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R.D. Pires
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Spring Book Festivals Galore!
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Spring 2026 is well underway, which means book fairs are popping up all over the place like daisies! This season I will be participating in two book fairs in the Northern California region: the Sacramento Book Festival and the Bay Area Book Fest.
This is the first year I’ve ever participated in any such festivals, so I’ve been having a fun time gathering advice about what to bring and what to
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Before the Ghost Sea (The Tides That Reign #3):
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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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"An epic fantasy following multiple characters, all on their own paths but united by one goal, overthrow a tyrant and seek justice for the lives lost and the towns burned to the ground. The Asian inspired world? Absolutely stunning.
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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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