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Marie Sotiriou
@mariesotiriou.bsky.social
Reader 🌈, technology geek, sports fan. Involved locally in progressive political activism.

I like to talk about books 📚

**Wallpaper quote is from a 2024 US Election night editorial written by activist & author Rebecca Solnit.
Another scene, Xilsi tells Elen that one of the reasons she joined the wardens was to stay out of princely feuds. “Wardens serve the empire, not a faction”. Well, this made me think of how Tr#mp has tried to make a tool of the military.
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I loved it Kate!

One scene, they sit around the fire and eat “chewy turnip and goat cheese stew spiced with humble fennel” - I wanted that recipe 😀
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Now, onto the second book in the duology, “The Nameless Land”.

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The Nameless Land
Surprising betrayals, surprising alliances, and surprising discoveries of heritage abound in this energetic sequel to The Witch Roads.When the royal party fi...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
White bean and turnip stew sounds delicious.

Coincidentally, I am currently reading Kate Elliott’s fantasy “The Witch Roads” and the characters are sitting around the fire eating “chewy turnip and goat cheese stew spiced with humble fennel” - and I kept thinking that I really want to try that!
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I really love the cover art - it’s very cool.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Another one:

⭐️”Regret is a time machine to the past.
Worry is a time machine to the future.
Gratitude is a time machine to the present.”
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Tara, I don’t generally read poetry, but I really enjoyed “You Better Be Lightning” by Andrea Gibson. 

One of the lines I highlighted from that book:
⭐️”No such thing as the innocent bystander
Silence rides shotgun wherever hate goes.”
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I listened and this was a good episode! Just fyi though, this link doesn’t point to the current episode.
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM