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Alexandra is Currently Reading

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To Bleed a Crystal Bloom (Crystal Bloom, #1)

by Sarah A. Parker

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026, scifi-and-fantasy, women-fiction-writers, special-editions-and-subscriptions

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The Nightshade God (The Nightshade Crown, #3)

by Hannah F. Whitten (Goodreads Author)

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The Pivot Year

by Brianna Wiest (Goodreads Author)

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Alexandra’s Quotes

“What is more lovely, after all, than a monster undone with want?”
― S.T. Gibson, A Dowry of Blood

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“As my friend Julian puts it, only half winkingly: “God blessed me by making me transsexual for the same reason God made wheat but not bread and fruit but not wine, so that humanity might share in the act of creation.”
― Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Something That May Shock and Discredit You

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“You know, Annie,” he said then, his deep voice thoughtful, “fighting didn’t change his opinion. The opinions of others, whether you agree with them or not, are something you have to learn to tolerate.”
― Terry Brooks, The Phantom Menace

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“With the last bit of his strength, he tore his arm free and lashed out blindly, furiously, with all his terror and rage, with all the hope that had been born and died this day. Let me make a mark on this world before I leave it.”
― Leigh Bardugo, The Demon in the Wood

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“Every time you take one path, you must live with the memory of the other: of a life left unchosen. Decide as seems best, one course or the other; each way will have its bitter with its sweet.”
― Katherine Arden, The Girl in the Tower

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