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Jean is Currently Reading

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The Tale of the Tenpenny Tontine (Anty Boisjoly Mysteries, #3)

by P.J. Fitzsimmons (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: humor, humor-mystery, currently-reading

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Deathtrap (Mavericks, #1)

by Craig Alanson (Goodreads Author)

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Space Pirates of Andromeda (Starquest #1)

by John C. Wright

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Jean’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Pincers of Death (Chronicles of Isambard Smith, #6)

Pincers of Death (Chronicles of Isambard Smith, #6) by Toby Frost

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numbers for no real gain. On the screen, human crew climbed into an attack shuttle bound for the Yullian homeworld. ‘These fine fellows are going to usher in a new era for the lemming men – the Stone Age’, said the jolly announcer.

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Jean’s Quotes

“The story is always better than your ability to write it.”
― Robin McKinley

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“The train is roaring toward you and the villain is twirling his moustache and you're fussing that he's tied you to the tracks with the wrong kind of rope.”
― Robin McKinley, Sunshine

tags: fatalism, humor, vampire, villians

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“Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.”
― George Carlin

tags: capitalism, economics-philosophy, humor, politics

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“Just when you’ve squared up to the solemn realisation that life is a bitch, it turns round and does something nice, just to confuse you. - Emily Spitzer, The Better Mousetrap”
― Tom Holt

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