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The Art of Killing Gods: A Novel (The Broken Pantheon, #1)
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I read eight of thirty free myth books this week. Three survived.
I'm part of a promo with thirty other free books about myths, legends, and fairy tales. Thirty-one free books kinda sounds like a homework assignment, so I read eight at random and cut five. Skimmed the rest.
Three survived (plus mine — The Stones in the Swamp, my Medusa story, ofc 😅).
One of them is about a grandmother who dies, comes back a vampire, and renames herself Grendel so she never forgets Read more of this blog post »
Three survived (plus mine — The Stones in the Swamp, my Medusa story, ofc 😅).
One of them is about a grandmother who dies, comes back a vampire, and renames herself Grendel so she never forgets Read more of this blog post »
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Most Dope: Unflinching biography tracing Mac Miller's creative highs, loyal friendships, and devastating addictions.
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- Cool magic system using silver working and translation - Enjoyed 3/4s the book, but the last 1/4 was a slog. - Lots of footnotes with interesting info but could be condensed |
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“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”
― Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings
― Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings
“Love and learning are similar in that they can never be wasted.”
― Lab Girl
― Lab Girl
“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.”
― Bird by Bird
― Bird by Bird
“Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.
Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it, and that is how it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.”
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Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it, and that is how it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.”
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