Jenn

https://wereallstoriesinthend.blogspot.com/

https://www.goodreads.com/jennmonk

Jenn’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (557)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (7191)
children-s‎ (2820)
picture-book‎ (1798)
comics‎ (1547)
ya‎ (1179)
manga‎ (922)
non-fiction‎ (491)
fantasy‎ (391)
award-lists‎ (383)
mg‎ (365)

adult-fiction‎ (336)
horror‎ (313)
queer‎ (312)
sci-fi‎ (302)
biography‎ (218)
romance‎ (199)
audiobook‎ (185)
mystery‎ (168)
ggn16‎ (167)
black‎ (151)
ggn17‎ (144)
albert-s‎ (124)

classics‎ (111)
folklore-mythology‎ (106)
poetry‎ (102)
beginning-readers‎ (94)
lone-star-2011‎ (92)
caldecott-classics‎ (89)
caldecott-2021‎ (88)
funny‎ (81)
newbery-classics‎ (80)
anxiety‎ (79)
manwha‎ (76)
east-asian‎ (73)

humor‎ (72)
caldecott-2018‎ (64)
caldecott-2020‎ (60)
history‎ (55)
first-nations‎ (51)
yalsa-hub-challenge-2018‎ (50)
popsugar-challenge-2025‎ (49)
board-books‎ (48)
newbery-2018‎ (48)
caldecott-2022‎ (46)
caldecott-2019‎ (43)
newbery-medal-books‎ (40)

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Jenn’s Quotes

“What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms.”
― Kobayashi Issa, Poems

tags: blossoms, cherry-blossoms, haiku, japan, life, poetry, spring

2370 likes

“Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections

10988 likes

“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
― James A. Baldwin

tags: love

5449 likes

“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”
― James Baldwin

tags: dissent, patriotism, protest

1094 likes

“By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.”
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth

tags: foreshadowing, macbeth

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Mock Printz 2026 — 1175 members — last activity Dec 09, 2025 12:33PM
Reading the best of the best in Young Adult literature published in the previous year. Our goal is to find the book the American Library Association's ...more

Mock Newbery 2026 — 3191 members — last activity 16 hours, 5 min ago
A discussion group that reads, suggests, and enjoys current children’s literature, while searching for next years Newbery Award winning books.

Mock Caldecott 2026 — 1578 members — last activity Jan 16, 2026 04:36PM
A discussion group that reads, suggests, and enjoys current children’s literature, while searching for next years Caldecott Award winning books.

2022 Children's Literature Legacy Award — 41 members — last activity Mar 04, 2022 12:50PM
Each year ALA awards the Children's Literature Legacy Award to an author that has made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution ...more

Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge — 42904 members — last activity 2 minutes ago
*** IMPORTANT NOTE: There is never any fee charged to participate in this challenge or in this group. If you received a note asking for money, that is ...more

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