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Crooked Kingdom
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Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang
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Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
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Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
Vinegar Girl: A Novel
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As a retelling of Taming of the Shrew - 1 star
As a stand alone story regardless of the source material - 2.5 stars

Saying that this is a retelling of Taming of the Shrew is like saying The Shining is a retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk because the m
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Stephen King
“The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them -- words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear.”
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón
“People talk too much. Humans aren't descended from monkeys. They come from parrots.”
Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

David Foster Wallace
“You will become way less concerned with what other people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.”
David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

Oscar Wilde
“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.”
Oscar Wilde

George Orwell
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
George Orwell, Animal Farm

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