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The Stand

by Stephen King (Goodreads Author)

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Reading for the 2nd time

read in February 2019

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Matthew Murphy said: " This is a book that is just great start to finish. It is a modern day epic (over 1,000 pages) that lives up to the hype.

This time was a re-read for me, but it had been about 10 years since I last read it. It just gets better with age. Part science fi ...more "

Apr 23, 2026 03:18PM · see review

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Inkdeath (Inkworld, #3)

by Cornelia Funke (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 23, 2026 05:49PM

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The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus, #2)

by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author)

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“A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.”
― Samuel Johnson, Works of Samuel Johnson. Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, A Grammar of the English Tongue, Preface to Shakespeare, Lives of the English Poets & more [improved 11/20/2010]

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“My congratulations to you, sir. Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. ”
― Samuel Johnson

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