Kristy Frenken-Francis

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Madeleine L'Engle
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
Madeleine L'Engle

C.S. Lewis
“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

Maya Angelou
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Virginia Woolf
“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

William Shakespeare
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
William Shakespeare, As You Like It

25x33 Conversation: Why Do We Write and Read? — 44 members — last activity Jul 19, 2020 07:23AM
Conversation this November 24, 5-8 p.m., on why we write and why we read, facilitated by author Sharman Apt Russell. Writing is discovery of the sel ...more
178481 The GoodBook Club — 2089 members — last activity Dec 09, 2021 02:59AM
Hello everyone, So we at Penguin Random House Canada have a conundrum. We're maxed out a 5000 friends and can't add anymore faces to our GoodReads f ...more
532033 The Sapphic Squad — 7036 members — last activity Apr 05, 2026 09:54AM
A book group for reading sapphic books and connecting over our often-obscure favorites! At least for now we're predominantly-YA but adult recs are ALW ...more
126557 Rainbow Support Group — 1042 members — last activity Sep 14, 2025 04:17AM
This group is for people of the LGBTQ+ community or genuine and sincere LGBTQ+ supporters. This group is to vent, ask and give advice, and to just let ...more
174195 Around the Year in 52 Books — 11295 members — last activity 6 hours, 27 min ago
~ 2026 Reading Challenge ~ 52 books for 52 weeks. Each week, members read the book of their choice for that week's challenge requirement. ▶︎ CURREN ...more
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Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,462 books — 69,772 voters
The Notebook by Nicholas SparksThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerStardust by Neil GaimanForrest Gump by Winston GroomHoles by Louis Sachar
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,136 books — 10,100 voters

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