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Godfall

by Van Jensen (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 30, 2026 03:00PM

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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

by James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author)

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Justine said: " Currently rereading

Reread 2021 - 4 stars
Read 2016 - 4 stars
My second read of this was 5 years after my first, and I think I enjoyed and appreciated it slightly more the second time around.

The writing is straightforward and uncomplicated and the sto ...more "

Jan 30, 2026 07:02AM · see review

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Memory's Legion

by James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author)

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Justine’s Quotes

“Because the world had decided that to be soft was to be weak, even though in Joan’s experience being soft and flexible was always more durable than being hard and brittle. Admitting you were afraid always took more guts than pretending you weren’t. Being willing to make a mistake got you further than never trying. The world had decided that to be fallible was weak. But we are all fallible. The strong ones are the ones who accept it.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atmosphere

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“She still held sorrows, but she was not made of them. Her life was not a tragedy. It was a history, and it was hers.”
― Rachel Hartman, Tess of the Road

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“It was a low-stress group, they didn’t argue much or antagonize each other for fun, and were fairly restful to be around, as long as they didn’t try to talk or interact with me in any way.”
― Martha Wells, All Systems Red

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“But now we know there has been no one great disaster—only the slow-motion disaster of capitalism converting every living thing and idea into property.”
― Annalee Newitz, Autonomous

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“A good story cannot function like a legal brief, which attempts to persuade and lead the reader down a narrow path suspended above the abyss of unreason. Rather, it must be more like an empty house, an open garden, a deserted beach by the ocean. The reader moves in with their own burdensome baggage and long-cherished possessions, seeds of doubt and shears of understanding, maps of human nature and baskets of sustaining faith. The reader then inhabits the story, explores its nooks and crannies, rearranges the furniture to suit their taste, covers the walls with sketches of their inner life, and thereby makes the story their home.”
― Ken Liu, The Hidden Girl and Other Stories

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