"WITH ALL THE DESTRUCTION HAPPENING DOWN THERE, IT'S SO EASY TO FORGET THE BEAUTY THAT'S UP HERE. THE SKY IS SO BEAUTIFUL AFTER RAINFALL."     Salama Kassab was a pharmacy student when the cries for freedom broke out in Syria. She still had her parents and her big...

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 "YOU SHOULDN'T ASK THE GIRL BLESSED BY DEATH WHOM SHE'LL DIE FOR. YOU SHOULD ASK HER WHOM SHE'D KILL FOR."     She has power over death. He has power over her. When two enemies strike a dangerous bargain, will they end a war . . . or ignite...

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 Well damn hello I am alive again! We’re going to ignore the fact that I have been dead for 2 months and that I’m hella behind on my reading goal and instead talk about a drama that I just binged over break! This drama literally broke me; like...

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 GUYS WE DID IT AGAIN!!! 2024 IS COMING BUT WAIT THAT MEANS I GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL IN A YEAR—oh shit. Wow I am old. Okay moving on!! As you may remember last year, I created an end of year post to both fill in the gap on my...

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 " IF I AM TO DO SOME GOOD, I MUST MAKE PEACE WITH MY OWN LIMITS. I WOULD LOSE PERSPECTIVE OTHERWISE."     Winter is drawing thick in 1932 Shanghai, as is the ever-nearing threat of a Japanese invasion. Rosalind Lang has suffered the worst possible fate for a national...

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 "I REALIZE THIS FITS INTO THE WAY I'VE ALWAYS SEEN MYSELF, WHICH IS: ART, ATTEMPTED, THOUGH OFTEN SPOILED BY THE DEMANDS OF ANOTHER'S TASTES"     Mars has always been the lesser twin, the shadow to his sister Caroline's radiance. But when Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars is...

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