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Rob Young

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The Sacred Depths of Nature: How Life Has Emerged and Evolved

by Ursula Goodenough (Goodreads Author)

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The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)

by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)

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read in September 2014

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Rob Young said: " This book prompted me to create a new policy: I'm only going to start on fantasy series if the series is already done. I was left so hungry for more at the end of this book, and it's driving me a bit crazy!

While it takes a while to get used to the sl ...more "

Oct 06, 2014 02:21PM · see review

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An Oxford Murder (The Catherine Tregowyn Mysteries #1)

by G.G. Vandagriff (Goodreads Author)

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Rob’s Quotes

“If you were an animal, what would you be?" I wrote, "A bumblebee trying to fuck a marble.”
― Wells Tower, Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned

tags: humorous

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“So what are you doing, any looting?"
"Why? You got anything to loot?"
"Me? Oh, no. Got a decent cookstove, but I can't see you toting that back on the ship."
"Don't suppose you've got a coin hoard or anything buried out back?"
"Jeezum crow, I wish I did have. Coin hoard, I'd really turn things around for myself.”
― Wells Tower, Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned

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“Can't make an omelette without killing a few people.”
― Neil Gaiman, Neverwhere

tags: kill, killing

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“All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet -- it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.”
― Joss Whedon

tags: art, humour, interpretation

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“She was molten in my bed, but she also suffered depressions that were very dear to her.”
― Wells Tower, Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned

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