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Tenkara’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tenkara’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Tenkara Smart’s Followers (174)
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Tenkara Smart
Goodreads Author
Born
in Mystic, The United States
Website
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Genre
Influences
Ken Follett; Phillipa Gregory
Member Since
June 2020
* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
Recent Magazine Article re: She Named Me Wolf
“Tenkara Smart weaves a delightful coming of age story of struggle, survival, and happiness found in an imaginary world.” Book Review
“She Named Me Wolf is the first book in a series titled The Many Lives of Wolf and is based on the idea of past lives and reincarnation,” Tenkara says. “In this young adult novel, I introduce the reader to Wolf, a boy growing up in a small town in the Australian Cap Read more of this blog post »
“She Named Me Wolf is the first book in a series titled The Many Lives of Wolf and is based on the idea of past lives and reincarnation,” Tenkara says. “In this young adult novel, I introduce the reader to Wolf, a boy growing up in a small town in the Australian Cap Read more of this blog post »
Tenkara Smart
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Tenkara Smart said:
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Editorial Review by Grant LeishmanHis Name is Junsaku by Tenkara Smart is an absolutely riveting tale set in 17th-century Japan; a land of Samurai warriors, bloody territorial battles, and the all-powerful Shogunate. Junsaku Aoyama knew from a very e ...more "
Tenkara’s Recent Updates
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ROMY NOIR's review
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Fluffy the Safari Cat: A Cheeky Cat’s Wild Adventure Through the Kenyan Bush (Tails of Whiskers & Wonders):
"A delightful, feel-good misadventure for little animal lovers
“Fluffy the Safari Cat” by Wolf Norris is a funny, heartfelt middle-grade adventure loaded with heartwarming feline mischiefs. Fluffy’s personality proves larger than life from the very fir" Read more of this review » |
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gorgeous book The beautiful themes of hope and comfort written with the great rhymes and gorgeous illustrations make this a wonderful book to read to a child, especially at bedtime. I highly recommend it especially to a child who needs extra encourage ...more |
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| Lord James was an enjoyable Regency romance with relatable, authentic characters and a subtle, tasteful romance that felt believable and well-developed. The story is more character-driven than plot-driven, which worked well for this quick and easy re ...more | |
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Tenkara Smart
is 40% done with A Respectable Trade: I’m on the fence as to whether or not I’ll DNF. The violence, especially against slave women, is brutal and it may be too much in my face…typical great writing though
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Virginia Lambert's review
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Fluffy the Safari Cat: A Cheeky Cat’s Wild Adventure Through the Kenyan Bush (Tails of Whiskers & Wonders):
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JM Saner's review
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Fluffy the Safari Cat: A Cheeky Cat’s Wild Adventure Through the Kenyan Bush (Tails of Whiskers & Wonders):
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Fluffy the Safari Cat is a delightful young reader’s book about the adventures of a cheeky young cat who travels to Africa with his humans to help manage a safari camp. Fluffy, who is nicknamed “The Red Menace,” narrates the story with his own zealou" Read more of this review » |
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| ‘The Adventures of Billy: The Empty Lot’ is a coming-of-age story that transports the reader to 1960 as a dying man recalls his tenth year of life. Framed through Billy recounting his childhood to a hospice nurse, showing the power of a vivid imagina ...more | |
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Tenkara Smart
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Kahlani Steele's review
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Ramsay the Cat: Family-Friendly, Middle-Grade Fiction. (Funny, Heartwarming, Adventure, For Kids Ages 8+). (Tails of Whiskers & Wonders):
"“Ramsay the Cat” by Wolf Norris is a charming children’s story about a food-loving cat named Ramsay who is rescued by Smarty (his human dad) in West Africa. It was nice to meet the characters from “Fluffy the Safari Cat” again, including Smarty, Jenn"
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“Because of your exemplary service, I am promoting you to the highest rank in my personal guard: General.”
― His Name is Junsaku: A Haunting, Historical Fantasy Romance
― His Name is Junsaku: A Haunting, Historical Fantasy Romance
“There is only choice, and at every moment, you only have two choices. When you make your decision, you'll know if it was right by the way you feel. If you know it wasn't the right choice, make a different choice.”
― She Named Me Wolf
― She Named Me Wolf
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“The problem is that I know exactly how I feel about you and that terrifies me.”
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― Flowers in the Attic
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