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Casey Blackbird is on page 96 of 322 of The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
I think we underestimate how good Tolkien is for the soul and how Middle-Earth helps us understand life under the sun.
Jan 23, 2026 09:58AM Add a comment
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)

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Casey Blackbird is on page 40 of 336 of Christian Life (New Studies in Dogmatics)
Kelly is making my heart sing.
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Christian Life (New Studies in Dogmatics)

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Casey Blackbird is on page 228 of 384 of Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson
What’s fascinating about the case of Aimee’s alleged abduction is that, either way, she’s an example of an important lesson. If it was a hoax, then be sure that your sin will find you out and the more you lie, the more you’ll be found out. If it was real, trust the Lord to vindicate you rather than your own savvy.
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Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson

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Casey Blackbird is 20% done with Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It
So far there’s a lot of good thoughts in here, but: (1) the organization is logical while the presentation feels erratic; (2) you could spend an hour watching a reputable SLA YouTuber and get the same value for free and a tenth of the time.
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Fluent Forever: How to Learn Any Language Fast and Never Forget It

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Casey Blackbird is on page 30 of 384 of Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson
This is a riveting read but occasionally makes me want to pull my hair out. And by “occasionally” I mean “frequently.”
Dec 29, 2025 01:50PM Add a comment
Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson

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Casey Blackbird is 99% done with Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)
What a charming little book. It started out a bit rough—I’m not entirely sold on Sayers’ prose. But, after getting used to it, it was a fun mystery. It wrestled with some compelling themes underneath it all.
Dec 27, 2025 08:25AM Add a comment
Whose Body?  (Lord Peter Wimsey, #1)

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Casey Blackbird is 99% done with 11/22/63
So, this was a book. Fatigue set in later than usual, and then the pace of the last 150 pages helped, other than the last chapter+. It was engaging, I mostly enjoyed it, but ready to be done.
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Casey Blackbird is 80% done with 11/22/63
We’ve arrived: It is 11/22/63.
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Casey Blackbird is 73% done with 11/22/63
There is just a bit too much lovin’ in this book for my taste, if you catch my drift. That said, I’m never reading Stephen King again. But I’m here to see this novel through to the end.
Dec 09, 2025 04:06PM 1 comment
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Casey Blackbird is 63% done with 11/22/63
I’ve finally made it to 1963.
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Casey Blackbird is 50% done with 11/22/63
How? How!? HOW!?!? Is this only halfway?
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Casey Blackbird is on page 245 of 849 of 11/22/63
I have the down-bads for this book. I’m waking up and reading it in bed before work. I’m reading it before I fall asleep. I’m reading it while food is in the oven. Derry creeps me out.
Dec 02, 2025 05:43AM 1 comment
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Casey Blackbird is 99% done with The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback
So yeah, the third to last chapter was a good conclusion, the last two chapters weren’t well done. It drew some ideas together, but left too much fuzz around things that Jordan was doing 800 pages ago.
Nov 23, 2025 05:44PM Add a comment
The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback

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Casey Blackbird is 95% done with The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback
So, the final chapter in Emond’s Field was powerful. Jordan’s idiosyncrasies took a backseat to some real beauty. Only one allusion to the next book that leaves us baffled. THE LAST CHAPTER THOUGH? dog water. He did this with the last chapter of the Eye of the World—only Jordan can picture what’s going on. The web he wove wasn’t tight enough.
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The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback

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Casey Blackbird is 75% done with The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback
OK so the last act of this book jumped out of nowhere, to the point where it didn’t make sense. We knew that this was coming, but I thought it’d be a couple books down the line.
Nov 13, 2025 05:41AM Add a comment
The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback

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Casey Blackbird is 70% done with The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback
We’re at the point where I should be getting an idea how the book is going to end but I have no idea what’s going to happen. Also, we need Elyas to return and give us wolf lore. I WANT WOLF LORE.
Nov 09, 2025 02:59PM 4 comments
The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback

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Casey Blackbird is 61% done with The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback
This series could’ve been two books if the good guys would’ve just paused to compare notes. “Hey all, I know we have differing motives, priorities, and interests. But we could probably stave off the apocalypse and keep Rand from breaking 3+ hearts needlessly if we all just put our cards on the table instead of all this conniving.” Loial could be a fair third-party. Everyone loves and trusts Loial.
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The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback

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Casey Blackbird is 57% done with The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback
(1) Lan deserves better than being bullied and pushed aside by the strong women in his life. He has impeccable character, is kind, and cares for the vulnerable. Thom, Loial, and Lan deserve better than this whole apocalypse and scheming thing.
(2) The gender-dynamics are getting REALLY REPETITIVE. And weird.
(3) It does something to a man to be on p.605 but only 57% through the book.
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The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback

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Casey Blackbird is 50% done with The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback
This is a 1k page book and I’m finally convinced that I won’t DNF. Reading this size of book on Kindle is SO MUCH BETTER. Also, I’m happy to see the return of the character in book one who got me hooked. That said, Jordan’s prose is weaker in this one and it’s missing the “journey” that the other three each had.
Nov 01, 2025 05:04AM Add a comment
The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback

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Casey Blackbird is 43% done with The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback
Let us be so for real: Loial is the greatest character ever. If he ever dies, in any of these 97 books, I will never forgive Robert Jordan and his Episcopalian soul. We had a close call where I thought he was going to be sloppily killed off. Don’t. Loial’s hero’s death is spending his centuries of life writing histories and playing that weird board game by the fire.
Oct 30, 2025 06:23PM Add a comment
The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time' by Jordan, Robert (October 2, 2012) Paperback

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