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Wayne squatted in the center of it all, his clothes ripped, playing cards with a whole group of tied-up gangsters. He had their cards laid out on the floor in front of them—though their hands were tied behind their backs. “You sure you want
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“There came a day when we were to make dumplings. We filled them with dark berries. We filled them with meat. We lowered them into boiling water. Watched them sink to the bottom only to come rushing back to the surface, like drowning schoolboys full of desperation. The perforated ladle scooped them up and rescued them to a hand-painted plate of thick porcelain. A complicated pattern of roses and insects. I imagined the hand that had painted the plate. Thin and bony and with red-painted nails.”
― Strega
― Strega
“I love tradition,” Dalinar said to Kadash. “I’ve fought for tradition. I make my men follow the codes. I uphold Vorin virtues. But merely being tradition does not make something worthy, Kadash. We can’t just assume that because something is old it is right.”
― Oathbringer
― Oathbringer
“A fine weapon,” Chet said, hands on hips. “What shall you name it?” “Skullbreaker, of course,” I said. “Excellent.” “Though…I don’t know if sand worms have skulls,” I said. “Maybe we should sharpen a rock and make a spear, in case I get swallowed and need to kill it from the inside.” “I doubt that will be requisite,” Chet said with a chuckle. “Say that when you’re in a sand worm’s gullet and I’m standing triumphantly on the corpse of mine, contemplating how to make a hat out of its skin.”
― Cytonic
― Cytonic
Jennifer’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jennifer’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,172 books
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37 friends
70 books
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34 friends
260 books
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25 friends
0 books
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8 friends
15 books
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53 friends
55 books
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13 friends
173 books
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35 friends
30 books
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