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Higher education researchers topped the table in their enthusiasm for nominalizations, those multisyllabic abstract nouns formed from verbs or adjectives—obfuscation, viscosity, fortuitousness—so beloved by academic writers.
“My heart started racing, not the bad kind of heart racing, like I'm going to die. But the good kind of heart racing, like, Hello, can I help you with something? If not, please step aside because I'm about to kick the shit out of life.”
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
― Where'd You Go, Bernadette
“And what if I'm the one who kills him?" "My heart is your heart," he said, "My hands are your hands.”
― City of Lost Souls
― City of Lost Souls
“Sit in a room and read--and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.”
― The Power of Myth
― The Power of Myth
“We must never confuse elegance with snobbery”
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“What's terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don't need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.”
― The Golden Notebook
― The Golden Notebook
The Random World of Reading
— 542 members
— last activity Apr 10, 2020 02:55PM
This group is for anyone who has so many different categories of books and just doesn't know what to read. Anything from YA to history to romance to b ...more
Young Adult Book Reading Challenges
— 8277 members
— last activity Aug 26, 2025 12:05PM
Welcome to the Young Adult Book Reading Challenges! Welcome everyone who is interested in YA books! We have amazing reading challenges going on all t ...more
Lovers of Paranormal
— 10545 members
— last activity Jul 17, 2025 10:42PM
If, like us, you enjoy anything paranormal, then this place is for you. This is a bookclub dedicated to Paranormal (YA & Adult) Fantasy, dystopia, sci ...more
♥!The Young Adult Book Club!♥
— 15520 members
— last activity 15 hours, 11 min ago
“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” ― Paul Sweeney Welcome to The Young Ad ...more
YA Reads for Teachers (And Any Other Adults!)
— 1914 members
— last activity Jul 22, 2025 08:45AM
We are a group of educators (teachers, media specialists / librarians, and home school teachers) parents and other adult fans of young adult and child ...more
Cassie’s 2024 Year in Books
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