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John’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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John Scheck
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Coffee, Wine, Café Terraces
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September 2017
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"A great book to read for every genre, save literary. In here you'll learn Percy's Commandments (Yes, commandments. All these Iowa Workshop people think they knew everything, and Ben is no exception). I learned so much stuff about writing pulp that fr"
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"5 stars, rounded up. The ideology may be questionable (some of it escaped me, probably lying in Japanese cultural references I don’t understand). But it’s an absurd, cynical spy romp / sex farce with a hollow bleakness at its core, and who doesn’t lo"
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"La breve esperienza della Repubblica Sociale Italiana, compresa tra il 23 settembre 1943 e il 25 aprile 1945, fu una fase storica al tempo stesso tragica e problematica. Si trattò, in larga misura, di uno Stato privo di piena sovranità, sottoposto a "
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"I read The Invisible Helix last March, so when I saw a new English translation by Keigo Higashino, I was naturally curious.
I saw the Chinese translation last year, but I chose to wait for the English version. This book feels different. At first, the s" Read more of this review » |
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
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The Spanish don't hate Italians, unless they play football.
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Apr 13, 2026 01:38AM
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| My second time reading this thrilling tale of the greatest adventure in human history. There, I said it. It’s odd that Magallanes, as he’s known in Spanish, is mostly forgotten in Spain, probably owing to the fact he was Portuguese. Juan Sebastián El ...more | |
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I listened to the Spanish audiobook of this novella which was as clear as a bell for me. This is due to the great audio, but also the elegant and clear prose of Gabriel García Márquez. This story is told with journalistic precision. It’s never a good ...more |
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“A winner never quits and a quitter can get a partial refund on that gym membership you never use.”
― Nothing Personal
― Nothing Personal
“Either lead, follow, or sit down and have a glass of wine with one of these dates wrapped in bacon. Delicious!”
― Nothing Personal
― Nothing Personal
“Either lead, follow, or sit down and have a glass of wine with one of these dates wrapped in bacon. Delicious!”
― Nothing Personal
― Nothing Personal
“A winner never quits and a quitter can get a partial refund on that gym membership you never use.”
― Nothing Personal
― Nothing Personal
“The mail between Europe and the USA is so slow and unreliable that I have started to preface my letters with ‘By the time you read this, I may already be dead’ instead of ‘Dear So-and-So.”
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“As an atheist, when you ask me to pray for something it’s like asking me to blow on the dice so you can roll a lucky seven.”
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