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J.L. Odom
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By Blood, by Salt (Land of Exile, #1)
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2024
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4 editions
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A Haunt for Jackals (Land of Exile, #2)
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2025
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Honor: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Anthology
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The Rock Laid Bare (Land of Exile, #3)
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2026
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2 editions
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Andor and The Power of Patience
I could make a list as long as my arm of all the things the show Andor does right. Gosh, it does so, so many things right. It simply oozes with thought and care and precision. But as I settled contentedly (or, often as not, with tension) into each next episode, one word kept coming to mind.
Patience.
This show–these writers–have so much patience. And the result is gorgeous. Just as three hours o
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"-Multiple POVs
-Immersive & vivid -Politics, strategies & battles -Different faiths, cultures, languages and mannerisms 5⭐s This story - engaging. The circumstances - brutal. The characters - villain, hero, victim, survivor,...they are all so layered " Read more of this review » |
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is 41% done with The Rock Laid Bare: My map loving heart is happy.
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is on page 375 of 512 of A Haunt for Jackals: “What could be heard had been said. What could be known was known. They did not walk a fast pace and they did not take the short way.”
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A read-aloud for my 7th and 5th grade boys and, I must say, very well-done rendition of the Illiad for mid-grade readers. It succeeds on the three levels that matter most (to me) for school read-alouds: 1. My boys loved it. They were engaged at nearly ...more |
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| Well I really enjoyed this. Within a few chapters I knew it was a book for me, especially since it managed to use a few devices--macguffin and constant mystery--that I usually do NOT like in a way that I actually DID like. I told my husband to read i ...more | |
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3.5 rounded up to 4 for making me laugh out loud several times. (I too sometimes wonder how to stop spelling recommendation.) First thing, yes, this is charming. Flavors of Monty Python with essence of Robin Hood Men In Tights. A crust of cynicism ove ...more |
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Oh, curious...is it because it's not working for you? Could you say why, if so? I was very intrigued about this one.
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Patricia wrote: "The Anne of Green Gables series is my favorite from my childhood. Although I'm a grandma now, I still love to revisit these beautiful
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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
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“The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.”
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“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.”
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“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance, the only thing it cannot be is moderately important.”
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“From at least the age of six, romantic longing --Sechnsucht-- has played an unusually central part of my experience. Such longing is in itself the very reverse of wishful thinking: it is more like thoughtful wishing.”
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