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Terri’s 2025 Year in Books
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London Mabel
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"They talk about his heart; he overhears them. He feels they should not: the book of my heart is a private book, it is not an order book left on the counter for any passing clerk to scrawl in." First time I tried to read it two years ago, I tried the ...more |
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| I've read a lot of the research mentioned, but there were still some ideas / research I hadn't heard of. Also, Pollan is a lively and entertaining writer and he reads his own book well. ...more | |
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| Beautiful art. I feel a bit more mixed about the story. I think I would have enjoyed more emphasis on the thing with her family than a love story. | |
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| I don't think it's McAllister's strongest book, but it was still an interesting listen. She writes domestic thrillers, but they're thoughtful, with lots to think about along the way. I like how she uses a speculative fiction premise, and that the two ...more | |
"It's unpopular opinion time, you guys. I don't know what's wrong with me, but I didn't love Crooked Kingdom.
After I finished Six of Crows, I couldn't wait to start on this book, but I wonder if jumping into the sequel so soon had been a mistake. Wit" Read more of this review » |
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Really enjoyed this one! But then I do enjoy the "four friends" subgenre of dramedies, which this is. The characters weren't always as distinct as could be--I distinguished them based on "Oh that's the one who's stuck on that chick" "Oh that's the one ...more |
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| Enjoyed it well enough (as an audio) but I think the ratio of history & world building : character development was off. Both sisters had a change arc, but I don't think I had a strong enough sense of who they were at the start of it, to appreciate wh ...more | |
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| Loved Marcellus, and I felt a lot for Tova and her loss. I wasn't as annoyed with Cameron as others were, I just thought his GrowingUp Arc could have been better realized / more even. ...more | |
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Loved it. The comparisons to Emily St.John Mandel are right--same sort of understated prose and quiet story. But I also cared about the characters and what happened to them. Audio: Great reader. |
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“You have to watch your language. People will think you have no fucking class”
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“The Hero Path
We have not even to risk the adventure alone
for the heroes of all time have gone before us.
The labyrinth is thoroughly known ...
we have only to follow the thread of the hero path.
And where we had thought to find an abomination
we shall find a God.
And where we had thought to slay another
we shall slay ourselves.
Where we had thought to travel outwards
we shall come to the center of our own existence.
And where we had thought to be alone
we shall be with all the world.”
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We have not even to risk the adventure alone
for the heroes of all time have gone before us.
The labyrinth is thoroughly known ...
we have only to follow the thread of the hero path.
And where we had thought to find an abomination
we shall find a God.
And where we had thought to slay another
we shall slay ourselves.
Where we had thought to travel outwards
we shall come to the center of our own existence.
And where we had thought to be alone
we shall be with all the world.”
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“He is a pale, long faced, unsmiling fellow who probably lives on a diet of organic bran and carrot juice. He heard Ballard open the proceedings against La Maison with a pained expression, and looked at me over his half-glasses as though I were a saucepan that hadn't been washed up properly.”
― Rumpole à la Carte
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“Soapy Sam looked as though he had just sat down on a favourite armchair which had gone missing.”
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“I sent out words like soldiers to battle and they never returned.”
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Alex wrote: "I am very much amused that you used the word unputdownable in a review."Oh no! lol I didn't even realize it. Though I just checked my computer dictionary (Oxford American) and apparently it IS a real word!
I am very much amused that you used the word unputdownable in a review.
