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"I like this quite a bit, but it feels long for the type of story it is. It’s like Sci-Fi Extra Lite." — Nov 09, 2026 08:28AM
"I like this quite a bit, but it feels long for the type of story it is. It’s like Sci-Fi Extra Lite." — Nov 09, 2026 08:28AM
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read in January 2017
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Hi, remember when I was supposed to have read this by December 1st for #CannonBookClub, but I didn’t finish the book until January 23rd? And also how I’ve been reading it since November 13th? Because I do. I definitely remember all of that.Ultimately ...more "
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"We have the telegraph, man, why are you here? is the Napoleonic Wars version of this could have been an email." — Nov 09, 2026 12:20PM
"We have the telegraph, man, why are you here? is the Napoleonic Wars version of this could have been an email." — Nov 09, 2026 12:20PM
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"I was worried this might be dense, but it’s not at all! Very readable, and I am very intrigued." — Nov 03, 2026 10:57AM
"I was worried this might be dense, but it’s not at all! Very readable, and I am very intrigued." — Nov 03, 2026 10:57AM
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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“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.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
"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.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“If all the world hated you and believed you wicked, while your own conscience approved of you and absolved you from guilt, you would not be without friends.”
― Jane Eyre
― Jane Eyre
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