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Alex’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Alex’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Alex O'Brien
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in Ottawa, Canada
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March 2017
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The Playmaker
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The Comeback
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THE COMEBACK GOODREADS GIVEAWAY
Goodreads Giveaway! On February 5th, 2020, my second middle-grade novel, The Comeback, was published by James Lorimer & Company.
On the surface, fourteen-year-old Chris is pretty average, playing hockey and having friends. But underneath it all, Chris is depressed, full of self-blame and negative thoughts. He quits his hockey team, feeling he has let them down, but his doctor suggests that he shoul Read more of this blog post »
On the surface, fourteen-year-old Chris is pretty average, playing hockey and having friends. But underneath it all, Chris is depressed, full of self-blame and negative thoughts. He quits his hockey team, feeling he has let them down, but his doctor suggests that he shoul Read more of this blog post »
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The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
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“I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, And that enables you to laugh at life's realities.”
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“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”
― Kafka on the Shore
― Kafka on the Shore
“It was November--the month of crimson sunsets, parting birds, deep, sad hymns of the sea, passionate wind-songs in the pines. Anne roamed through the pineland alleys in the park and, as she said, let that great sweeping wind blow the fogs out of her soul.”
― Anne of Green Gables
― Anne of Green Gables
“Books are more than doctors, of course. Some novels are loving, lifelong companions; some give you a clip around the ear; others are friends who wrap you in warm towels when you've got those autumn blues. And some...well, some are pink candy floss that tingles in your brain for three seconds and leaves a blissful voice. Like a short, torrid love affair.”
― The Little Paris Bookshop
― The Little Paris Bookshop
Classics and the Western Canon
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This is a group to read and discuss those books generally referred to as “the classics” or “the Western canon.” Books which have shaped Western though ...more
Theatre Books and Plays
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A room for lovers of theatre, theater books, texts on acting, directing, theory and scripts.
Goodreads Librarians Group
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Hello, Alex! Thank you for contacting me! I hope you are well and will have a great new week. Congratulations on your book and on not having writer's block very often! Happy reading, writing and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
