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Crown of War and Shadow (Kingdoms of the Compass, #1)

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Legacy of the Demon (Kara Gillian, #8)

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Primal Mirror (Psy-Changeling Trinity, #8; Psy-Changeling, #23)

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I haven’t had a good book hangover in a while, and now I’m reeling from how much I already miss these characters 😭😭Yes the story starts a bit slow and the world building is a bit more detailed than I need, as a character motivated reader I could care ...more
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Carla Ionescu is 20% done with This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me: So far this book is taking forever to get going but I like the premise and IA are one of my all time favourite writers so on I go This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying, #1) by Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author) progress:	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Carla’s Quotes

“I don't want you to be interested in my life. I want you to be interested in me.”
― Nicci French, Killing Me Softly

tags: psychological-thriller

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“A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.”
― Dhammapada, The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha

tags: buddha, buddhism, wisdom

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“Leave behind the passive dreaming of a rose-tinted future. The energy of happiness exists in living today with roots sunk firmly in reality's soil.”
― Daisaku Ikeda

tags: buddhism, destiny, happiness, humanism, inspirational, karma, peace, self-reformation

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“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.”
― Gautama Buddha, Sayings of Buddha

tags: alone, buddha, buddhism, destiny, fate, future, lone, past, path, present, save, saying, walk

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“I'll always want him. Until every sun goes dark in every sky, until I am nothing more than long-forgotten cosmic dust, I will want him. And even then I suspect my particles will long for his.”
― Ann Aguirre, Doubleblind

tags: desire, love

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