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Jake Bishop

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Jake is Currently Reading

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The Ivory and the Horn (Newford, #3)

by Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author)

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May 04, 2026 01:01AM

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Inventing the Renaissance: The Myth of a Golden Age

by Ada Palmer (Goodreads Author)

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May 03, 2026 08:52PM

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Last Argument of Kings (The First Law, #3)

by Joe Abercrombie

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read in May 2020

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Jake Bishop said: " All 3 books get the same rating, and all for the same reason. I'm not going to say much because it will get very repetitive from the last 2 reviews.

I think I liked book 2 a tiny bit more, because of the relationships and dynamics with Bayaz and his ...more "

Jan 21, 2024 06:41PM · see review

Jake’s Quotes

“It was too bitter a truth even for irony.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, The Lions of Al-Rassan

tags: irony, truth

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“The inner voice always had the hard questions.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, The Lions of Al-Rassan

tags: inner-voice, questions

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“You speak of destiny, yet what is destiny but accumulated chance made into a story in retrospect?”
― Ken Liu, The Wall of Storms

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“No army, no matter how clean its reputation, walked away from war untainted. And no leader, no matter how noble, could help but sink into the crem when he stepped into the game of conquest.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Rhythm of War

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“What courage it took for the starving and the poor to continue the mere act of existence, of survival, of endurance. Such quiet acts of heroism were not celebrated, and yet they made up the foundation of civilization, far more than all the honorable sentiments of the Ano sages and the pretty words of the nobles.”
― Ken Liu, The Wall of Storms

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