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Barbara’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Barbara’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
Goodreads Author
Born
in Altoona, PA, The United States
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June 2007
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Pen on Fire: A Busy Woman's Guide to Igniting the Writer Within
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2004
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USA noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series
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2013
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Palm Springs Noir
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2021
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Orange County Noir
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2010
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Pool Fishing
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The Savage Waves of Spring
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2026
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Writing in Place: Stories from the Pandemic
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Orange County noir
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Pool Fishing: Stories
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Knitting through it: Inspiring stories for times of trouble
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Hospital reading material
I'm going into the hospital tomorrow for surgery and a short stay and I'm contemplating reading material. Do I bring what I'm reading now (Orhan's Inheritance, which isn't dark but it's serious fiction and I love it), something light and perky (though the lightest and perkiest books on my shelf are by Elinor LIpman and I've already read them), or magazines?
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Barbara’s Recent Updates
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| This one is one of my two favorite novels I've read thus far this year (the other is Cassandra Neyenesch's A LITTLE BIT BAD). I've enjoyed other Strout novels, especially Olive, but this one...big wow. So good. A tearjerker. Unexpected twists. I can ...more | |
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"THE THINGS WE NEVER SAY is a devastating book: devastatingly beautiful, devastatingly smart, and devastatingly kind. Meet Artie Dam, revered high school history teacher in a Boston suburb in 2024, who is just starting to lose his grip. His grown son'"
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The Desert and the Sea: 977 Days Captive on the Somali Pirate Coast
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| Lisa is such a beautiful writer and this is such a heartfelt, emotional love story, an unexpected pairing that upends her life. There is heartbreak and there is renewal, a new love. I love how chapters are short and there is white space around the pa ...more | |
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"I’m confused as to why this book was so jaw dropping and shocking to most readers. I got scammed by a tiktok video saying they called an emergency book club meeting bc this book was so shocking. There literally isn’t anything shocking that happened. "
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"I feel terrible rating anyone’s memoir so low but… it’s just unrelatable to me and so many other people in this day and age. Rich people divorce. Oh no, I might have to sell one of my two homes in some of the most exclusive zip codes in the country. "
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You were happier with the book than me. I gave it two stars.
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“When you travel with your family, you may not get the volume of work done you would if you were alone, but you can still do something while recharging. If nothing else, you can gather your own thoughts, write down ideas, observe people around you, and reflect on experiences. Working doesn't always mean putting words on paper.”
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“Sound is so important to creative writing. Think of the sounds you hear that you include and the similes you use to describe what things sound like. 'As she walked up the alley, her polyester workout pants sounded like windshield wipers swishing back and forth.' Cadence, onomatopoeia, the poetry of language are all so important. Learn all that you can about how to bring sound into your work.”
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Read Women: Upcoming Book Readings | 15 | 79 | Apr 06, 2022 08:37AM | |
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| Crazy Challenge C...: Quilting Challenge | 796 | 241 | Oct 15, 2024 05:04PM | |
| Nothing But Readi...: NetGalley June 2025 | 19 | 45 | Jun 30, 2025 04:10PM | |
| The Lost Challenges: June 2025 On The Book | 61 | 52 | Jul 13, 2025 04:38AM |
“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
“The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.”
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Theology, Meaning, and Morality
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A space for thoughtful discussion on theology and beyond: meaning, morality, and the depths to understanding human life. This group welcomes diverse ...more
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Hello BarbaraLook forward to talking books
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Barbaea, I've added your book Pen on Fire to my to-read list.
Hi Barbara,I checked out your podcasts...They are GREAT! Your style of interviewing brings out the best in your guests and offers the listener a treasure trove of insights into writing...making the somewhat nebulous craft of writing a little less enigmatic...
Keep up the GREAT JOB!!!
