Barbara

Barbara’s Bookshelves

read‎ (1634)
currently-reading‎ (0)
to-read‎ (184)
fiction‎ (334)
young-adult‎ (287)
non-fiction‎ (244)
memoir‎ (243)
historical-fiction‎ (168)
middle-grade-books‎ (140)

2020-aty-challenge‎ (118)
graphic-novel‎ (115)
2023-reading-challenge‎ (114)
2022-challenge‎ (105)
2021-aty-challenge‎ (86)
2019-aty-challenge‎ (83)
2024-challenge‎ (82)
barbara-s-aty-2016-challenge‎ (82)
2018-aty-challenge‎ (75)

2017-aty-challenge‎ (65)
mystery‎ (52)
abandoned‎ (38)
humor‎ (37)
fantasy‎ (29)
drama‎ (23)
biography‎ (22)
short-stories‎ (22)
professional‎ (20)

dystopia‎ (18)
classics‎ (13)
fictional-biography-memoir‎ (12)
poetry‎ (11)
essays‎ (10)
novel-in-verse‎ (9)
children-s-books‎ (5)

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Barbara’s Quotes

“Read them out loud, and take it slow. When you hit a comma, stop and chew. When you hit a period, swallow. Don't try to eat any circled words.”
― Pat Schmatz, Bluefish

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“I began to realize how this fire department was a means of reentry, of rediscovering the place I had left a decade before, of recapturing my sense of place one tragedy at a time.”
― Michael Perry, Population: 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time

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Barbara’s Groups

Around the Year in 52 Books — 10014 members — last activity 38 minutes ago
~ 2024 Reading Challenge ~ 52 books for 52 weeks. Each week, members read the book of their choice for that week's challenge requirement. ▶︎ CURREN ...more

Our Shared Shelf — 228655 members — last activity 13 hours, 39 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

Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge — 41779 members — last activity 2 hours, 27 min ago
This group is for people participating in the Popsugar reading challenge for 2024. The Popsugar website posted a reading challenge that included a lis ...more

BYO Book Club — 45 members — last activity Aug 05, 2023 11:31AM
BYO Book Club is a non-traditional discussion group for adults. Instead of reading a predetermined title, participants meet to talk about what they’re ...more