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Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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| An interesting, but not entirely successful, collection of stories that might best be described as Bohemian Gothic. The first tale--The Repairer of Reputations--was so freakishly weird it made my head spin. I have never read anything like it. The thr ...more | |
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| An interesting, but not entirely successful, collection of stories that might best be described as Bohemian Gothic. The first tale--The Repairer of Reputations--was so freakishly weird it made my head spin. I have never read anything like it. The thr ...more | |
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| A brief (152 pp), easy-to-follow introduction to Aquinas, particularly the concepts contained in Summa Theologica, from the proofs for God to the best forms of government. For myself, this was an eye-opening book, in that I did not realize how influe ...more | |
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| Written by two historians committed both to fact and the Baptist faith, this book is as thorough and balanced a history as one could wish. I did skim a bit, because the book does go into great detail, but it is readable and never too dry. The section ...more | |
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| Excellent entry in the Inspector Maigret series, and a great way to start off the new year. This one is unusual for the involvement of Madame Maigret, who gets embroiled in the case in a natural and not at all corny way. While Maigret is involved in ...more | |
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| I loved Kidnapped and Treasure Island as a kid, RLS being one of only two writers (Jules Verne the other) who could hold my attention for the length of a novel. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was familiar to me from its many film versions, but I had no idea ...more | |
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| I've read three great fantasy novels this year: The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro, Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke, and this one. Of the three, Darwinia is the purest genre work, and it's interesting that whereas Ishiguro and Clarke seem to frustrate m ...more | |
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