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I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!!! The imagery was rich and full, the symbolism of the plague coming but also coming in the form of the White Knights, a potential husband immediately after the death of Gus' husband, the frantic search for the missing pouch,...
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At its core this is a novel of freedom set in a time when freedom was questioned for so many across the south. Polites really hones in on the desperate tones of Augusta, her staff and those in town fearful of sickness. And in that desperation is a...
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"All of these reactions are hysterical- thanks for writing! I've pondered these conflicting interpretations of Rochester's character...
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Scott Lynch, in my opinion, is an author to keep an eye on and an ear out for. This dude is smart, funny and obviously has a massive imagination. It was after this, the second in the Gentlemen Bastard series, that I was hooked. I was devastated to le...more |
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“Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.”
― Rodman Philbrick, Freak the Mighty
― Rodman Philbrick, Freak the Mighty
“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”
― Italo Calvino, The Uses of Literature
― Italo Calvino, The Uses of Literature
“If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads.”
― François Mauriac
― François Mauriac
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