This is the sentence I was reading as my girlfriend next to me giggled in delight at her much lighter read. Quite the tonal contrast happening in this room 😅
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Ell quoted Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota, #4)
From the 2017 John W. Campbell Award Winner for Best Writer, Ada Palmer's Perhaps the …
His roar, reader, as when the foaming torrent bursts its banks, swelled by the spring thaw coursing down the mountainside, and on the water rushes, no hope, no remedy, erasing all our works, the well-tilled fields, the orchards, years of labor swallowed into nothing, just so I felt oblivion's inexorable yawn in Caesar's roar, and Death's behind it.
— Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota, #4) (39%)
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Perhaps the Stars by Ada Palmer (Terra Ignota, #4)
From the 2017 John W. Campbell Award Winner for Best Writer, Ada Palmer's Perhaps the Stars is the final book …
Ell finished reading The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer
"The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end. Peace and order are …
Read the last 70 pages in one sitting, which is notable for me these days. A fitting conclusion to this chaotic book, looming forward to finishing the series!
Ell commented on The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer
"The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end. Peace and order are …
Phew, what an opener...here we go!
Ell started reading The Will to Battle by Ada Palmer
"The long years of near-utopia have come to an abrupt end. Peace and order are …
Finally picking this series back up, just accidentally stayed up reading it until 3am after settling in at midnight for a quick chapter 😅
Ell finished reading Green mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars (2))
Green mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars (2))
In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic saga of the colonization of …
@mouse@bookwyrm.social Yessssss I love this series in general, and this one specifically! Love Piper.
Ell started reading Green mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars (2))
Green mars by Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars (2))
In the Nebula Award winning Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson began his critically acclaimed epic saga of the colonization of …
Ell finished reading In Limbo by Deb Jj Lee
Ell rated The Wicked + The Divine, vol. 1: 4 stars
The Wicked + The Divine, vol. 1 by Kieron Gillen, Jamie Mckelvie, Matt Wilson (The Wicked + The Divine, #1)
Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. …
Spinning by Tillie Walden
A powerful graphic memoir about coming-of-age, coming out, and competitive figure skating.
