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Nicole’s blurbs-and-opinions shelf

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

There's Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon

The Light Between Worlds by Laura E. Weymouth

The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

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Nicole’s Bookshelves

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do-it-for-the-tweens‎ (251)
queerly-beloved‎ (249)
swords‎ (242)
arcs‎ (172)

art-dot-png‎ (166)
not-sff‎ (138)
lasers‎ (115)
a-little-bit-magic‎ (108)
monthly-staff-picks‎ (102)
unread-but-at-home‎ (78)
childhood-nostalgia‎ (77)
when-the-moon-hits-your-eye‎ (73)
stellar-conflict‎ (54)
absolute-favorites‎ (49)

classique‎ (48)
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ships-with-sails‎ (30)
oh-dear-god-why‎ (24)
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quintessence-of-dust‎ (20)
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in-verse‎ (12)
that-unfinished-vibe‎ (11)
keep-an-eye-out‎ (10)

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Nicole’s Quotes

“It's no use growing up too fast; you can't get away with half as much”
― Natasha Pulley, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

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“What you were saying about speaking. That's what music is for. Anyone can understand.”
― Natasha Pulley, The Lost Future of Pepperharrow

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“Myth and legend give way to history, which gives way again to myth, like curtains parting and meeting again on either side of a performance. xxx All good stories travel from the outside in.”
― Amal El-Mohtar, This Is How You Lose the Time War

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“Sometimes what’s unlikely is much better or more interesting than what’s likely. So I write it down so that there’s a record of it, when I forget. The book is for dead memories.”
― Natasha Pulley, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

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“It was much better to be able to think anything could happen, even if it couldn't.”
― Natasha Pulley, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

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