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“The Hunger Games are a reminder of what monsters we are and how we need the Capitol to keep us from chaos.”

Politics. Parrying. Intrigue. All of it! So so good.

“Life’s going to keep pushing you around, but you have to keep playing.”

So, so good. Ending, do not disappoint me.

Would continue if not for that petty matter of needing to sleep!

Would continue if not for that petty matter of needing to sleep!

A fool pulls the leaves. A brute chops the trunk. A sage digs the roots. — Lorn Au Arcos

“Why are they called smartphones anyway, when they make people act so dumb?”

“Why are they called smartphones anyway, when they make people act so dumb?”

Love the lots of subtext for adults.

“Then, in the manner of a wise master like Yoda, but with proper syntax, he said...”

Love the lots of subtext for adults.

“Then, in the manner of a wise master like Yoda, but with proper syntax, he said...”

“Phubbers are a subspecies of human beings. They can be identified by the faint, but persistent, glow of LED light on their faces. Phubbers tend to communicate almost exclusively through digital machines or apps, and have difficulty making eye contact.”

Nuff said! Excellent premise for a book in this day and age.

OMG OMG!!!

OMG OMG!!!

Gripping! Written in 1966, the "future" is in 1992 and it makes mention of "onionskin" paper, a term I haven't heard in decades. And yet, such a universally intriguing premise of a story.

"It was a real book -- the idea of that much weight for a single megabyte of data struck him as decadent ." 😆

"Here was...the no-name foundling who had the unforgivable habit of helping him for no good reason, all while looking guileless, as though it were a normal thing to do." #bestprotagonistsort #kaladin #lazlostrange

"...but one can't be irredeemable who shows reverence for books."
(Pushing the right buttons, indeed!)

The action only just. started. from page 300. Aiyoh. Before that, let us count the ways Mare could mull over her captivity. I think there was a point to all of that, but it really didn't need to drag through the better half of the book. Feeling obliged to finish.

One quarter of the book and mostly about Mare in captivity. Really? The ending had better be worth the drag.

Coming off a Brandon Sanderson Binge, this book was difficult to start. There were a lot of unclear references to people and names that are important to introducing the characters. Everything picks up after the first third of the book, and you start to get invested in the story. Not sure if I'll go on to book 2 yet.

*gasp* #amaranslime

"Expectation wasn't just about what people expected of you. It was about what you expected of yourself."

#heartbreak

"And yet...he felt as if the entire world had somehow become more right for having gone wrong."

Anguish! #kaladin

"Brightlord Wistiow let men do as they wished. And so they ignored him. Roshone lets them know he finds them contemptible. And so they scramble to please him." Hmmm. Indeed.

My goodness! This is like, a 12th century telex machine?! #sandersonstrikesagain

The awesomest lightsaber ever! #oathbringer