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Forest of a Thousand Lanterns (Rise of the Empress, #1)

by Julie C. Dao (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: young-adult, fiction, fantasy, 2020-reads, most-loved, currently-reading

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read in March 2020

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Veronica said: " A- | This book is another perfect example of how villain origin stories should be done. While the worldbuilding is pretty damn cool, what really makes this book work for me are the characters themselves, specifically Xifeng. However, the pacing can b ...more "

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"Wow, that character development though! I adored Xifeng before, but I love her even more now." — Mar 28, 2020 10:34AM

Feb 25, 2021 09:43AM · see review

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“There is never a second opportunity to make a first impression.”
― Andrzej Sapkowski, Sword of Destiny

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“The cynical would say there was only one reason a high-profile specialist finally took up the cause. On June 7, 1925, the first male employee of the United States Radium Corporation died.”
― Kate Moore, The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

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“When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice.”
― Mary Beard, Women & Power: A Manifesto

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“That is the nature of grief. But to grieve means you have loved. To love opens up the possibility for grief. There cannot be one without the other.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Heart Forger

tags: grief, love

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“You fight and you fall and you get up and fight some more. But there will always come a day when you cannot fight another minute more.”
― Kate Moore, The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women

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