Nilay Jones

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currently-reading‎ (18)
read‎ (686)
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ya‎ (267)
classics‎ (223)
romance‎ (179)
realistic-fiction‎ (143)
owned‎ (95)
queer-reading‎ (81)

dark-academia‎ (78)
non-fiction‎ (74)
poc-authors‎ (62)
dystopian‎ (58)
favorites‎ (55)
sci-fi‎ (53)
thriller‎ (52)
horror‎ (44)
genre-defying‎ (38)
african-american-lit‎ (37)

religious‎ (37)
mystery‎ (29)
philosophy‎ (21)
deconstruction‎ (17)
dragons‎ (17)
poetry-and-prose‎ (17)
middle-east‎ (16)
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pirates‎ (7)
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horse‎ (4)
south-america‎ (4)
africa‎ (3)

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Nilay is Currently Reading

Nilay Jones is currently reading

Girl, Woman, Other

by Bernardine Evaristo

bookshelves: currently-reading, europe, poetry-and-prose, poc-authors, queer-reading, realistic-fiction

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Jul 11, 2025 05:00PM

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Shadowfever (Fever, #5)

by Karen Marie Moning (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, fantasy, romance, vampires

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Jun 28, 2025 09:56AM

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Anti-Capitalist Economy in Rojava: The Contradictions of Revolution in the Kurdish Struggle

by Azize Aslan

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Nilay’s Quotes

“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline

tags: books, dragons, fairy-tales, inspirational, paraphrasing-g-k-chesterton

45259 likes

“Be careful what you give children, for sooner or later you are sure to get it back. ”
― Barbara Kingsolver, High Tide in Tucson : Essays from Now or Never

28 likes

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, children, fairy-tales

25156 likes

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep

126732 likes

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

tags: friendship

88004 likes

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