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The Alloy of Law
Author: Brandon SandersonSeries: MistbornThree hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds. Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history―or religion. Yet even as science and technology are reaching new heights, the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy…
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Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
Author: Stephen LeacockA sequence of stories by Stephen Leacock, first published in 1912. It is generally considered to be one of the most enduring classics of Canadian humorous literature. The fictional setting for these stories is Mariposa, a small town on the shore of Lake Wissanotti. Although drawn from his experiences in Orillia, Ontario, Leacock notes: "Mariposa is not a real town. On the contrary, it is about seventy or eighty of them. You may find them…
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a TBR SHELF TOUR – autumn 2022
It was requested that I share a bit of a TBR shelf tour and so that is what I have over for my patrons over on Patreon this week! If you want to see all the books on my TBR shelf, you can join my Patreon here to see the video (plus tons of other videos, reading challenges and insider content!).
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OCTOBER page count reading challenge
This month we’re doing a week-long page count reading challenge over on my Patreon. I have so many books I want to read this month (both books from my October TBR and a bunch of other books I’ve added to the stack since then) so I wanted the challenge to be longer than a weekend so I had more time to get through some books. I’m setting my goal at 1,500 pages for the week, we’ll see how it goes!…
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2022 ANTICIPATED RELEASES for quarter four – so many great books coming out!
There are so many books I am excited about coming out at the end of 2022! In case you are wondering how I compile this list every few months, I wrote a blog post recently sharing my secrets. BOOKS MENTIONED What are some books coming out in the next few months that you are excited about?
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The Lipstick Bureau
Author: Michelle Gable1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital. One of the OSS's few female operatives abroad and multilingual, she's tasked with crafting fake stories and distributing propaganda to lower the morale of enemy soldiers. Despite limited resources, Niki and a scrappy team of artists, forgers and others—now nicknamed The Lipstick Bureau—find success, forming a bond amid the cobblestoned streets and storied villas…
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