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currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (2587)
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ya‎ (451)
go-girls‎ (434)
funny‎ (383)
historical‎ (343)
middle-grade‎ (332)
diverse-voices‎ (323)
fantasy‎ (307)
friendship‎ (280)

adult-fiction‎ (277)
picture-books‎ (272)
boy-books‎ (224)
animals‎ (164)
death‎ (163)
mysteries‎ (149)
family‎ (143)
series‎ (126)
science-fiction‎ (114)
nonfiction‎ (110)
strong-narrators‎ (101)
top-100‎ (100)

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classics‎ (87)
2024‎ (81)
biographical‎ (79)
tear-jerker‎ (75)
narrative-nonfiction‎ (69)
fairy-tales-and-folktales‎ (66)
literary-connections‎ (65)
romance‎ (53)
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bildungsroman‎ (44)

newbery‎ (44)
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school-story‎ (39)
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dystopian‎ (35)
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Heather’s Quotes

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.”
― Charles M. Schulz

tags: chocolate, food, humor

26833 likes

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

45239 likes

“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray,
Go throw your TV set away,
And in its place you can install
A lovely bookshelf on the wall.
Then fill the shelves with lots of books.”
― Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

tags: books, humor, television

6850 likes

“A self is not something static, tied up in a pretty parcel and handed to the child, finished and complete. A self is always becoming.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, A Circle of Quiet

tags: self

2001 likes

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
― Leo Tolstoy

tags: change, tolstoy

12600 likes

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Heather’s Groups

Mock Newbery 2027 — 3188 members — last activity 5 hours, 27 min ago
A discussion group that reads, suggests, and enjoys current children’s literature, while searching for next years Newbery Award winning books.

LOE Book Award — 17 members — last activity May 18, 2016 03:32PM
Group reads books to be considered for the Land of Enchantment Awards for children's books. ...more

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge — 27047 members — last activity 1 hour, 27 min ago
An annual reading challenge to to help you stretch your reading limits and explore new voices, worlds, and genres! The challenge begins in January, bu ...more

PHS Faculty Book Group — 1 member — last activity Feb 23, 2018 10:38AM
Teachers & staff from Portales High School Library who enjoy reading and talking about books. ...more