Alice

Alice’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (50)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (1318)
1-wtr-pbc-pbsfh-and-similar‎ (201)

2-wtr-comic-gn-picture-book‎ (95)
8-creature-feature‎ (73)
3-wtr-nostalgia-and-childrenbooks‎ (57)
6-wtr-non-fiction‎ (13)

7-wtr-lgbqtia‎ (11)
4-on-hold‎ (7)
5-dnf‎ (6)
manga-gn-comic-visual-art‎ (663)

nostalgic‎ (339)
lgbtqia‎ (98)
poem-shortstories-etc‎ (47)
non-fiction‎ (25)

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Alice’s Notes & Highlights

The Trench (Meg #2) by Steve Alten

2 notes & 7 highlights

Jonas felt his temper flaring.

This exact line is repeated twice within 2 or 3 pages. Also, it is telling, not showing, something Steve seems to like to do. It is fine here and there, but more showing would give the books more depth. (Hehe see what I did there?)

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Alice’s Quotes

“Is that why you play the music so loud? A beat to drown out the thoughts, sound so high you cannot think, lyrics so close to home you don’t even blink.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

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“Sometimes sadness does not have a source. There is no immediate solution, no escape plan from its clutches. Instead, you learn to coincide, as though sadness is an old friend who needs a gentle nudge in the right direction.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

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“You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him."
"So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.”
― Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

tags: alanna, amusing, philosophy, tamora-pierce

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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

tags: books, magic, reading

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“Don’t date broken girls, my mother said. “But they deserve to be loved too.” And so I loved a broken girl more than anything; I just didn’t realize she would break me too.”
― Courtney Peppernell, Pillow Thoughts

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