Melissa

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Melissa’s Bookshelves

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read‎ (840)
dnf‎ (10)
non-fiction‎ (207)
audiobooks‎ (200)
biography-and-memoir‎ (115)
priority-reading‎ (111)
classics-literary-fiction‎ (109)
own-voices‎ (97)
mysteries‎ (94)

scifi-fantasy‎ (72)
historical-novels‎ (54)
2021-tbr‎ (51)
favorites‎ (48)
poetry‎ (40)
graphic-novels-and-comics‎ (39)
book-candy‎ (37)
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lady-naturalists‎ (33)
childrens-classics‎ (31)

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short-stories‎ (19)
book-group-books‎ (17)
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football‎ (11)
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spring-books‎ (7)

translated‎ (7)
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picture-books‎ (6)
cookbooks‎ (4)
horse-books‎ (4)
life-s-library-book-club‎ (3)
fantasy‎ (2)
plays‎ (2)
gift-books‎ (1)

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Melissa’s Quotes

“Always remember... Yo are braver than you believe. Stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.”
― Christopher Robin to Winnie the Pooh

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“The library is inhabited by spirits that come out of the pages at night.”
― Isabel Allende

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“I think maybe it’s the things we don’t want to talk about that are the things people most want to hear.”
― Julie Murphy, Dumplin'

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“Barry, you're over thirty years old. You owe it to your mum and dad not to sing in a group called Sonic Death Monkey.”
― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

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“Some things happen only once, twice in a lifetime. The world is full of signs and wonders that come, and go, and if you are lucky you might be alive to see them.”
― Helen Macdonald, H is for Hawk

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The Feminist Orchestra Bookclub — 4575 members — last activity Oct 17, 2025 06:48PM
Discover and recommend more feminist reads here: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/96419.The_Feminist_Orchestra_Potential_Reading_List We're also o ...more

Nerdfighters — 1930 members — last activity Jun 14, 2021 05:06AM
Decreasing world suck one day at a time

Readiton — 82 members — last activity May 21, 2013 11:28AM
An exciting new book club based in Sanditon, California. We are three friends who love reading and wanted to share this passion with our fellow Sandi ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 222969 members — last activity Feb 22, 2026 03:08AM
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

Victorian-style Dickens Readalong - Bleak House #dickensalong — 290 members — last activity Feb 15, 2019 09:48AM
So welcome to a Victorian-style Dickens readalong, run by me, Katie from Books and Things. Following on from our reading of Dickens's Our Mutual Frie ...more

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