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2025 Reading Challenge

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Joel Shoemaker has read 92 books of his goal of 60!

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Joel Shoemaker

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in Mahomet, The United States

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https://www.itsjoelshoemaker.com

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Gay and Lesbian, Young Adult, Fiction

Member Since

November 2012

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Joel Shoemaker has been a librarian for a decade and a magician for three! He lives in central Illinois with his husband, and his dog, Maximus. He consumes an inordinate amount of cheese.

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Average rating: 4.58 · 121 ratings · 44 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bacon Grief 4.57 avg rating — 81 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silas on Sundays by Joel Shoemaker (Goodreads Author), Lintang Pandu Pratiwi (illustrator) 4.59 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Teeth & Crumpets: a Florilegium 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cocktails & Concatenations by Joel Shoemaker (Goodreads Author), Andrew McCurdy (photographer) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Glorious! This end of the world, cross country, gay romance is tragic and beautiful and resilient and hopeful and horrifying and one of the loveliest things I’ve ever had the pleasure of reading.
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