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Amanda’s favourite-books shelf

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier

This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales

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Amanda Thai is currently reading

You Will Get Through This Night

by Daniel Howell

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Dec 27, 2023 02:06PM

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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

by Marissa Meyer (Goodreads Author)

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Amanda Thai said: " 4 stars.
Warning: Brain capacity exceeded.
Initiating review process in 3…2…1…

To put it in a simple equation:
Cinderella + dystopia + cyborgs + moon people + plague + Beijing = BRAIN OVERLOAD.

Linh Cinder is a cyborg, part-machine, part-human, livi ...more "

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(page 84 of 390)
"High-tech! Part-machine cyborgs! Androids! Cinderella! Gimme more!" — Nov 28, 2012 12:12PM

Oct 14, 2021 06:31PM · see review

Amanda’s Quotes

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: reality

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“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

tags: inspirational, optimism, perception, pessimism

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“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
― Charles W. Eliot

tags: books, friends, reading, teachers

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