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Book cover for A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking

A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher

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If a herd of ravenous centaurs descended on the city and went galloping through the streets, devouring small children and cats, Aunt Tabitha would calmly go about setting up barricades and manning crossbows as if she did it twice a week.

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Brigitte’s Quotes

“When falsehood can look so like the truth, who can assure themselves of certain happiness?”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

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“We remember the moments of fear, loss and humiliation most vividly.”
― Deon Meyer, Fever: Epic story of rebuilding civilization after a world-ruining virus

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“It’s a vagina, not a piña colada.”
― Jennifer Gunter, The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine

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“Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

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“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.”
― Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

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Glühwein & Glitter — 3 members — last activity Jul 08, 2019 03:00AM
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Boxall's 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die — 22406 members — last activity Jul 11, 2026 06:20AM
For those attempting the crazy feat of reading all 1001 books! For discerning bibliophiles and readers who enjoy unforgettable classic literature, 10 ...more

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Click HERE for the latest group announcements. "It reminded me of ____ but in space." "I read ____ in high school, and actually liked it." "It's ...more