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AAPI Heritage Month Check-In
Heyo!
May is well underway, which means we’re in the heart of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
You may not have noticed since I’ve been so subtle about it, but the world of The Tides That Reign is heavily influenced by East and Southeast Asia. Not only do the settings, architecture, clothing, and food borrow from these regions, but the mythology is rife with references to these c
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Design of Darkness: The Tides That Reign Book One:
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In the third book of this epic fantasy series, there is a state of upheaval across the world. As Queen Yiscel deals with the deadly contagion, a political foe starts to raise " Read more of this review » |
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This is such a brief book that I almost considered not reviewing it. But a book is a book, so it must go on the gram! To be honest, I was hoping for something more from this foray into the past of one of the most famous and beloved theme parks in the ...more |
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“Sometimes, we carry our troubles so plainly that everyone can see them.”
― A Vast, Untethered Ocean
― A Vast, Untethered Ocean
“Now there was a sense of liberation, a feeling of finality. It's in the spinning of the wheels beneath him, the miles of road he has traveled, and the miles of road he has yet to travel. Why had leaving ever seemed so difficult?”
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“Now there was a sense of liberation, a feeling of finality. It's in the spinning of the wheels beneath him, the miles of road he has traveled, and the miles of road he has yet to travel. When had leaving ever seemed so difficult?”
― A Vast, Untethered Ocean
― A Vast, Untethered Ocean
“Now there was a sense of liberation, a feeling of finality. It's in the spinning of the wheels beneath him, the miles of road he has traveled, and the miles of road he has yet to travel. When had leaving ever seemed so difficult?”
― A Vast, Untethered Ocean
― A Vast, Untethered Ocean
“Sometimes, we carry our troubles so plainly that everyone can see them.”
― A Vast, Untethered Ocean
― A Vast, Untethered Ocean
“Simon, what do you understand to be the nature of a soul?" he said suddenly.
Simon was staring darkly into the endless distance. He didn't refocus his gaze to reply.
"That part of us which cannot be destroyed.”
― A Botanical Daughter
Simon was staring darkly into the endless distance. He didn't refocus his gaze to reply.
"That part of us which cannot be destroyed.”
― A Botanical Daughter
“He had tried sculpting in other materials - in clay, marble, wood, and bronze - but corpses were the only medium that really sang under his fingers.”
― A Botanical Daughter
― A Botanical Daughter
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