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Jennifer is Currently Reading

Jennifer is currently reading

Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)

by James S.A. Corey (Goodreads Author)

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Reading for the 2nd time

read in January 2022

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Jennifer said: " Right now this may be one of my favorite Expanse books. An excellent array of POV characters, a steady build on the series, and moments that had me totally gripped.
I love the themes that run in the background of these stories. Really felt this one fo ...more "

Jan 08, 2022 12:06PM · see review

Jennifer’s Quotes

“J’aurais dû être plus gentille—I should have been more kind. That is something a person will never regret. You will never say to yourself when you are old, Ah, I wish I was not good to that person. You will never think that.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

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“They tell me I must wade into waters, where I will soon drown. Before I march in, I leave this on the shore for you. I pray you find it, sister, so you will know what was in my heart as I went under.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

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“Is that what you wanted to hear?"
"No."
The man reached over, took hold of the lantern and blew it out. Night enveloped the barn. "Well," he said at last to the darkness between them, "that's when you know it's the truth.”
― Hannah Tinti, The Good Thief

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“It was the kind of love that, sooner or later, cornered you into a choice: either you tore free or you stayed and withstood its rigor even as it squeezed you into something smaller than yourself.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

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“This so gnawed at him on some nights that he lay awake wondering just how many unknown and similarly inconsequential accidents and bits of happenstance were at this moment occurring or failing to occur in order to ensure he took his next breath, and the next.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Round House

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