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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.
John Scheck’s Followers (17)
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John Scheck
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Influences
Coffee, Wine, Café Terraces
Member Since
September 2017
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This should be required reading for every citizen, at least all those with the ability to purchase a car. As a writer of crime fiction, I’ve always said that the best way to kill someone and get away with it is to run them down with a car. I’ve used t ...more |
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"Wonderful observational humour that puts me in mind of Jane Austen, but Austen was never as melancholy or as merciless.
Found myself wishing all the best for the good and sensible heroine (Mildred!). "Virtue is an excellent thing and we should all st" Read more of this review » |
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"I have always liked it when an author goes back in time to tell something of the beginning about his charaters. Drexel the third (or first) book in the Omega group series created by the talented Eric P. Bishop does just that. Here we get to follow a "
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This should be required reading for every citizen, at least all those with the ability to purchase a car. As a writer of crime fiction, I’ve always said that the best way to kill someone and get away with it is to run them down with a car. I’ve used t ...more |
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"Loved this collection of stories. Noir at its best. John Scheck writes believable and interesting characters in life situations that I hope never to experience, but through his writing style you find yourself fully transported into their experiences."
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| One of the best novels I've read in a while. She shines an unrelentingly insightful light on modern society and work culture. ...more | |
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Is it morbid to be a huge fan of obituaries? The author had me at the first story. A truly remarkable achievement. |
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| I have been recommending these stories to everyone I know who reads. Insightful, entertaining, and very often laugh-out-loud funny. I also like that some of them are totally heartwarming. Sometimes I need that. | |
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| This was my first book by this author. A very quick read. The moral of the story is that kids really need two parents, at least. Maybe two parents and a couple of armed guards, but what to I know? I dodged the bullet of children. | |
“A winner never quits and a quitter can get a partial refund on that gym membership you never use.”
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“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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