Cynthia Shannon

https://www.goodreads.com/cincindypat

Cynthia’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (709)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (448)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
work‎ (40)

2018-literary-fiction‎ (58)
2017-buzz-books‎ (56)
pw-anticipated-spring-17‎ (40)
german-childrens-books‎ (35)
2017-buzzfeed-anticipated‎ (30)

abandoned‎ (21)
books-you-can-ask-me-about‎ (13)
2017-big-books‎ (12)
cookbooks‎ (12)
2017-debut-fiction‎ (11)

2017-summer-reads‎ (9)
marketing‎ (8)
cocktail-books‎ (3)
travel-writing‎ (1)

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Cynthia’s Quotes

“The more you leave out, the more you highlight what you leave in.”
― Henry Green

tags: highlight, revision, secrets, storytelling, style, writer, writers

1566 likes

“Activism is acting on your values—practical activism means being smart about it.”
― Julia Turshen, Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved

1 likes

“That's the problem with living in New York. You've got no New York to run away to.”
― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility

tags: new-york-city

127 likes

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

148700 likes

“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
― W. Somerset Maugham

tags: writing

3850 likes

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Cynthia’s Groups

THE Group for Authors! — 13005 members — last activity Apr 13, 2026 09:42AM
This is a group for authors to discuss their craft, as well as publishing and book marketing.

Think Big Book Club — 58 members — last activity Apr 19, 2017 05:26PM
A book club for Goodreads employees who want to Think Big. We'll read and discuss one book (every other month) around how others have thought big abou ...more

Willig, White, and Williams — 100 members — last activity Feb 24, 2016 06:49AM
This group is a forum to discuss the New York Times bestseller THE FORGOTTEN ROOM, as well as all things Lauren Wilig, Karen White, and Beatriz Willia ...more

Star Wars Reads Panel — 1011 members — last activity Apr 30, 2024 05:10PM
It's back! Join us on Saturday, October 5, 2013 for a special day-long discussion of Star Wars. What does it take to write about a book that takes pla ...more

Everything You Want A Secret Group To Be — 29 members — last activity Mar 06, 2017 10:29AM
Mindy Mejia started this group as a post-spoiler safe zone for Everything You Want Me To Be (aka The Last Act of Hattie Hoffman across the pond). Come ...more

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