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Sarah’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Sarah’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Sarah Emtage
Goodreads Author
Member Since
April 2013
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The Time Wager
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2022
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2 editions
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Paperscape
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The Second Rate Poetry of S. M. Emtage
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Sarah Emtage said:
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The builders of Babel are boundary breakers,
confident con men,
all movers and shakers.
Big-headed brain-boilers
bulldozing barns
intend to build bigger
and spin their own yarns.
They're in for the win.
They laugh at the flood,
but the Belbury Babble
will all ...more "
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The Adventures of Blake & Mortimer: The Complete Collection, Volume 2:
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"For years, I've seen Kingdom Come frequently mentioned as one of the all-time must-read comics, and I was intrigued by all the Biblical allusions, starting with the title and the imagery taken from Revelation that we see in the opening pages.
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![Persuasion [with Biographical Introduction] by Jane Austen](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386902474l/19405958._SY75_.jpg "Persuasion [with Biographical Introduction] by Jane Austen")
1817. Completed August 1816 and published posthumously with Northanger Abbey. Bought this edition to have handy (outside my Complete Works) to re-read in November 2025 for the George MacDonald discussion group.
Wow, what a conversation! I love Persuasion even more now. As I said at the beginning, it is a difficult novel for me - hilarious, biting, and oh so earnest, yet at times dark, and confusing withal. Your collective enjoyment, insights, and close readings have illuminated much that was missed or obscure on this, my second reading.
One detail as the merest example: Austen’s
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“This is the back door
to the lore kept in store
in the whispering pages within.
Come in, come embark!
Something gleams in the dark,
and it's spinning a spell now. Come in!
Only first flip the book
for the front of it looks
like a much better place to begin.”
― Paperscape
to the lore kept in store
in the whispering pages within.
Come in, come embark!
Something gleams in the dark,
and it's spinning a spell now. Come in!
Only first flip the book
for the front of it looks
like a much better place to begin.”
― Paperscape
“Whoever you are, bear in mind that appearance is not reality. Some people act like extroverts, but the effort costs them energy, authenticity, and even physical health. Others seem aloof or self-contained, but their inner landscapes are rich and full of drama. So the next time you see a person with a composed face and a soft voice, remember that inside her mind she might be solving an equation, composing a sonnet, designing a hat. She might, that is, be deploying the powers of quiet.”
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
― Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
“This is the back door
to the lore kept in store
in the whispering pages within.
Come in, come embark!
Something gleams in the dark,
and it's spinning a spell now. Come in!
Only first flip the book
for the front of it looks
like a much better place to begin.”
― Paperscape
to the lore kept in store
in the whispering pages within.
Come in, come embark!
Something gleams in the dark,
and it's spinning a spell now. Come in!
Only first flip the book
for the front of it looks
like a much better place to begin.”
― Paperscape
“Have you ever heard the wonderful silence just before the dawn? Or the quiet and calm just as a storm ends? Or perhaps you know the silence when you haven't the answer to a question you've been asked, or the hush of a country road at night, or the expectant pause of a room full of people when someone is just about to speak, or, most beautiful of all, the moment after the door closes and you're alone in the whole house? Each one is different, you know, and all very beautiful if you listen carefully.”
― The Phantom Tollbooth
― The Phantom Tollbooth
“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.”
― The Sirens of Titan
― The Sirens of Titan
“But why’, (some ask), ‘why, if you have a serious comment to make on the real life of men, must you do it by talking about a phantasmagoric never-never land of your own?’ Because, I take it, one of the main things the author wants to say is that the real life of men is of that mythical and heroic quality.” He continues, “The value of the myth is that it takes all the things we know and restores to them the rich significance which has been hidden by ‘the veil of familiarity.”
― Bandersnatch: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
― Bandersnatch: C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and the Creative Collaboration of the Inklings
