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Well, I did not see that coming.

I've read quite a bit from Jackson, and while I wouldn't consider her a favorite author, I always find her works interesting and can acknowledge her influence on horror and writing. So far this might be her darkest/heaviest story. TW for heavily implied sexual assault. The end of that first chapter was rough, and this poor girl's parents suck and are a mess.

I *knew* I've read this before lol! I don't remember when, but I certainly have. I just read "The Veldt" and it started to click.

I've been in a reading slump for a while, so hoping these two books I've just started help. So far, we are off to a good start with "Omen." I like the writing. I don't know much about this other than it is about the antichrist(?)

"Now democracy was fading, mind-imparing drugs had become a way of life, and in the few countries where freedom of worship was still allowed, it was widely proclaimed that God was dead."

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'Invent us a happiness machine!

How have we used machines so far, to make people cry? Yes! Every time man and the machine look like they will get on all right - boom! Someone adds a cog, airplanes drop bombs on us, cars run us off cliffs.'

'Dandelion wine. The words were summer on the tongue. The wine was summer caught and stoppered."

So far, we are off to a good start. Bradbury's writing does take some concentration on my part because of how figurative and descriptive the imagery is.

West finally got rid of this annoying ass MF'er like we, and the Northmen, were waiting for. Do we have another 5 star prediction on our hands? JA knows how to do character work and plot development. It's kinda crazy, but in some ways the scope feels rather small and tight compared to, "Stormlight," but then it's also expansive. He just seems to get his point across in much smaller scale compared to Sanderson lol

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