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Jake Bishop

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Jake is Currently Reading

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The Ivory and the Horn (Newford, #3)

by Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author)

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May 04, 2026 01:01AM

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Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age

by Ada Palmer (Goodreads Author)

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May 03, 2026 08:52PM

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Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

by Joe Abercrombie

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read in May 2020

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Jake Bishop said: " All 3 books get the same rating, and all for the same reason. I'm not going to say much because it will get very repetitive from the last 2 reviews.

I think I liked book 2 a tiny bit more, because of the relationships and dynamics with Bayaz and his ...more "

Jan 21, 2024 06:41PM · see review

Jake’s Quotes

“Some people charged toward the goal, running for all they had. Others stumbled. But it wasn't the speed that mattered. It was the direction they were going.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Rhythm of War

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“You speak of destiny, yet what is destiny but accumulated chance made into a story in retrospect?”
― Ken Liu, The Wall of Storms

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“Who do you think is stronger?” Adolin asked. “The man who has walked easily his entire life, or the man with no legs? The man who must pull himself by his arms?”
― Brandon Sanderson, Rhythm of War

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“It was too bitter a truth even for irony.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, The Lions of Al-Rassan

tags: irony, truth

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“This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Rhythm of War

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