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"There was still time."

Oh gawd, these hard-hitting one-liners.

"… love is like a gun And in the hands of someone like you I think it’d kill."

Too bad Goodreads ignores emojis. Because seriously, that's all I can comment with coherently right now aside from this. :o :o :o :o

"He let himself into his office, closed the door, sat down at his desk and slumped backwards in his chair. He had done all he could to stop her getting back on the street. Now, he wanted nothing more than to hear her leave."

Ouch.

Ok are all my updates gonna be expletives? XP

What the effing hell?!?!

“I hear Kelsey had a boyfriend.” “Rubbish,” retorted Hazel, dropping back into her armchair. “More porkies.” “What makes you—?” “She said his name was Niall. Niall. Honestly.”

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHA!

The f*ck?!?! (Trying not to post spoilers. ARGH.)

This book is so gorram bloody. Damn, Jo, is this really you? XP

His name is Cormoran Blue Strike?!?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Oops. Sorry. Sorry. XP

"“You know four men who’d send you a severed leg? Four?”"
Yeah, Strike...FOUR??? XP

"“Robin’s a petrolhead,” said Strike. “Drives like Fernando Alonso.”"
LOL great, now I can't unsee it. XP

Pucha naman @ecsamar, Kabanata 1 pa lang, bloodbath na! XP

"“I owe you that: apology for inflicting that wound,” Philippe said. “But nothing else. Can we leave it at that?” He sat on the bed; which wasn’t much, but was the farthest he could get from her." I can...*hear* the way the colons and semi-colons are placed. Is this really how the characters should talk? But even the narrative sentences are structured this way. :S

The structure is annoying me when I read it. I think I'll shift to listening to the audio book from here on out even though sometimes the narrator slurs words.

There are 2 colons within this one sentence. I didn't even know that was...acceptable? (great, now I'm beginning to have a colon fixation)

The prose really bothers me, at least here in the beginning. You can't have regular sentences; most just run on and on with colons and semi-colons preceding repetitive similes. But I will soldier on!

2% in and already, I've seen too many colons and semi-colons than I've ever seen in a while. It's really noticeable.

This is my first read of anything by Aliette de Bodard, so I have no expectations whatsoever. I hope I like it. *crosses fingers*

“Your Highness, while Sarkan’s tone is objectionable, he isn’t mistaken.”

LOL

I can't say I did not expect this, but still...this is an interesting surprise.

It's fascinating how, all this time, there has only been (virtually) 2 characters here, but everything still feels epic.

This reverse-teaching thing is hilarious! (Oops. Sorry, Dragon.)

"What have you done now?"

OMG!

1 page in, and I already have HISTORY. Ok, this is gonna be good.

Thanks to Brandon Sanderson (through Writing Excuses) for recommending this book! This is my first Novik because I was a little reluctant to start Temeraire. :S

"Do you believe this?"
"What part?"
"They've got a death cult. And we've got a book club."

LOOOOOOOOOL

"We are members of a sort of...A sort of...group, perhaps?"
"A secret society?"
"Mmmmm, more like...a professional organization. We are scholars, mostly. We help each other in our studies, share out findings -- sometimes we read the same book."
"You're...a book club?"

LOLOLOLOLOL

"If an asshole weeps in the forest and no one is around to witness, is he still an asshole? Nobody was there to answer."