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Gill’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gill’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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You can live multiple lives ... form the comfort of your own desk - and that can be anywhere in the world.
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The House on Schellberg Street
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2014
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The Complete Guide to Learning a Language
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2003
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The Prophecy
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2008
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Babel
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2011
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Spooking
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2012
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4 editions
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Clara's Story: A Holocaust Biography (The Schellberg Cycle Book 2)
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The Best of CaféLit 12
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The Best of CaféLit 4
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140 x 140
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2018
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2 editions
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Girl in a Smart Uniform (The Schellberg Cycle Book 3)
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Keeping the Lid on Social Media
Social media can be a boon and it certainly can help the isolated writer feel more connected with the world. During the Covid 19 pandemic it has probably been a life-line for many. It is powerful tool. But it also may become a tyrant and we have to make sure we master it and it doesn’t master us.
I start my day with a visit to either Twitter, Linked-in or Facebook. This time of year though,
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“I don’t write because I think I have something to say. I write because if I don’t, everything feels even worse.”
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I quite enjoyed this book though I never really got to like the two main characters all that much. Marnie's sense of humour was annoying and both she and Michael were too self-absorbed. A lot of time and action is packed into the last few pages and I ...more |
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I quite enjoyed this book though I never really got to like the two main characters all that much. Marnie's sense of humour was annoying and both she and Michael were too self-absorbed. A lot of time and action is packed into the last few pages and I ...more |
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“In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to become to write that book.”
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This tells the story of how a community was formed. It wasn't always easy and some gave up the struggle. For Francis Desharnais it is a story of a family – his family. That this is told as a graphic novel brings enhancement to the tale. There are sever ...more |
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I thoroughly enjoyed these two stories. However, I did think the Irish Lighthouse Secret resolved a little too easily. I was intrigued too that in both stories the protagonist was looking after a ten-year-old girl Now I want to live in a lighthouse. A ...more |
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“I believe that reading and writing are the most nourishing forms of meditation anyone has so far found. By reading the writings of the most interesting minds in history, we meditate with our own minds and theirs as well. This to me is a miracle.”
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An exploration of the Northern Lights for very young children. There is much interesting detail in the book and the pictures are charming. I was a little disappointed that nowhere were the Northern Lights in all of their true glory. I except, though, ...more |
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This is an engaging story. I have to admit that it took me a while to like the characters but I certainly did by the end of the book. Sophie Duchy writes cleverly. We are kept guessing throughout and therefore we keep reading. The main character intr ...more |
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“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
― The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
― I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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