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Polly is Currently Reading

Polly Batchelor is currently reading

Doctor Who: The Company of Friends

by Lance Parkin (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: 2021, audio-book, doctor-who, 2022, currently-reading, 2026, 8th-doctor

read in November 2021

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Polly Batchelor said: " Benny's Story:

I have only listened to one or two other stories with Benny. But this one works well as an introduction. I loved the 8th Doctor and Benny together and how much they bounce off each other.
"My name is Bernice Summerfield. My friends call ...more "

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— Nov 27, 2021 02:49AM

Dec 01, 2022 03:51PM · see review

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Scarlet Angel (Mindf*ck, #3)

by S.T. Abby

bookshelves: 2021, 2025, currently-reading

read in November 2021

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Polly Batchelor said: " “Shakespare was one of the few philosophers who believed in revenge. Then again, he was a romantic. Romantics always believe in revenge, because romantics love harder, suffer loss more painfully, and hold onto a grudge that has shattered their hearts ...more "

Nov 04, 2021 10:02AM · see review

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Alchemised

by SenLinYu (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: 2025, currently-reading

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Polly’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1)

The Serpent and the Wings of Night (Crowns of Nyaxia, #1) by Carissa Broadbent

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The king did not know then that his greatest love would also be his ruination—nor that either would come in the form of a tiny, helpless human child.

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Polly’s Quotes

“I used to worry about fitting in until I realized the reason I didn't fit in was because I didn't want to.”
― Matt Haig, The Comfort Book

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“Tears never did anyone any favours, but sometimes they just needed to fall.”
― Caroline Peckham, The Awakening

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“They weren’t bad books,” Phin countered patiently. “They were books that you didn’t enjoy. It’s not the same thing at all. The only bad books are books that are so badly written that no one will publish them. Any book that has been published is going to be a ‘good book’ for someone.”
― Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs

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“In Solaria blue means royal. And to me, blue means you.”
― Caroline Peckham, The Reckoning

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“Memories,’ she said, at last. ‘Not people, Emmett. We take memories and bind them. Whatever people can’t bear to remember. Whatever they can’t live with. We take those memories and put them where they can’t do any harm. That’s all books are”
― Bridget Collins, The Binding

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