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"Two chapters in and we are off to a riotous start!!!!!" — Aug 10, 2026 05:07AM
"Two chapters in and we are off to a riotous start!!!!!" — Aug 10, 2026 05:07AM
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read in October 2024
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[second read via hardback]This is the best book I have ever ever read and there will forever be a piece of my soul carved out and devoted to it. Of course I loved you. Of course, of course, of course-
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"Comfort book x 1000000
Katie Leung's Margaret makes me feel safe" — Jul 07, 2026 12:35AM
"Comfort book x 1000000
Katie Leung's Margaret makes me feel safe" — Jul 07, 2026 12:35AM
I study my moldering papers and drink my poisons and plan a thousand parries to blows that may never come.
“There are no bargains between lion and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“You left me this mad girl, and I love her well. She is braver and wilder than any of my sons.”
― The Bear and the Nightingale
― The Bear and the Nightingale
“We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant”
― Playing with Fire
― Playing with Fire
“I did not know I was lonely, she thought, until I was no longer alone.”
― The Girl in the Tower
― The Girl in the Tower
“He is full of desire. Desire and fear. He does not know what he desires, and he does not admit his fear. But he feels both, strong enough to strangle.”
― The Bear and the Nightingale
― The Bear and the Nightingale
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