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Zeus is a Dick

by Susie Donkin

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Bea said: " I almost died tonight from choking on a cracker because I was so busy hyena laughing at this book! If that’s not a thumbs up I don’t know what is. This may be my new favourite book of all time. Definitely my favourite book about the Greek Gods! If yo ...more "

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Simple Designs for Meditative Knitting: 19 Easy, Beautiful Patterns for a Mindful Experience (Landauer) Knit Your Way to Peace of Mind

by Barbara Breen

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50 Projects for Building Your Backyard Homestead, Updated Edition: A Hands-On, Step-By-Step Sustainable-Living Guide (Creative Homeowner) Self-Sufficiency Gardening, Chicken Coops, Sheds, and More

by David Toht

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1984 by George Orwell

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Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you clung to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad. A yellow beam from the sinking sun slanted in through ...more

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“Arin of Nizahl was maddeningly elegant. I wanted to cut him open and compare our bones to understand why his gave him grace and mine gave me back pain.”
― Sara Hashem, The Jasad Heir

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“I will not turn my gaze," Sciona snarled the end of the prayer for him, "though Light burn me. For Light will show the Truth of the world, and all Truth in the world is of Feryn the Father."

"Behold!" She held her arms wide before the archmages. "God's work!”
― M.L. Wang, Blood Over Bright Haven

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“Thomil said that a woman was weighed at the gates of Heaven by her actions and their impact. Well, Sciona was going to leave an impact. Whatever happened next, whether it led to Hell or Heaven, she was going to have a hand in directing it. Sick or sound, good or evil, she was still Sciona Freynan. And Sciona Freynan didn’t slow down. Sciona Freynan would be remembered.”
― M.L. Wang, Blood Over Bright Haven

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“Children are not meant to bear the woes of this life, Sylvia. It breaks them. They will spend their adult lives doing everything in their power to never feel the weight of the world again.”
― Sara Hashem, The Jasad Heir

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“Brilliant men - even moderately intelligent men - in this city get showered with opportunities to succeed. Brilliant women have to fight for those opportunities, and, when we get them, we have to defend them tooth and nail, or they'll be snatched away.”
― M.L. Wang, Blood Over Bright Haven

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