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Laura

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Laura’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (437)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (2361)
fantasy‎ (486)
fanfiction‎ (324)
graphic-novel‎ (313)
history‎ (291)
young-adult‎ (253)
civilization‎ (250)
government‎ (245)
being-human‎ (244)
coming-of-age‎ (211)

americas‎ (206)
apocalypse‎ (188)
alternate-history‎ (186)
politics‎ (179)
law‎ (170)
science-fiction‎ (160)
myth‎ (150)
hero-s-journey‎ (147)
metatexts‎ (146)
monsters‎ (136)
cthulhu‎ (127)
book-club‎ (124)

autobiography‎ (110)
commentary‎ (103)
death‎ (97)
nostalgia-for-feudalism‎ (97)
future-history‎ (95)
courtship‎ (93)
biography‎ (92)
dragons‎ (85)
lgbtqi‎ (80)
fairies‎ (76)
washington-state-law-library‎ (76)
twu-luv‎ (75)

zombies‎ (73)
portal-fiction‎ (72)
cats‎ (71)
war‎ (71)
law-enforcement‎ (70)
timey-whimy‎ (70)
transformation‎ (68)
dogs‎ (66)
magic‎ (65)
semi-dystopian‎ (62)
triangle-trade‎ (62)
vampires‎ (61)

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Laura’s Quotes

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing

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“The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

tags: humor, scifi

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“Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

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“BRODIE:

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned for SEGA.”
― Kevin Smith, Mallrats

tags: mallrats

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“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, ethics, justice, philosophy

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Laura’s Groups

The Geek Girls Book Club — 745 members — last activity Apr 10, 2023 11:03AM
The GGBC grew out of NYT TV reviewer Ginina Bellafonte's comments on her review of "A Game of Thrones", saying that: "While I do not doubt that ther ...more

Not Quite A Topless Robot Book Club — 31 members — last activity Mar 13, 2013 06:42AM
A group for readers and contributors of Topless Robot, regular commentors, semi-regular commentors, rare commentors, lurkers, and friends of all of th ...more

Goodreads Librarians Group — 313728 members — last activity 0 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more

Q & A with Lawrence M. Schoen — 61 members — last activity Mar 04, 2014 01:49PM
Discussion about Science Fiction and Fantasy, about writing, about language and linguistics in sf & f, about Klingon in particular, about small press ...more

Friends of Victor Torvich — 135 members — last activity Mar 11, 2025 11:16AM
Group of friends of Victor Torvich, that are or were interested in History books.

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