
Practice day 33/100. With metronome, tuner, and mask. This situation was feeling very metaphorical today. I am tired of the pandemic, tired of wearing a mask, tired of playing unaccompanied Bach alone in my room. And, I was feeling especially resentful of not being able to take all the liberty with the tempo that I wanted.
My teacher wanted me to play with the metronome, and so I did, its inexorabl
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“The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour. Then there is least somnolence in us; and for an hour, at least, some part of us awakes which slumbers all the rest of the day and night... All memorable events, I should say, transpire in morning time and in a morning atmosphere. The Vedas say, “All intelligences awake with the morning.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“I had always imagined Rosa Parks as a stately woman with a bold temperament, someone who could easily stand up to a busload of glowering passengers. But when she died in 2005 at the age of ninety-two, the flood of obituaries recalled her as soft-spoken, sweet, and small in stature. They said she was "timid and shy" but had "the courage of a lion." They were full of phrases like "radical humility" and "quiet fortitude.”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“Wounding and healing are not opposites. They're part of the same thing. It is our wounds that enable us to be compassionate with the wounds of others. It is our limitations that make us kind to the limitations of other people. It is our loneliness that helps us to to find other people or to even know they're alone with an illness. I think I have served people perfectly with parts of myself I used to be ashamed of. ”
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Bloggers Unite™
— 1862 members
— last activity May 07, 2026 10:23PM
For those who blog, love books and love to read them both! Let’s open up the world of blogging and have lots of fun doing it; please join our Group. E ...more
Green Group
— 2017 members
— last activity 3 hours, 14 min ago
The Green group is about living in a sustainable manner--how human activity affects the environment and how a changing climate/environment affects how ...more
She Would Read Society
— 66 members
— last activity Aug 13, 2018 03:00PM
Connecting and Promoting Book Bloggers, Professional Beta-Readers and Aspiring Authors
Sci-Fi, fantasy and speculative Indie Authors Review
— 1853 members
— last activity 20 hours, 38 min ago
Are you an Indie Author? Self-published or published by an Indie publisher? Do you enjoy discovering new books and new authors? Or are you just mad ab ...more
Bookcrossers
— 545 members
— last activity Mar 30, 2026 03:53PM
For fans of the website Bookcrossing.com You must post at least once. Just stop by and introduce yourself.
Sci-fi Women
— 1676 members
— last activity Jun 13, 2022 03:06PM
A discussion of women in literary science fiction.
YA Fiction Books, Readers, Writers, and Reviewers
— 190 members
— last activity Mar 02, 2026 06:09AM
This is a place to share, discuss, and pimp your favorite Young Adult and New Adult fiction books. This includes every genre: contemporary, fantasy, p ...more
Eco-fiction
— 189 members
— last activity Jan 20, 2026 01:40PM
Ecofiction, eco-fiction, green fiction--call it what you will, I believe it's an up-and-coming genre. Looking for those who agree to share the books y ...more
New Authors Talk Shoppe
— 506 members
— last activity Oct 15, 2020 03:35PM
Authors come help me define a group where we can get together and talk about the trade.
Inkitt's Exclusive Reads Club
— 266 members
— last activity Oct 19, 2020 03:16AM
Welcome to the official Inkitt Reviewer Club! Come together and discuss all of our established and up-and-coming titles published by Inkitt, whilst g ...more
