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Gill’s 2024 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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2 editions
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Babel
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2011
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2 editions
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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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Otherwhere and Elsewhen
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2012
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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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A classic ahead of its time? Elizabeth Gaskell shows us a hypocritical Victorian society. Here we have sexual double-standards. Ruth becomes an unmarried mother, abandoned by her weak, wealthy lover. I'm a great fan of Dickens but this is just as goo ...more |
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A pleasant enough story though I felt it took a time to get going. I wasn't completely convinced about how the skin would work and how Nico managed to persuade those concerned that the circus should be rewarded. The characters were interesting. It was ...more |
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“Collect books, even if you don't plan on reading them right away. Nothing is more important than an unread library.”
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A pleasant enough story though I felt it took a time to get going. I wasn't completely convinced about how the skin would work and how Nico managed to persuade those concerned that the circus should be rewarded. The characters were interesting. It was ...more |
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“A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?”
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This is a delightful tale that really works. I got to know the characters really well and became completely engaged in their story. The book is a little short for this type of novel and the editor in me had a sharp intake of breath every now and then ...more |
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I read a lot of short stories but these really excelled. They were very well written and all plausible yet unpredictable. A different, totally appropriate voice for each one A real delight. |
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I read a lot of short stories but these really excelled. They were very well written and all plausible yet unpredictable. A different, totally appropriate voice for each one A real delight. |
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This book brings an important message: there is not enough representation in books written for children of 13% of the population. This argument is presented through a series of articles and blog posts by the two authors with a few also from other wri ...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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