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Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)

by Rebecca Yarros (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 14, 2026 03:18PM

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Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian, Vol. 2

by Sunsunsun

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For Love of Magic

by Simon R. Green

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“My life has been shaped by the decision two people made over 24 years ago. They decided to adopt a child. They got me, and I got a chance at the kind of life all children deserve.”
― Karen Fowler, Reflections on Motherhood

tags: adoption, children, parenting

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“That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable.”
― Deb Caletti

tags: family, friends, hugs, life, lovable, love, people

1972 likes

“I don't care about whose DNA has recombined with whose. When everything goes to hell, the people who stand by you without flinching--they are your family.”
― Jim Butcher, Proven Guilty

tags: dresden, family, friends, friendship

1373 likes

“The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.”
― Mikhail Bakunin

736 likes

“Adopted.
Big Deal; so was Superman”
― Chris Crutcher, Whale Talk

tags: adopted-kids, adoption, parenting

21 likes

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Addicted to YA — 66338 members — last activity 1 hour, 42 min ago
“Sometimes, you read a book and it fills you with this weird evangelical zeal, and you become convinced that the shattered world will never be put bac ...more

Library Test Page — 1 member — last activity Jul 18, 2017 03:52PM
Trying to see how this works in order to start a staff reads page for the library at which I work!

Goodreads Librarians Group — 335005 members — last activity 1 minute ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Brown Bag Book Club - CRCPL — 7 members — last activity Apr 10, 2020 10:36AM
At lunchtime on the third Wednesday of the month, we have a book club at Paper City Coffee. This online group allows our book club members to chat any ...more

YAlit — 152 members — last activity Aug 25, 2015 06:34PM
Goodreads group formed for /r/YAlit Young Adult literature isn't exclusive to only young adults, so here's a place for both the young and the young a ...more

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