Sally

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Sally is Currently Reading

Sally is currently reading

The Wisdom of Crowds (The Age of Madness, #3)

by Joe Abercrombie

bookshelves: fantasy, war, favourites, books-that-broke-me-body-and-soul, god-tier-aka-all-time-favourites, cover-love, currently-reading

Reading for the 2nd time

read in September 2021

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Sally said: " This book HURT ME.

I don’t even know how to review ‘The Wisdom of Crowds’ properly because all my major thoughts are spoilerific. Suffice to say, I’ve never felt more anxious, more distressed, more dismayed by any book in my entire life. This was hand ...more "

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"Still chilling." — Oct 12, 2023 01:23AM

Oct 13, 2021 07:00AM · see review

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Dark Water Daughter (The Winter Sea, #1)

by H.M. Long (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: fantasy, pirates, grimdark-magazine, currently-reading, ld-book-club

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"Ugh, not gonna lie... I'm a little bit bored. And that's why it's taking me so long to read. Gonna persevere; I love the atmosphere, setting and the world." — Oct 03, 2023 02:19AM

Aug 27, 2023 02:51AM

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The Bitter Twins (The Winnowing Flame Trilogy, #2)

by Jen Williams (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: the-broken-binding-sub, fantasy, currently-reading

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"On holiday with my family so reading has slowed down a bit. Too many people around asking me questions, too many TVs on!" — Mar 07, 2023 06:14AM

Sep 29, 2023 01:53AM

Sally’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for So You've Been Publicly Shamed: the hilarious and unnerving real-life exploration of being found out on social media

So You've Been Publicly Shamed: the hilarious and unnerving real-life exploration of being found out on social media by Jon Ronson

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I suppose that when shamings are delivered like remotely administered drone strikes nobody needs to think about how ferocious our collective power might be. The snowflake never needs to feel responsible for the avalanche.

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Sally’s Quotes

“In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.”
― Terry Pratchett

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“Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.”
― Philip Roth

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“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator

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“If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember.”
― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

tags: cats, humor, life

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