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Katie

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Katie’s Bookshelves

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2019‎ (100)
2020‎ (100)
2018‎ (76)
2015‎ (70)
2017‎ (60)

2022‎ (60)
2016‎ (56)
read-more-than-once‎ (44)
2021‎ (40)
2014‎ (32)

2013‎ (30)
childhood‎ (28)
2012‎ (26)
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Katie’s Quotes

“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

tags: god, humor, life

11631 likes

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

tags: attributed-no-source, happiness

23777 likes

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

tags: actions, disappointed, disappointment, dream, dreams, explore, misattributed-mark-twain, sail

60424 likes

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

tags: books, contentment, friends, friendship, life

47116 likes

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

tags: life, navigation

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Katie’s Groups

UK Book Club — 6964 members — last activity 9 hours, 10 min ago
This is a book group for Goodreads users in the UK, but members from other countries are welcome too so long as all posts are made in English. Please ...more

Top 5 Wednesday — 9771 members — last activity Apr 19, 2026 09:01AM
Welcome to the official group page of the T5W! This weekly book meme officiated in November 2013 and is still going strong! Join the group to become a ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222793 members — last activity 20 hours, 3 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

YA Backlist Bookclub — 201 members — last activity Jun 30, 2020 01:56AM
This is a book club where we read the YA books that get pushed to the back of your shelf and left unread for so long you can forget they're even there ...more

Dragons & Tea Book Club — 4422 members — last activity Mar 01, 2024 07:14AM
Hello! This is a book club, hosted by four Asian book reviewers, dedicated to boosting marginalized voices and celebrating diverse books, while always ...more

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