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TheMilkJar is Currently Reading

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The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

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"entertaining, but deeply unsettling in a way you can't place just yet" — Jun 13, 2026 05:55PM

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No Good Dragon Goes Unpunished (Heartstrikers, #3)

by Rachel Aaron (Goodreads Author)

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The Count of Monte Cristo

by Alexandre Dumas

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“Sharpened by hate. Strengthened by love.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

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“She pushed a dagger into my hands. "And now you are a man with a knife. Woe to the Empire.”
― Jenn Lyons, The Ruin of Kings

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“You do not follow me because I am the strongest. Pax is. You do not follow me because I am the brightest. Mustang is. You follow me because you do not know where you are going. I do.”
― Pierce Brown, Red Rising

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“Oh, but you must travel through those woods again and again... said a shadow at the window... and you must be lucky to avoid the wolf every time...

But the wolf... the wolf only needs enough luck to find you once.”
― Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

tags: danger, luck, scary, wolf, woods

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“It came from the woods. Most strange things do.”
― Emily Carroll, Through the Woods

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