Rick Verde

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Rick Verde I found a beautiful black and white photo of my mother and father on their wedding day. The wedding took place on Christmas Day 1969. In the photo, my…moreI found a beautiful black and white photo of my mother and father on their wedding day. The wedding took place on Christmas Day 1969. In the photo, my mother and father are in the backseat holding hands, looking at each other lovingly.

But if you look past them, out the back window of the car there seems to be a shadowy figure of a boy. I've asked many family members if they could identify this boy.

Nobody recognized or remembered him. My question has always been, is a real boy caught in the wedding photo, or a ghost?(less)
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How far in advance should you promote your book?

This question seems to linger in the back of every author’s mind. When is it the right time to promote my book? There is a fear among writers that promoting their book too early will kill any momentum going into the release, but promoting too late will allow another book overshadow their novel. So, when does A+B=C? The answer is simple. There is no such thing as promoting your book too early.

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This by far one of the worse Chuck Palahniuk book I've ever read. Normally, I love his books. So far, the only book I've ever DNF'd of his was "Rant". This book was almost the second. The only reason I kept reading it was because I wanted to see how ...more
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This by far one of the worse Chuck Palahniuk book I've ever read. Normally, I love his books. So far, the only book I've ever DNF'd of his was "Rant". This book was almost the second. The only reason I kept reading it was because I wanted to see how ...more
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I can't believe this book ended on a cliff hanger. Had I known this was a two-part book I would've waited to hear some more reviews on this book before reading.

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I know it's early in 2026, but I'm saying this right now, this book is going to be on my top ten of 2026. I know it wasn't published in 2026, but my list is made up of books I read in that year. If I read a book from 1979 this year and it's the great ...more
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This book is a complete snooze fest. I was hoping it would lean more towards horror, or a hard mystery with some type of build up to climatic ending, but no. It was just a boring story, with a boring ending, and nothing worth reading in the middle.
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