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Baladine is Currently Reading

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The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)

by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)

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History Smashers: Ancient Egypt

by Kate Messner (Goodreads Author)

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Baladine’s Quotes

“Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth would be to have been young and never dreamed at all.”
― Jean Genet

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“truth didn’t mean anything without someone to share it with; you could shout truth into the air forever, and spend your life doing it, if someone didn’t come and listen.”
― Naomi Novik, Uprooted

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“Steampunk is...the love child of Hot Topic and a BBC costume drama”
― Gail Carriger

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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