Lesa Parnham

Lesa’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (181)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1242)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
2025-books-read‎ (143)
2024-books-read‎ (133)

2023-books-read‎ (115)
2022-books-read‎ (114)
2011-books-read‎ (107)
2013-books-read‎ (89)
2014-books‎ (80)
2012-books-read‎ (79)

2026-books-read‎ (58)
2021-books-read‎ (55)
2015-books-read‎ (52)
2017-books-read‎ (51)
2018-books-read‎ (39)
2016-books-read‎ (35)

2020-books-read‎ (25)
2019-books-read‎ (24)
2024‎ (0)

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Lesa’s Quotes

“Everybody has a mother, but not everybody has a mother’s love.”
― Alice Feeney, Good Bad Girl

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“though. In my absolute worst moments, the thing I kept coming back to again and again was that I knew Dean hadn’t left us because, honestly, he would have taken the dog.”
― Jane Harper, Exiles

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“I remember picking it up, feeling the familiar well of tears erupt at the thought of losing yet another person in my life that I loved.”
― Stacy Willingham, All the Dangerous Things

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“Reading should be an enjoyable experience, not a chore.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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“For the first time since I submitted the manuscript, I feel a deep wash of shame. This isn’t my history, my heritage. This isn’t my community. I am an outsider, basking in their love under false pretenses. It should be Athena sitting here, smiling with these people, signing books and listening to the stories of her elders.”
― R.F. Kuang, Yellowface

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