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Barchester Towers
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"As was also true of the Gaskell I finished recently, I've read two different introductions to this one: B&N in paper, OWC in ebook. On the whole I appreciated the B&N one more, though the OWC had at least one element I intend to keep an eye out for as I read this for the second time (first was about thirty years ago)." Oct 24, 2025 09:30AM

 
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"It still might be too early for me on this one, but I'll give it a good try." Aug 11, 2026 11:21AM

 
Throne of Glass
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by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
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"I can't tell you how many times I've tried to get through this book. Why again? I dunno. I'm in a bit of a slump for no real reason, and this brat-sassin is almost certainly going to be ridiculously overpowered and have the two hot guys falling all over her, and the class queen types hating her, and that's simple enough to enjoy even if my mind can't stick to anything else." May 23, 2026 07:11AM

 
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Khat said nothing, not sure he wanted to believe him because that meant forgiving him, and he wasn't ready for that yet.
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I really liked this, although it is less polished than her later novels.
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"Objectively" I suspect Cloud Roads is a better book than City of Bones, but I liked this better. They're the only full length works of Wells' that I've read so far, so there is plenty more to look fo…
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Ditto. Funny those are the two you've read, because I thought Cloud Roads involved a lot of reworking of ideas that she was clearly interested in when she wrote City of Bones. And of her protagonists …
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George Saunders
“Do those things that incline you toward the big questions, and avoid the things that would reduce you and make you trivial.”
George Saunders

Rex Stout
“We are all vainer of our luck than of our merits.”
Rex Stout, The Rubber Band

Molly Ivins
“When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing people is a good way to win an election, and also a good way to wreck a country.”
Molly Ivins

Eileen Chang
“Between memory and reality there are awkward discrepancies...”
Eileen Chang

Edith Wharton
“My little old dog
a heart-beat
at my feet”
Edith Wharton

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