JB

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JB’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (161)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (625)
dnf‎ (21)
clean-reads‎ (159)
christian‎ (103)
2021‎ (99)
2023‎ (99)
2024‎ (96)
reviewed‎ (94)
2015‎ (72)

listened-to-audiobook‎ (72)
2013‎ (57)
2014‎ (57)
non-fiction‎ (54)
2025‎ (53)
2019‎ (51)
young-adult‎ (45)
2022‎ (41)
2010‎ (36)
kindle-unlimited‎ (36)
2012‎ (34)

2020‎ (32)
want-to-reread‎ (29)
2011‎ (26)
christmas‎ (19)
2018‎ (18)
middle-grade‎ (16)
bedtime-books‎ (10)
recommended‎ (10)
2016‎ (9)
content-advisory‎ (8)
my-favorites‎ (7)

autumn‎ (6)
homeschooling‎ (5)
parenting‎ (5)
recommended-by-kendra-adachi‎ (4)
adoption-foster-care-fiction‎ (3)
summer‎ (3)
2017‎ (2)
adoption-nonfic‎ (2)
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JB’s Quotes

“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

tags: love, mr-darcy

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“Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

tags: life

2133 likes

“If you try and lose then it isn't your fault. But if you don't try and we lose, then it's all your fault.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game

tags: hard-work, inaction, just-do-it, success, team

1462 likes

“She might be pointing to a doorway, or a person, or the sky. But such things were so common to my eyes, so undistinguished, that they would register as "nothing" I walked in a gray world of nothing.”
― Jerry Spinelli, Stargirl

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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: books, library, reading

20588 likes

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JB’s Groups

Best Teen Books — 2816 members — last activity Jun 25, 2025 09:47AM
A group for librarians, teens, or other folks who enjoy the best of teen fiction, non-fiction, or graphic novels.

The Gallagher Academy Fans — 335 members — last activity Jan 14, 2021 09:53AM
This group is base on the Gallagher Girl books by Ally Carter. We can also talk about other things if you want.

Epic Reads Book Club — 2063 members — last activity Dec 15, 2021 09:11AM
Epic Reads Book Club is a discussion of one YA/teen lit title each month, across all genres. Here’s how it works: Read. Discuss. Repeat. Yup, it’s tha ...more

ForeverBookish Readalongs — 18 members — last activity Feb 28, 2015 01:34PM
Join Xander from ForeverBookish every month for a book of the month read! All books are YA, and there will ne two books a month: a new release, and an ...more