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Sonja is Currently Reading

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The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories

by Ken Liu (Goodreads Author)

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Sonja said: " Very excited to dive into this!!

A few years ago, I read one of the short stories from this collection and it literally made me cry. It was one of the best short stories I had ever read, so I'm very much looking forward to reading more! ...more "

Dec 30, 2024 02:42PM · see review

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An Ember in the Ashes (An Ember in the Ashes, #1)

by Sabaa Tahir (Goodreads Author)

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Sonja said: " I've owned An Ember in the Ashes for so many years now — it's high time that I read it!

I honestly don't know anything about this book other than the fact that some of my friends really love it... so I'm hoping I will love it too hehe ...more "

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"❝This life is not always what we think it will be,❞ Cain says. ❝You are an ember in the ashes, Elias Veturius. You will spark and burn, ravage and destroy. You cannot change it. You cannot stop it.❞" — Jul 31, 2023 12:43PM

Jul 31, 2023 12:43PM · see review

Sonja’s Quotes

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

tags: books, writing

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“Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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“Love is a luxury."
"No. Love is an element."
An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

tags: akiva, karou, love, romance

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“Have you ever asked yourself, do monsters make war, or does war make monsters?”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

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“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

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