“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“Everyone must choose the paths they will walk on. And when you choose, remember to count the cost.”
― The Red Palace
― The Red Palace
“Stories are both an escape from the truths of the world and the only way to see them clearly.”
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
― The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea
“Some dreams, I'd learned, were meant to fade away. And to let go of them didn't mean to let go of myself, but to release the life I'd imagined I wanted. The loss had grieved me at first, but in its fading away-slowly, very slowly-a new dream had bloomed.”
― The Red Palace
― The Red Palace
“He moved my hand into his, and as our fingers intertwined, it occurred to me that love wasn’t all that I’d feared it to be. I had imagined that it was a wildfire that incinerated everything in its path. Instead, it felt as ordinary and extraordinary as waking up to a new day.”
― The Red Palace
― The Red Palace
Anika’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Anika’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Biography, Classics, Comics, Contemporary, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Historical fiction, Manga, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Romance, and Young-adult
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