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D.A.’s 2025 Year in Books
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Mika, Simon - This is fantastic exposure - many congrats! Dom
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How to Buy a Planet
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2020
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The Zoo of Intelligent Animals (The Cleremont Conjectures, #2)
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3 editions
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The Tale of Admiral Benbow
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A Review of On Writing by Stephen King
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen KingMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
OK - so my friends were right - that was pretty damn good. I picked this book up with a sniff of scepticism, not because I don't admire Stephen King's writing (to be clear: I revere his writing) - but because I was dubious about any possible one-size-fits-all vibe. I shouldn't have worried. This is a deeply wise, beautiful Read more of this blog post »
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GOTHIC CLASSICS REALLY JUST ARE THE ONE! After wanting and desperately waiting to read Rebecca during October, I absolutely adored this book! The atmosphere was my absolute favourite and reading such gothic, haunting and lyrical writi" Read more of this review » |
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After wanting to pick this book up for years but being quite intimidated by the sheer size and contents of The Secret History... I ended up LOVING IT. This book was beautifully created with such lyrical prose and many notable quotes. Donna Tart" Read more of this review » |
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Hi Naito - I think you picked Benbow up via Book Sirens? Thank you for that and thank you for your very generous comments. I treasure them. DAH
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Oh Yuval, what are we to make of this book? In Sapiens you showed us where we've come from and who we are. Crystalline insights scattered like diamonds from every page - clear, resonant, truthful, polished, and perfectly faceted. All of it so balance ...more |
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“History is the long slow process of turning psychopaths from warriors into corporate directors.”
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| ~Readers Sharing ...: Children's | 157 | 85 | Apr 02, 2026 09:38PM | |
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“There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world , and that is an idea whose time has come”
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This January, I will be hosting a readalong of George Orwell's classic Animal Farm. Please do join in if you would like to read this book or learn a b ...more
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