Mandy Phillips

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historical-fiction-usa‎ (91)

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Mandy’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English

The Glamour of Grammar: A Guide to the Magic and Mystery of Practical English by Roy Peter Clark

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Living inside the language requires a love of words: the sound of words in the air, the sight of words on the page or screen, the feelings and images created by words in our hearts and heads. Words can even stimulate our senses; I can ...more

Mandy’s Quotes

“It's what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us.”
― Beth Hoffman

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“in, taking a table by the window. Glancing around,”
― Anonymous

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“Joy is the best makeup.”
― Anne Lamott, Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

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“When a chapter of your Life Book is complete, your spirit knows its time to turn the page so a new chapter can begin. Even when you're scared or think you're not ready your spirit knows you are. ”
― Beth Hoffman

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“Happiness is a risk. If you’re not a little scared, then you’re not doing it right.”
― Sarah Addison Allen, The Peach Keeper

tags: happiness, risk

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Mandy’s Groups

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge — 26993 members — last activity 6 hours, 16 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

The Next Best Book Club — 26255 members — last activity 22 hours, 48 min ago
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more

The 52 Book Club: 2026 Challenge — 27919 members — last activity 5 minutes ago
SCAM ALERT: We will never reach out to you asking for money, any attempts to do so are scams. Please do not engage. This reading challenge is free to ...more

Pop Sugar's Annual Ultimate Reading Challenge — 1546 members — last activity Jan 12, 2024 09:07AM
Welcome to an incredibly chill reading challenge group. Together we aim to tackle the annual Pop Sugar reading challenge each year but this group is m ...more

PopSugar Reading Challenge 2021 — 743 members — last activity Mar 06, 2025 07:06AM
This group has been made to discuss books we've found or read for the different categories for the Popsugar Reading Challenge 2021! Challenge starts J ...more

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