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C.A.’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at C.A.’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
C.A. Simonsen’s Followers (11)
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C.A. Simonsen
Goodreads Author
Born
Canada
Genre
Influences
Cormac McCarthy, Robertson Davies, A. C. Doyle, Michael Crummey
Member Since
January 2020
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Fountaineville
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The Wagoner
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Fountainville
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* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
Language Getting Shorter
Here are more for you (mostly pilfered by listening to my students)...
1. Lending library - library
2. Artisan - artist
3. Renovations - renos
4. Bicycle - bike
5. Charisma - ris/riz
6. Walking stick - cane
7. Merchandise - merch
8. Vacation - vay-cay
9. Sirrah - Sir
10. Representative/Reputation - Rep
11. Preparation - Prep
12. Mathematics - math Read more of this blog post »
1. Lending library - library
2. Artisan - artist
3. Renovations - renos
4. Bicycle - bike
5. Charisma - ris/riz
6. Walking stick - cane
7. Merchandise - merch
8. Vacation - vay-cay
9. Sirrah - Sir
10. Representative/Reputation - Rep
11. Preparation - Prep
12. Mathematics - math Read more of this blog post »
C.A.’s Recent Updates
"It doesn’t take long for readers to wonder if the house itself is a character in this story. Is it haunted? Why is so much of its history wrapped in death?
And just like that, we’re off—pulled in as readers, eager to learn more. Will we survive the ho" Read more of this review » |
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"Anna Quindlen has once again written a character rich drama that drew me in. Polly is blessed with many things in her life - a loving husband, dear friends, a satisfying job. But life is not all roses. Her attempts to conceive have failed. And this d"
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C.A. Simonsen
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Manybooks's review
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Color Treasury of Mushrooms & Toadstools:
"I do admit being glad not to have paid more than three dollars for a used copy of Color Treasury of Mushrooms & Toadstools at my local Dundas, Ontario independent bookstore and that I would also tread warily using Color Treasury of Mushrooms & Toadst"
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3.5 stars He Who Whispers begins with a murder that seems impossible to explain. The murder is explained at a meeting of folks who are rather like amateur detectives. From there, we follow the characters as they attempt to solve the mystery. The first ...more |
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3.5 stars He Who Whispers begins with a murder that seems impossible to explain. The murder is explained at a meeting of folks who are rather like amateur detectives. From there, we follow the characters as they attempt to solve the mystery. The first ...more |
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"I loved this story within a story within a story that author Stephen Graham Jones has created. It's gripping, horrifying, funny, and tragic, all at the same time.
Told as transcribed interviews of a Blackfeet man, Good Stab, by a Lutheran pastor, Art" Read more of this review » |
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"Our woal life is a idear we dint think of nor we dont know what it is." Riddley Walker is next level creative (how's that for young person slang?). It's also a tough slog to read: nearly as difficult as Finnegans Wake or The Satanic Verses. I don't b ...more |
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“Let's hang the turd, called an ugly thug from the gallery...”
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“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.”
― Boston Marriage
― Boston Marriage
“I've been carving you to see what form you take. You were hiding in ivory. I just wanted to free your shape.”
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“Men often make up in wrath what they want in reason.”
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“Oh, yes, there was a witch; there are always witches where there are children.”
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Oprah's Book Club (Official)
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