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Neil’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Neil’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Neil Sharpson
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Born
in Dublin, Ireland
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November 2016
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Knock Knock, Open Wide
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2023
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9 editions
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Don't Trust Fish
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2025
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10 editions
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The Burial Tide
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2025
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4 editions
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When the Sparrow Falls
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2021
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12 editions
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Help! I'm Being Eaten by a Bear!
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expected publication
2026
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4 editions
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When the Sparrow Falls Sneak Peek
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When The Sparrow Falls
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New Podcast Episode and Shortstember 2026
Hello friends. Sorry. I realise this has probably been my worst year for posting since I started this blog. Book stuff and personal stuff (also I am technically without internet at the moment and am trying to get this down before my phone explodes). Hopefully things will eventually calm down and I can get back to some kind of regular schedule.
Anyway, I have two pieces of news. Firstly, the new epi
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Neil’s Recent Updates
"Freaking love this author"
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"this. book. has. EVERYTHING. irish folk horror, lesbians, changelings, a haunted children’s tv show. it’s like it was made specifically for me. i went into this expecting an easily consumable horror jaunt and was thrilled to find this richly crafted,"
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"Giving this a 9 out of 10. I’m always looking for books that are supernatural/scary in the way Twin Peaks depicted horror, in its surreal, unexplainable way. Unfortunately, I can only name a handful of stories that are able to pull it off. This is on"
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Trust me, if it gets reprinted the quote is GONE.
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"Introduce children early to conspiracy theories!
Actually, a lot of interesting hard facts in this book – what is a mammal, reptile …. But then it goes all wonderfully insane. “Ships always sink at sea." Read more of this review » |
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Definitely not in my version. Can I ask if you were reading an e-book or paper?
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“Nominally, the currency of the Caspian Republic was the moneta, but in truth the coin of the nation was fear. Whoever could inspire fear was rich, whoever lived in fear was poor.”
― When the Sparrow Falls
― When the Sparrow Falls
“Ah, there was the word. “Family.” It was an old Irish word. It meant: “Do nothing. Challenge nothing. Change nothing.” Ireland was a rocky garden, dig a few inches deep and you found stone; solid and impassable. And carved into its face, as like as not; the word FAMILY.”
― Knock Knock, Open Wide
― Knock Knock, Open Wide
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“Yes, it would look like she was smuggling an ostrich with a tarp on it into a motel room, but this also looked like the type of establishment to not particularly judge for that sort of thing.”
― Axiom's End
― Axiom's End
“She tried not to think in capital letters. It was a bad habit. If you weren’t careful, pretty soon you’d find yourself Going to the Store to Buy a Carton of Milk—or worse, speaking German.”
― Empress of Forever
― Empress of Forever
“Energy spent regretting a decision was best redirected toward addressing its consequences.”
― Empress of Forever
― Empress of Forever