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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.
Neil Sharpson’s Followers (376)
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Neil Sharpson
Goodreads Author
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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8 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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3 editions
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When the Sparrow Falls Sneak Peek
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When The Sparrow Falls
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Why I Love Playing: Grim Fandango
Thus far, the games I’ve recommended have all been of a very recent vintage so how about we look at one of the canon classics?
Grim Fandango is an adventure game written by Tim Schafer, originally released in 1998, presumably for the Ediphone. Since then it’s been remastered and released on virtually every console you can imagine.
The game takes place in the Aztec underworld, reimagined in 1950s Art
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Neil’s Recent Updates
"Do you want Selkie horror? Incredibly disturbing body horror based on more obscure Irish mythology? Feminist rage? A surprisingly terrifying depiction of how a narcissist abuses and gaslights someone until they question themselves? A shockingly poign"
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"I mean duh, easy 5 stars. Loved everything about this. Imaginative, unique, well written folklore horror. "
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"Did I read a children’s book? Yes. Yes, I did. A friend bought it for a friend’s kid, and we read it at a party.
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"Still salty that Zoe read this to Val before me but WHATEVER!!!!!!! Zoe truly is an amazing narrator neil sharpson watch out"
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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
Topics Mentioning This Author
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Beyond Reality:
Nominations for May 2022 Books of the Month
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Beyond Reality:
Welcome to March 2022!
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Beyond Reality:
Welcome to April 2022!
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Beyond Reality:
Welcome to May 2022!
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| Beyond Reality: When the Sparrow Falls (5/22): roll call and first impressions (no spoilers!) | 2 | 12 | May 02, 2022 02:21AM | |
| Beyond Reality: When the Sparrow Falls (5/22): finished reading (spoilers!) | 5 | 20 | Jun 05, 2022 02:33PM | |
| Nothing But Readi...: Team Ajax | 891 | 199 | Aug 16, 2022 07:21AM | |
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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