Patrick Raftery

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to-read‎ (263)
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read‎ (377)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
roman‎ (103)
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comics‎ (34)
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star-wars‎ (31)
napoleonic‎ (27)
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middle-ages‎ (22)
vikings‎ (17)
murder‎ (15)
normans‎ (15)
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alexander‎ (6)
ww2‎ (6)
american-civil-war‎ (5)
kids‎ (3)
romans‎ (3)
adult‎ (2)

american-revolution‎ (2)
cars‎ (1)
scottish-wars‎ (1)
special-forces‎ (1)
spying‎ (1)

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Patrick is Currently Reading

Patrick Raftery is currently reading

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

by George R.R. Martin

bookshelves: currently-reading

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Apr 22, 2026 03:27PM

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The Blue Lotus (Tintin, #5)

by Hergé

bookshelves: currently-reading, comics

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Feb 01, 2026 03:33PM

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Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter (Asterix, #38)

by Jean-Yves Ferri

bookshelves: comics, roman, currently-reading

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Patrick’s Quotes

“How hard can it be?”
― Jeremy Clarkson

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“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

tags: mischief

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“No, no, no. There's no such thing as cheap and cheerful. It's cheap and nasty & expensive and cheerful.”
― Jeremy Clarkson

tags: cars, humor

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“But fate, as Merlin always taught us, is inexorable. Life is a jest of the Gods, Merlin liked to claim, and there is no justice. You must learn to laugh, he once told me, or else you'll just weep yourself to death.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The Winter King

tags: laugh, life, religion, weep

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“Our ancestors,” he went on after a while, “took this land. They took it and made it and held it. We do not give up what our ancestors gave us. They came across the sea and they fought here, and they built here and they’re buried here. This is our land, mixed with our blood, strengthened with our bone. Ours!” He was angry, but he was often angry. He glowered at me, as if wondering whether I was strong enough to hold this land of Northumbria that our ancestors had won with sword and spear and blood and slaughter.”
― Bernard Cornwell, The Last Kingdom

tags: england, patriotic

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