mozzribo<p>In the last few years, <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>animal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a> is among my <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/favourite" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>favourite</span></a> pastimes. One I recently <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>read</span></a> was <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/Shardik" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Shardik</span></a>, penned by Richard Adams (of Watership Down fame).</p><p>Here is a strong introductory quote from that <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>novel</span></a> that makes my brain travel in parallels. It also happens to be a <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/perfectsentence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>perfectsentence</span></a>.</p><p>It's a demanding book in several regards but one of the greats. If You don't know it much yet, flirt with it:<br /><a href="https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/268480e5-f752-43e6-b25d-5320154b3f9e" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">app.thestorygraph.com/books/26</span><span class="invisible">8480e5-f752-43e6-b25d-5320154b3f9e</span></a></p>