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Mary’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mary’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Mary Van Winkle
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January 2026
I'm trying not to open this update on a sour note but today seems to be one in which everything has piled up and reared it's head. I could easily add up everything that's gone wrong since the first of the year and use that list as evidence that I'm not meant to be a author...but I won't do that. Instead, I'm going to do this:
I opened the year on a time crunch but felt good. Everything was wrapping Read more of this blog post »
I opened the year on a time crunch but felt good. Everything was wrapping Read more of this blog post »
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“I've had lots of trouble, so I write jolly tales.”
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“I don't have a favorite book, I have hundreds”
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“...he hasn't spent his whole life playing catch-up. He was born in the lead. I don't have that luxury. I swallow hard. "You wouldn't get it. You're the older one.”
― Shiver
― Shiver
“I mean, who are you if you can't make it up? Especially people like you and me. Are we just supposed to stay the shitheads our parents and high schools sent out into the world, the ones our classmates assumed would do nothing with our lives?”
― The Angel of Rome and Other Stories
― The Angel of Rome and Other Stories
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