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Nicole is Currently Reading

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Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1)

by Lyla Sage (Goodreads Author)

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The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1)

by Shannon Chakraborty

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Nicole’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1) by R.F. Kuang

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Well, fuck the heavenly order of things. If getting married to a gross old man was her preordained role on this earth, then Rin was determined to rewrite it.

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson

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“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

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“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

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“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

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