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Hi! Welcome to my blog where I post quotes from books that I have read (and sometimes my amateur book reviews)Now reading: Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
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Ooo I guess I can finally say that I read a Classic! BUT unpopular opinion: Pride and Prejudice was so boring. Perhaps I am not cultured enough to enjoy and appreciate this eighteenth century literature?? It just felt so dragged out, like from the time they first met, there were so many unnecessary details in between. I had such a hard time trying to finish the novel. I almost wanted to give up on the book and just watch the movie.
To those who liked the book, can you please tell me is there something that I am missing? What do you like about this novel?
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Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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I read Cassandra Clare’s The Infernal Devices trilogy a long time ago and I really enjoyed it. So, a few months ago, when I chanced upon Chain of Thorns at a local bookshop (it was one of the Top 10 non-fiction books that month), I decided to start on The Last Hours trilogy. It’s taken me months to finish the Chain of Gold (first book in the series) though. I quite enjoyed the book but perhaps not as much as I enjoyed The Infernal Devices when I was younger. Is it because The Infernal Devices is actually better than The Last Hours? Or maybe my taste in books have changed quite a bit as I grow... this makes me want to read Percy Jackson again just to see if I will still adore it as much as I did >10 years ago hehe!
Chain of Gold was a pretty nice read nevertheless. I really enjoy Cassandra Clare's writing so much; I enjoy searching up the words that I do not know because she uses uncommon vocabulary and I feel like my English is improving tremendously every time I read her books. The way she describes stuff is also extremely nice :)
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I’d like to recommend a couple of books for your consideration:
Neptunus Rex: Naval Stories of the Normandy Invasion
Content: It’s a compilation of first-hand accounts. Mainly prose but with some poetry, photography, and even one particularly artistic veteran who contributed a bunch of hand-drawn art that appears throughout. The type of source and the original author is included at the beginning of each account, along with a picture to give a face to the name and words. They mainly come from letters sent home, published manuscripts, unpublished manuscripts, and probably some more I can’t remember off the top of my head. At times humorous, more often somber, and always very personal.
Author(s): N/A
Editor: Edward F. Prados
Where To Get It: I’ve checked and it should be available to order online in both the US and the UK, although I actually picked up my own copy on a whim at a museum bookstore in California. I’m not sure if it’s been actually digitized, though.
There’s one line that especially resonated with me, from the same veteran that contributed his drawings, and which I just need to share: “I reserve the right to bitch at what is, and work for, pray for, and believe in what ought and will be.”
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Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour
Content: This is the definitive retelling of the Battle off Samar. It’s tense, and exciting, and dramatic. Go in as blind as possible, but even if you already know the story (like I did) you’ll still find yourself enthralled. And most impressively of all: it’s all true, despite how unbelievable it may seem at times—and the book has both the lengthy bibliography and the awards to prove it! It’s worth a read, even if you aren’t really interested in history or the navy or anything like that—it reads more like historical fiction than a history book, such that at times you may have to remind yourself ‘yes, this all really happened’. It’s the kind of story that Hollywood would adore, to the extent that I’m genuinely confused no director has tried to bring it to the silver screen, or at least something like a TV miniseries (although I’ve heard it did get a couple of TV documentaries).
Author: James D. Hornfischer (who tragically died of glioblastoma at the age of 55 in 2021)
Editor: N/A
Where To Get It: Definitely available online. I can also confirm that it is available as an e-book, though I opted to get the hardcover myself.
Hey, thank you so much for the recommendation! Really appreciate you sending this in ☺️
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You decide the truth about yourself. No one else. And the choice about what kind of person you will be is yours alone.
— Cassandra Clare, Chain of Gold
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The point of stories is not that they are objectively true, but that the soul of the story is truer than reality. Those who mock fiction do so because they fear the truth.
— Cassandra Clare, Chain of Gold
#Chain of Gold#Cassandra Clare#The Last Hours#book quotes#books#quotes#currently reading#quote of the day#Cordelia Carstairs
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He grieved for the loss of someone he had never known, for a life that had ended. For a future whose happiness would always be tainted with the shadow of what he had done.
— Cassandra Clare, Chain of Gold
#I love Cassandra Clare's writing style so much#Chain of Gold#Cassandra Clare#The Last Hours#book quotes#books#quotes#currently reading#quote of the day#Matthew Fairchild
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She thought of the secrets that people kept and the way they were like scars or wounds beneath the skin. You could not always see them, but if you touched on them the wrong way, you could cause great pain.
— Cassandra Clare, Chain of Gold
#Chain of Gold#Cassandra Clare#The Last Hours#book quotes#books#quotes#currently reading#quote of the day#Cordelia Carstairs
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