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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

“What courage it took for the starving and the poor to continue the mere act of existence, of survival, of endurance. Such quiet acts of heroism were not celebrated, and yet they made up the foundation of civilization, far more than all the honorable sentiments of the Ano sages and the pretty words of the nobles.”
― Ken Liu, The Wall of Storms

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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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“The inner voice always had the hard questions.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, The Lions of Al-Rassan

tags: inner-voice, questions

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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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“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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