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Barbara McEwen

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Barbara is Currently Reading

Barbara McEwen is currently reading

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself

by Marisa Crane

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Dreamsnake

by Vonda N. McIntyre

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May 26, 2026 02:40PM

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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)

by Suzanne Collins

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Reading for the 2nd time

read in January 2013

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Barbara’s Quotes

“We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore.”
― John Powell SJ

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“Y'all think a body be who you is, but it ain't nothing but a motherfucking sack of meat.”
― James Hannaham, Delicious Foods

tags: addiction, body, soul

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“What a vision of loneliness and riot the thought of Margaret Cavendish brings to mind! as if some giant cucumber had spread itself over all the roses and carnations in the garden and choked them to death.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

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“Elsewhere, people like Aunt Emily clack away at their typewriters, spreading words like buckshot, aiming at the shadow in the sky.”
― Joy Kogawa, Obasan

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“Well, you're young. You know a whole lot you won't know later on." ~ Christie Logan”
― Margaret Laurence, The Diviners

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CanadianContent — 774 members — last activity 24 minutes ago
A Group to talk about books written by Canadian authors - beware - your TBR pile will grow dramatically!

Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge — 26977 members — last activity 17 hours, 34 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

Our Shared Shelf — 222802 members — last activity 2 hours, 38 min ago
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

Making Connections — 14880 members — last activity 8 hours, 6 min ago
Read, Review, and Make Connections

Around the World in 80 Books — 31386 members — last activity 1 hour, 34 min ago
Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or explorin ...more

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