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Sheila’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Sheila’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Sheila Balls
Goodreads Author
Born
in North Bay Ontario, Canada
Website
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Influences
anne lamott garrison keillor
Member Since
March 2008
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/alley1
Hold hands and move forward
Towards morning but still fully dark I am wakened by the soft pad of a cat stepping carefully across the bed to look into my face: “Are you awake?”
I used to write then, up at the lake, those nights I could not sleep, but it has been a long time since I felt like writing through the dark hours . . . maybe because of the “dark hours” we have gone through in our own life.
In those years we lived in Read more of this blog post »
I used to write then, up at the lake, those nights I could not sleep, but it has been a long time since I felt like writing through the dark hours . . . maybe because of the “dark hours” we have gone through in our own life.
In those years we lived in Read more of this blog post »
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All Right So Far
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Somebody Move the Cat!
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Our Side of the Fence: Tales from the Not-So-Deep Woods
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Our Side of the Fence
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2005
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Walk This Way
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| In a violent storm in 1952 two oil tankers built with substandard steel split into trapping the crews aboard. This book tells about the Coast Guard‘s valiant effort to rescue survivors. Life boats were in as much danger as the tanker crews and not al ...more | |
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| A pleasant well told story with relatable characters bravely making an effort to move out of their comfort zones. You cannot help but like both Michael and Marnie as they hike across the UK as part of a small group of travelers. There are several mom ...more | |
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| Melodrama yes. But a powerful well written story of the consequence of choices. A love triangle, emerging at the beginning of the book leaves devastation in its wake, as three good people move through two stages of a love affair, years apart. There i ...more | |
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"I think this book has already broken me into a million pieces—in the best possible way! It carries a melodramatic tone but is heartbreakingly powerful, deeply penetrating your emotions.
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| Frozen in Time paints a picture of life 7000 years ago; daily occurrences mixed with the kind of occasional drama that touches all people. This book centres on how life might have been,how it might have changed. A list of the many characters and a se ...more | |
“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
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“Children are happy because they don't have a file in their minds called "All the Things That Could Go Wrong.”
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“No story sits by itself. Sometimes stories meet at corners and sometimes they cover one another completely, like stones beneath a river.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.”
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
― The Five People You Meet in Heaven
“If thou of fortune be bereft,
and in thy store there be but left
two loaves, sell one, and with the
dole, buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.”
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and in thy store there be but left
two loaves, sell one, and with the
dole, buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.”
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Cats
— 364 members
— last activity May 14, 2023 07:51AM
For those who love cats and reading novels about them, too!
I Love Canadian Authors
— 444 members
— last activity Sep 16, 2025 10:19AM
Fans of canadian authors and Canadian authors here on Goodreads: This is a group for fans and authors to meet and discuss their favorite canucks and t ...more
The Next Best Book Club
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Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more
Up and Coming Authors
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— last activity Nov 11, 2017 10:08AM
This is a group for independent authors and readers who are interested in finding the newest talent out there!
Q&A with Lori Lansens
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— last activity Jun 14, 2010 03:54PM
Lori Lansens will be answering reader questions from April 5 to May 5th.
Goodreads Authors/Readers
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This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more
