I just love Cass's and Max-Ernest's friendship. They're both lonely, struggling kids who have trouble connecting to other people. Finally, they find a peer who doesn't look down on them.
This scene when they first meet is so touching. They have learned to be suspicious of other kids, as they have experienced constant mockery and insults. But now they realize that the other one is not going to judge them or make fun of them.
Over time, they learn to trust, understand and like each other. It's seriously one of my favorite friendships in fiction. ❤️
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Faith: Sisters?!
Friedborg: Well I think it’s fantastic! *puts Cass, Ginny, and Poly side by side* Wow, you three look exactly alike! Well…except for your clothes. And your hair. And Cass is a little more pale, but your noses are very similar.
Jane: Fried, forget their noses. They’re criminals. Walking free in Corona!
Friedborg: You’re right….we have to show them around! Oh, oh, let’s take them to Uncle Monty’s! Come on, Faith!
Cassandra: Oh, you two are gonna love Uncle Monty.
Ginny: He sounds nice already.
Polyxena: Does he have sour candy?
Jane: Yeah great idea. Take the criminals for a tour around town!
Jane: ….Okay well wait for me you guys!
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Books
Huge congrats to The Iliad. It's only taken 3,000 years.
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The Locked Tomb series +3
by Tamsyn Muir
The Percy Jackson & the Olympians series -1
by Rick Riordan
The Harry Potter series
by J.K. Rowling
The Six of Crows duology +3
by Leigh Bardugo
Dracula -3
by Bram Stoker
The Warrior Cats series -1
by Erin Hunter
A Song of Ice and Fire -1
by George R. R. Martin
The All for the Game series
by Nora Sakavic
The Discworld series +7
by Terry Pratchett
A Court of Thorns and Roses series +3
by Sarah J. Maas
The Silmarillion -1
by J. R. R. Tolkien
Pride And Prejudice -3
by Jane Austen
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
The Raven Cycle series +3
by Maggie Stiefvater
The Sun and the Star
by Rick Riordan & Mark Oshiro
The Vampire Chronicles
by Anne Rice
Wings Of Fire +9
by Tui T. Sutherland
The Secret History -7
by Donna Tartt
The Trials of Apollo series -4
by Rick Riordan
The Iliad +10
by Homer
The Odyssey +24
by Homer
The Folk in the Air series -8
by Holly Black
The Animorphs series +5
by K. A. Applegate
The Stormlight Archive +8
by Brandon Sanderson
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
by Jeff Kinney
Moby Dick +24
by Herman Melville
1984 +6
by George Orwell
Fables
by Bill Willingham
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
by Franz Kafka
The Song of Achilles -10
by Madeline Miller
The Last Hours series
by Cassandra Clare
The Simon Snow series -10
by Rainbow Rowell
The Throne of Glass series +13
by Sarah J. Maas
Nimona
by ND Stevenson
Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard +6
by Rick Riordan
The Bell Jar -15
by Sylvia Plath
The Dreamer trilogy +6
by Maggie Stiefvater
The Shadowhunter Chronicles -15
by Cassandra Clare
The Mistborn series
by Brandon Sanderson
This Is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Captive Prince -1
by C. S. Pacat
The Twilight Saga -7
by Stephanie Meyer
The Sandman
by Neil Gaiman
The Deltora Quest series
by Jennifer Rowe
Romeo and Juliet -8
by William Shakespeare
The Far Side
by Gary Larson
Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde +2
by Robert Lewis Stevenson
Calvin and Hobbes
by Bill Watterson
The Picture of Dorian Gray -31
by Oscar Wilde
Good Omens
by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
The number in italics indicates how many spots a title moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded titles weren’t on the list last year.
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