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Elle (ellexamines on TT & Substack)

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“Name the different kinds of people,’ said Miss Lupescu. ‘Now.’

Bod thought for a moment. ‘The living,’ he said. ‘Er. The dead.’ He stopped. Then, ‘... Cats?’ he offered, uncertainly.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

tags: cats, challenge, dead, guess, humor, kinds, kinds-of-people, living, people

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“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

tags: women

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“Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated.”
― Doug Wright, Quills

tags: communication, conversation, diplomacy

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“He had noticed that events were cowards: they didn't occur singly, but instead they would run in packs and leap out at him all at once.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

tags: crises

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“Love conquers all," Aphrodite promised. "Look at Helen and Paris. Did they let anything come between them?"
"Didn't they start the Trojan War and get thousands of people killed?"
"Pfft. That's not the point. Follow your heart.”
― Rick Riordan, The Titan’s Curse

tags: humor, true-love

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The Sapphic Squad — 6655 members — last activity Sep 05, 2025 05:42PM
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

Top 5 Wednesday — 9831 members — last activity 17 hours, 28 min ago
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

Unexpected Readathon Time / Books Out of the Blue — 642 members — last activity Aug 26, 2025 04:05PM
OFFICIAL GOODREADS GROUP OF THE "BOOKS OUT OF THE BLUE" DISCORD SERVER! I love doing impromptu readathons, but they're not as much fun without buddie ...more

2025 Reading Challenge — 34154 members — last activity 18 minutes ago
Are you ready to set your 2025 reading goal? This is a supportive, fun group of people looking for people just like you. Track your annual reading go ...more

Tome Topple Readathon — 3026 members — last activity Sep 10, 2023 03:39PM
The next round of the Tome Topple Readathon will take place from midnight in your time zone on February 7th to 11:59pm in your time zone on February 2 ...more

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