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Carissa
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The thing about being catapulted into a whole new life—or at least, shoved up so hard against someone else’s life that you might as well have your face pressed against their window—is that it forces you to rethink your idea of who you are.
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“They try to fight the waves, but they can’t fight the moon. They can’t fight the world’s rotation or the bathymetry of oceans or the inevitability that sometimes things just don’t work out.”
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
“I have to look strong, even if I don’t feel it right now. It’s a lie, but a good lie.”
― War Storm
― War Storm
“I'm trying to figure out if I love art enough to be poor”
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
― The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories
“I ache for my ability the way I ache for Mare, for Thomas, for who I was supposed to be.”
― War Storm
― War Storm
“Once upon a time, in a land long since burned to ash, there lived a young princess who loved her kingdom …”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
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Carissa’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Carissa’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
832 books
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180 friends
1,690 books
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36 friends
1,927 books
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67 friends
514 books
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29 friends
2,901 books
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6 friends
485 books
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131 friends
362 books
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11 friends
23 books
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111 friends
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