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"This seems like a terribly predictable book and I'm waiting to see if it will surprise me in any way because so far it's Not boring but it's not interesting either, part of the fault being due to the flat prose and dialogue. The ghost descriptions are good, though, but the rest is..." — Mar 22, 2025 06:03AM
"This seems like a terribly predictable book and I'm waiting to see if it will surprise me in any way because so far it's Not boring but it's not interesting either, part of the fault being due to the flat prose and dialogue. The ghost descriptions are good, though, but the rest is..." — Mar 22, 2025 06:03AM
“We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and a presumption that once our eyes watered.”
― Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
― Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
“But in general, take my advice, when you meet anything that is going to be Human and isn’t yet, or used to be Human once and isn’t now, or ought to be Human and isn’t, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.”
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“Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad
“Man," I cried, "how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom!”
― Frankenstein
― Frankenstein
“He'd been wrong, there was a light at the end of the tunnel, and it was a flamethrower.”
― Mort
― Mort
Basil’s 2024 Year in Books
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Art, Children's, Classics, Comics, Crime, Ebooks, Fantasy, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Graphic novels, Historical fiction, History, Horror, Humor and Comedy, Manga, Mystery, Non-fiction, Paranormal, Philosophy, Poetry, Psychology, Romance, Science fiction, Spirituality, Thriller, Travel, Young-adult, and mythology
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