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Ginger’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Ginger’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Ginger Bensman’s Followers (63)
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Ginger Bensman
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Marilynne Robinson, Michael Ondaatje, John Irving
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April 2012
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https://www.goodreads.com/dispatchesfromamessydesk
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Ginger Bensman
To write - not because you want to be a writer, but because you love to write.
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To Swim Beneath the Earth
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When the Heat's Off
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| Peter Grainger is one of my favorite writers of detective novels. His DC Smith series is always an immersive pleasure (great characters with a solid and interesting plot.) The Camera Man lives up to its predecessors! | |
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| Lucy by the Sea is a moving meditation on what it is to be alive, to suffer loss, to be present in the moment (even confusing sad powerless moments) and the primacy of caring and compassion. This was exactly the book I wanted / needed to read right n ...more | |
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| Lucy by the Sea is a moving meditation on what it is to be alive, to suffer loss, to be present in the moment (even confusing sad powerless moments) and the primacy of caring and compassion. This was exactly the book I wanted / needed to read right n ...more | |
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| Mother Mary Comes to Me is a riveting memoir about the life of an indomitable and uniquely talented woman who survived a devastatingly sad and lonely childhood in the midst of a country in turmoil. 4.5 stars rounded up. | |
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| Sarah Winman is a fabulous writer, and OMG her characters and her spectacular descriptions! Bellissimo! I loved being immersed in the city and culture of Florence. I loved the discussions of art, history, and religion, the buoyant resilience of the c ...more | |
"It's been five months since I finished this book, life happened and I didn't get round to reviewing.
Over the Christmas break my sons and husband were re watching A band of brothers and I was pottering about in the background. Listening to the dialogu" Read more of this review » |
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I get it, I get it already. Florence is the city of Love and Light!, Art! Poetry! and Perfect Pasta!. Once you have opened your heart to the place, you must wax lyrical about it for the entire length of a 400-page novel. Essentially, this is Fri" Read more of this review » |
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| A collection of short essays and brief personal stories--tender, thoughtful, filled with insight, joy and longing. I have loved Brian Doyle's beautiful novels. Thank you, Brian Doyle. ...more | |
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Sharp. Smart. Full of bald truths and deep affection for the living, for life. I loved it! |
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“An airport is a potent place, a point of reunions and departures. For the traveler, it's a crossroads at the moment of decision, a flashpoint that separates intention from retreat.”
― To Swim Beneath the Earth
― To Swim Beneath the Earth
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“Writing is a time honored moment. When the writer breathes life into the characters and gives them a place in the reader’s heart. Characters capture us in their embrace and we take refuge in their lives in a world of uncertainties.”
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“I simply don't shine in company. Mostly I prefer to retreat with a book.”
― Bride of the Rat God
― Bride of the Rat God
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Leonide wrote: "Hi Ginger, I'm gearing up for my next print book release (March 2018) and want to increase my Followers. I just became your Follower today, wondering if you could return the favor? Have you seen th..."Hi Lennie, I think I already follow you. When I go to your profile and click on the follow, the choice that come up is "unfollow" so I think I'm already on board. Your print release sounds exciting and Ann Patchett is one of my favorite authors:)
Hi Ginger, I'm gearing up for my next print book release (March 2018) and want to increase my Followers. I just became your Follower today, wondering if you could return the favor? Have you seen the Goodreads/Book Fairies "Hide a Book Day?" Sounds like fun, I'm participating. BTW, I want to read Bel Canto. Cheers! Lennie
Thank you so much, Ginger, for ordering Night Cruiser. I hope you enjoy it! I'm working on my next book, Blood Seed, which I hope to get out this fall. It's the first in a series, Coin of Rulve.
