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  1. Public Bookmark 1

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    When Wendy Carr asked Carmen Graves to surveil Holden Ford, she imagined only the most mundane of circumstances.

    Carmen, in need for redemption from her murky professional history, accepts the role.

    But Carmen has a past that she's running from. The kind of past that Holden can sniff out, even as Carmen cannot recollect it.

    What begins as professional overstep becomes a game of cat and mouse.

    Caught between repression and temptation, blurred lines and the ethics of an emerging field, Carmen must choose: the lies that have protected her or the weight of the truth.

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    08 Jan 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 62

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    Hawkins National Laboratory runs on routine: checklists, keycards, fluorescent lights, and the understanding that nothing here is personal.

    You learn this quickly, just a few days into the job that was forced onto you.

    You also learn that Peter Ballard never walks the same route twice, never stands where the cameras linger too long, and never looks at you unless you're alone.

    You are both orderlies-interchangeable, invisible, trained to keep your heads down and your mouths shut. Friendship is discouraged. Attachment is a liability. Affection is a violation.

    So you talk in hallways without microphones. You pass notes meant to be destroyed. You pretend not to notice when he positions himself between you and certain doors.

    Peter says the lab is watching everyone.

    Later, in a voice barely above a whisper, he tells you who you should really be afraid of.

    You should report him.
    You should keep your distance.
    You should never follow him off-camera.

    But the spaces between cameras are the only places you ever feel safe-and Peter is the only one who knows how to find them.

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    02 Jan 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 39

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    The Last of the Starks follows Alysanne Lannister, the only daughter of Jaime Lannister and Elyn Hightower, who is sent north to marry Robb Stark in a calculated move by Tywin Lannister to extend his influence into the North. Raised by her grandfather, Alysanne is a sharp, ambitious girl trained to survive courtly politics; but the North is unlike anything she expected. As war consumes the realm and loyalties are tested, Alysanne finds herself torn between duty for her family and the love she finds in the North.

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    07 Jun 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 86

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    “It matters what I would have thought?”
    You turned away from him again. “Yeah.”
    He paused, averting his gaze. “It shouldn’t.”
    “I know.”

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    10 May 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 16

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    This is fiction. I don't know any of these people IRL. I've never met Hasan in real life. I make no money from this work of fiction.

    When Aria, an up-and-coming singer and streamer, crosses paths with Hasan Piker, a famous political commentator, their worlds collide in an unexpected way. But with Aria set to leave LA in a year, can they overcome the challenges of their lives and the countdown looming over them, or is their connection destined to be temporary?

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    14 Apr 2025