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“When he awoke it was dawn. Or something like dawn. The light was watery, dim and incomparably sad. Vast, grey, gloomy hills rose up all around them and in between the hills there was a wide expanse of black bog.
Stephen had never seen a landscape so calculated to reduce the onlooker to utter despair in an instant. "This is one of your kingdoms, I suppose, sir?" he said. "My kingdoms?" exclaimed the gentleman in surprize. "Oh, no! This is Scotland!”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Stephen had never seen a landscape so calculated to reduce the onlooker to utter despair in an instant. "This is one of your kingdoms, I suppose, sir?" he said. "My kingdoms?" exclaimed the gentleman in surprize. "Oh, no! This is Scotland!”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
“Such nonsense!" declared Dr Greysteel. "Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!"
"Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said Strange. "That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one's imperfections.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
"Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said Strange. "That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one's imperfections.”
― Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Anne’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Anne’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
2,262 books
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41 friends
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75 friends
89 books
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17 friends
368 books
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143 friends
120 books
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329 books
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4 books
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1 book
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20 friends
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Favorite Genres
Art, Comics, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic novels, Horror, Manga, Mystery, Paranormal, Science fiction, Thriller, and Young-adult
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