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The Monster Baru Cormorant (The Masquerade, #2)

by Seth Dickinson (Goodreads Author)

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Dec 14, 2024 05:30PM

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The Jasmine Throne (The Burning Kingdoms, #1)

by Tasha Suri (Goodreads Author)

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Chaitna Deshmukh said: " I absolutely loved this book. Like most fantasy it took about 100 pages to get into the world and the characters-especially because the author uses a lot of POVs, including some for minor characters for just one scene- but once you get used to it, th I absolutely loved this book. Like most fantasy it took about 100 pages to get into the world and the characters-especially because the author uses a lot of POVs, including some for minor characters for just one scene- but once you get used to it, the writing flows smoothly and it doesn't take any effort to keep reading. The book explores the effects of religion, nationalism, war, and revolution especially on children, and all the women characters were very different, and refreshingly unashamed of using their specific strengths to their advantage.

The things I personally appreciated from this book were the explorations of different sibling relationships (especially how they are informed by childhood trauma), the South Asian culture, and (of course) the sapphic element.

I would recommend this book for people who are interested in fantasy, South Asian culture, and/or morally grey sapphic characters.

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Feb 01, 2023 05:55PM · see review

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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017

by Rashid Khalidi

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Jan 22, 2024 03:01PM

Chaitna’s Quotes

“Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

tags: inspirational

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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

tags: books, library, reading

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“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
― John Lennon

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“but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.”
― Jane Austen

tags: books, catherine, or-the-bower

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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

tags: adventuring, death, time

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