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Jay Ishino is a big fan of collecting things until she runs out of space. T-shirts, mugs, books, you name it. You can usually find her writing or editing with a very old and bouncy Frenchton, a hyperactive chug, and the sweetest supermutt nearby.

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June: The Sea Is Salt and So Am I
by Cassandra Hartt, The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo, The Maidens by Alex Michae…more
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June: The Sea Is Salt and So Am I
by Cassandra Hartt, The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo, The Maidens by Alex Michaelides, The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

July: The Very Nice Box by Eve Gleichman and Laura Blackett

August: Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky(less)
Jay Ishino Read and write. The more you do both those things, the better writer you'll be.…moreRead and write. The more you do both those things, the better writer you'll be.(less)
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A Year of Rain

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“You don’t need to live in isolation, and I want you to know you’re a part of something bigger than you or me. I know this sounds cliché as fuck, but we’re in this together.”
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“She wasn’t a monster. Okay, she was a monster. But she was trying to not be such a dick.”
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“He also loved hugs and puppies.”
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“I love you,' he whispered again, wonderingly, as he understood at last how a lifetime together with someone that you loved could seem like an eternity, and yet not be long enough.”
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“Real power is control. Knowing that you can do anything...and not doing it only because you can.”
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“I am only a cup that knowledge holds. It does not to knowledge matter how poor the cup is. It is the wisdom of those who drink of me that me wise makes. Fools make a sibyl foolish, wherever she is.”
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“It doesn't matter. I'm not asking forever of you...just let me love you now.”
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“My gods or your gods, who know which are stronger?' That's why we honor them all - just in case. There are more cultures even than Gods in the Eight Worlds, and among them you'll find people who are willing to kill you, or each other, over any difference in belief or lifestyle or physical appearance you can imagine - and some you can't. They all think they're right. There's no Truth, Tammis, only differences of opinion.”
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Ed Many thanks for the friend add, Jamie. I hope you find lots of good reads. Have a great holiday.

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