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Blood of a Novice (The Eternal Ephemera #1)

by Davis Ashura (Goodreads Author)

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"After all the clechés this book had at 20%...
The MC meets a pandaren on "Brewery" highway, quotes LotR with "pandarens are wasted on marathons, were natural sprinters", and then a wizard literally drops down from the sky and turns this into a Magical Academy book where the mean teacher is called Professor Worm." — Oct 20, 2025 03:03AM

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Forging Hephaestus

by Drew Hayes (Goodreads Author)

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Dave Stone said: " Drew writes a Villain? How's that work out? pretty damn well.

I can't decide if this is the first Drew Hayes book with an Anti-hero, or if every book by Drew Hayes is about anti-heroes who also happen to be good people. Tori Rivas is pretty honest ...more "

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“Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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“Look for me on my dying day, so I can show you the truth of my heart. I took no joy in your death. Felt no happiness in your suffering. You were the storm, and I the wall that held back your destruction. So go in peace and hear no curse from my lips, for you were bound by your nature and I was bound by mine.”
― Benjamin Kerei, Oh, Great! I Discovered How to Cultivate a Farmer in 52 Easy Steps

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“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.”
― Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men

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“What if our schools could train students to be better lifelong learners and better adapters to change, by enabling them to be better questioners?”
― Warren Berger, A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas

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“You know how the undecided tend to want to do all sorts of things? One day they want to be a farmer, the next a great scholar, the next a politician? I never really outgrew that.”
― Ravens Dagger, Dead Tired 1

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