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Chris is Currently Reading

Chris is currently reading

Attack on Titan, Vol. 3

by Hajime Isayama

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2025, fantasy, horror, japan, graphic-novels

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Archangel (Samaria, #1)

by Sharon Shinn

bookshelves: 2025, fantasy, religious, sci-fi, currently-reading

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Black and British: A Forgotten History

by David Olusoga

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2025, britain, history

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Chris’s Quotes

“The essential quality of life is living' the essential quality of living is change; change is evolution; and we are part of it.”
― John Wyndham, The Chrysalids

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“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
― Edward Gorey

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“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

tags: books, mind

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“Only the mockingbird sings at the edge of the woods.”
― Walter Tevis

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“The trouble you're expecting never happens; it's always something that sneaks up the other way.”
― George R. Stewart, Earth Abides

tags: expectations, trouble

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SF Masterworks Group — 166 members — last activity Oct 24, 2018 03:34PM
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