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Nicola’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Nicola’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Nicola Pierce
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Dublin, Ireland
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January 2013
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Titanic: True Stories of her Passengers, Crew and Legacy
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2018
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5 editions
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Spirit of the Titanic
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2011
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16 editions
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City of Fate
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2014
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5 editions
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Behind the Walls: 1689
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2015
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2 editions
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Chasing Ghosts: An Arctic Adventure
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2020
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In Between Worlds: The Journey of the Famine Girls
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Kings of the Boyne
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Great Irish Wives: Remarkable Lives from History
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O'Connell Street: The History and Life of Dublin's Iconic Street
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Ballymena: City of the Seven Towers
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2011
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Nicola Pierce said:
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This was just one of those books that I felt was written especially for me and me alone. Writers' memoirs are a favourite with me anyway but this has one of the best pieces on writing/being a writer that I've ever read. I also loved the pieces about
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| An uncomfortable read that irritates, thanks to how bloody relevant it is today. | |
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| I loved the art and the premise of the story but there was just a little bit too much self-conscious navel-gazing for me. Ultimately there was much love here, two-fold, from his girlfriend and her son, and I could not understand Peters wandering off ...more | |
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| Not my usual read, this was a gift. At the very least, it's a wonderful selection of work from New Zealand illustrators. The pages sing out with glorious colour and imagination alongside the hypnotic poem from Colquhoun. ...more | |
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| A compelling, fascinating, frightening passionate, compassionate, hugely intelligent read. Easily one of the best books I have read this year. Just marvellous - and Roy's mother is utterly unforgettable! ...more | |
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| Wholly accessible and compelling read that reminded me of the film 'Sliding Doors'. ...more | |
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| Not every single detail resonated but I loved the overall message. | |
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| A slim memoir recounting the experiences of two young inexperienced English sisters who end up tending to horrific wounds and injuries to British and French soldiers in France 1914. It is a sobering read, I was appalled at the atrocities committed ag ...more | |
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| Apart from reading 'Dune' years ago, I never read this genre but I saw an advertisement for the up and coming Ryan Gosling film, accompanied by lots of comments praising the book sky high. And I am now one of those commentators. I had only ever seen ...more | |
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| I do feel a bit guilty about my three stars and perhaps it's unfair as my rating is probably the result of reading this immediately after finishing the compelling Estelle Roberts's memoir about being a medium. The latter's voice was immediate and vib ...more | |
“If you lose all hope, you can always find it again.”
― The Sportswriter
― The Sportswriter
“What's friendship's realest measure?
I'll tell you. The amount of precious time you'll squander on someone else's calamities and fuck-ups.”
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I'll tell you. The amount of precious time you'll squander on someone else's calamities and fuck-ups.”
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“Don't listen to writers. They're messed up - that's why they're writers!”
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“(1)BEING A POET
is like opening a car door
& exposing yourself.
(2)BEING A GOOD POET
is like opening the door
& exposing the passenger
as well.”
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is like opening a car door
& exposing yourself.
(2)BEING A GOOD POET
is like opening the door
& exposing the passenger
as well.”
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“So please, oh please, we beg, we pray, go throw your TV set away, and in its place you can install, a lovely bookshelf on the wall.”
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Ann wrote: "Can't say I was ever a great fan of Stephen King, but I loved 'Misery' - it made me laugh out loud, especially the bits about the typewriter falling to bits. (I once had a typewriter that did the s..."Ann wrote: "Can't say I was ever a great fan of Stephen King, but I loved 'Misery' - it made me laugh out loud, especially the bits about the typewriter falling to bits. (I once had a typewriter that did the s..."
HOpe I'm doing this right, it's my first message on goodreads. I've never read him as I just don't do horror/terror;), and had stupidly put of On Writing for years, even after hearing how good it was, and I must say i thoroughly enjoyed it. I'd read it again and again,I think. And I might even try some of his earlier stuff too, under supervision!! Happy Easter!
Can't say I was ever a great fan of Stephen King, but I loved 'Misery' - it made me laugh out loud, especially the bits about the typewriter falling to bits. (I once had a typewriter that did the same to me after millions of words!) And 'On Writing' was just genius. Still think of it - wish I still had the book. (Probably lent it to someone and never got it back!)
