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Amanda’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Amanda’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Amanda Firestone
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Member Since
June 2012
ICFA 41
Hi Everyone!
Once again, I want too let everyone know that the call for abstracts is live for the International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA 41). Our special guest author is Jeff VanderMeer.
This conference takes place annually in Orlando, and it brings together scholars and authors to share work about all things Fantastic. If your scholarship veers into the Fantastic, please submi Read more of this blog post »
Once again, I want too let everyone know that the call for abstracts is live for the International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts (ICFA 41). Our special guest author is Jeff VanderMeer.
This conference takes place annually in Orlando, and it brings together scholars and authors to share work about all things Fantastic. If your scholarship veers into the Fantastic, please submi Read more of this blog post »
* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
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"This book gets the bare bones of the story right but fleshes them out with loads of misinformation, outright lies, sensationalist bunk and an egregious bias. I’ve been researching the story intensely for 13 years and in the process discovered all tha"
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My mom sent me this book in the spring. My family is from York county and my mother’s side of the family is 100% PA Dutch. I knew only vaguely about the murder at Rehmeyer’s Hollow growing up. Some school rumors about it being haunted. I had absolute ...more |
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(Mostly) Human Resources
by Grace Viall (Goodreads Author)
5 copies
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July 27, 2026
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“He[Tom] read from the Almenak."'The song that the Vigil Snake sings is in fact one immensely long word; the longest in the ancient language of the species. It is so long that an individual can sing it for a lifetime and never come to the end of it.'"
"That sounds like a Kleppism to me," Geneva said. "How would they ever learn it?"
"Good question," said Tom. "Maybe they're born with it, like a migration instinct?"'
"Born with a song,"said Geneva.
Tom smiled. "Yes. Don't you like that idea?"
"Liking it and having it be true aren't the same thing, Tom."
"Huh. Sometimes you need to let things strike your heart and not your head, Geneva.”
― Abarat
"That sounds like a Kleppism to me," Geneva said. "How would they ever learn it?"
"Good question," said Tom. "Maybe they're born with it, like a migration instinct?"'
"Born with a song,"said Geneva.
Tom smiled. "Yes. Don't you like that idea?"
"Liking it and having it be true aren't the same thing, Tom."
"Huh. Sometimes you need to let things strike your heart and not your head, Geneva.”
― Abarat
“Some people think art is pretending, but to me it’s the opposite. It’s the one place where you can’t pretend.”
― Sorrow
― Sorrow
“There's nothing like heartbreak to crack a person wide open. But the cracks can sometimes act as reservoirs too.”
― Sorrow
― Sorrow