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The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence Mysteries, #1)

by Agatha Christie

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You'll Be the Death of Me

by Holly Michelle

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It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, #2)

by Jenny Han (Goodreads Author)

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Julia (Shakespeare and Such) said: " 4/5 stars — belly whenever there’s emotional turmoil or interpersonal conflict: 🏊‍♀️🏃‍♀️💨

for me this was not as strong as book one- the timeline felt harder to follow (flashbacks were less clearly defined, plus now we’ve introduced Jeremiah’s POV), a ...more "

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Julia’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1)

Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy, #1) by Lauren Roberts

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I take in a deep breath and look out over the crumbling, run-down buildings cast in shadows by the flickering lampposts dotting the street. There’s not much electricity here in the slums, but the king generously spared us a few lampposts. ...more

The sticks and the bowl of bones

19 Jun 24 · Flag

Emma Clemons

the use of BOWL as well for the arena is very on the nose

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Julia’s Quotes

“I think of you like a sister," he said. "Like a brilliant, violent, occasionally terrifying sister that I would follow to the ends of earth, in part because I respected her so much and in part because I feared what she would do to me of I refused. "
She nodded. "I would do awful things.”
― Kiersten White, And I Darken

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“Where you're born is sometimes all that separates a sure thing from a long shot.”
― Tupelo Hassman

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“I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
― L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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“But our wishes are like tinder: the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment.”
― Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

tags: desire, hope

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