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Courtney’s 2025 Year in Books
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Courtney Kleefeld
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"I have only read The Old Man and The Sea and A Moveable Feast by Hemingway, so reading this book about Hemingway's journey as a writer, his opinions on the craft of writing, the writers that influenced him, and what it takes to be a writer, was very "
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I started reading this one a little while ago and got stuck and haven't read more in it. I love the prose and some of the metaphorical writing but per
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"Allegory loses much of its power when it is so transparent. Like a gossamer garment, this narrative does almost nothing to cloak what lies beneath or create a new silhouette.
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"This was much better than I remembered. I switched between the physical book and the audiobook that Andy Serkis narrated. Serkis did an incredible job, especially as Gollum (obviously) and Smaug. What a great time.
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Courtney Kleefeld
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Asher Allen’s review
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Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
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Yeah I never could get into this book. I feel like he is a little bit more of the sort of author who would say to "wing it and figure things out later
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Courtney Kleefeld
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Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making
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""It matters a great deal, because here we are trying to understand what has happened among men who live among books, with books, from books, and so their words on books are also important.""
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Courtney Kleefeld
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Collin’s review
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Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences
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Oh man yes. Also I have finally gotten to the place where I'm like "Okay but this rule is not for all the time, but just try not to do this all the ti
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Thanks for making this review! I picked this one up at a used bookstore and was curious about it. At some point I hope to get around to it.
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“Writing is a very spiritual aspect of my life because stories were what originally gave me the desire to seek God with everything in my power. Fairy tales, great fantasy stories, and classics, they all helped me understand certain concepts in the Bible, such as developing and keeping a child-like wonder. They gave me examples of what Christ-like sacrifice looked like. I believe those stories glorify God in some way.”
― A Prayer Book for Writers
― A Prayer Book for Writers
“A thing resounds when it rings true,
Ringing all the bells inside of you,
Like a golden sky on a summer eve
Your heart is tugging at your sleeve,
And you cannot say why...
There must be more”
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Ringing all the bells inside of you,
Like a golden sky on a summer eve
Your heart is tugging at your sleeve,
And you cannot say why...
There must be more”
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“In the fairy tale, an incomprehensible happiness rests upon an incomprehensible condition. A box is opened and all evils fly out. A word is forgotten and cities perish. A lamp is lit and love flies away. An apple is eaten and the hope of God is gone.”
― Orthodoxy
― Orthodoxy
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
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“Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
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Folklore & Fairytales
— 381 members
— last activity Feb 06, 2026 01:12AM
For everyone who is interested in folklore and fairytales, either as a reader/hearer, writer/storyteller, or researcher.
One Year Adventure Novel
— 121 members
— last activity Oct 21, 2025 11:44AM
If you are/ or have taken this class this is another hangout! Share thought, writing and more! And connect with fellow OYANers who are on Goodreads. F ...more