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Phil’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Phil’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Phil McGrail’s Followers (6)
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Phil McGrail
Goodreads Author
Born
in The United States
Genre
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July 2008
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Daughter of Statues
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2008
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Phil’s Recent Updates
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| Let me start by saying I love Josiah Bancroft's style. His clever prose, sometimes straying into the territory of needing to grab a dictionary, is always interesting. I often find myself smirking at the smart word play and unique comparisons/similes/ ...more | |
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This book was an interesting mix of the history of early photography and the origin story of Lewis Carroll. It tended to be a bit repetitive. And it was probably my least favorite Simon Winchester book that I've read. My only real complaint was that ...more |
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This book was an interesting mix of the history of early photography and the origin story of Lewis Carroll. It tended to be a bit repetitive. And it was probably my least favorite Simon Winchester book that I've read. My only real complaint was that ...more |
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I'm not a big comic book/graphic novel fan, but this was entertaining. I liked the art in the first half better. It was more dynamic and detailed. The pages seemed a bit more stylistic as well. The second half was a little slow, more a political stor ...more |
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I found this book at the town swap shop. I picked it up on a whim, since I spend so much time in the White Mountains, but have yet to pony up the $100 for a ride on the cog railway. This book looks to me like a gift shop book. It offered a nice littl ...more |
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I almost gave this one 5 stars. It was a very unique book, both the story and the physical book itself. The stylized cover pages were a nice touch. The only reason this didn't get an even 5 stars is because the overall body-swapping plot was too much ...more |
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I almost gave this one 5 stars. It was a very unique book, both the story and the physical book itself. The stylized cover pages were a nice touch. The only reason this didn't get an even 5 stars is because the overall body-swapping plot was too much ...more |
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It was interesting. And you could tell that OSC put a lot of effort into the research. The middle lagged a bit, as we "watched" Christopher Columbus go about being rejected year after year. But the beginning premise was interesting. And the master pla ...more |
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“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
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“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
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“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
― P.S. I Love You
― P.S. I Love You
