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Ian’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ian’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Ian M. Rogers
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in Bridgeport Connecticut, The United States
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September 2011
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https://www.goodreads.com/irogers
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MFA Thesis Novel
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Carcrash Parker and the Haven of Larpers
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Reflections on a Decade of Day Job Blogging
Image from the National Library of Wales used under a Creative Commons 4.0 license.
Time brings great changes.
When I started keeping this blog nearly a decade ago, I was at a very different point in my life—I was just out of grad school, trying to get my first novel published, and struggling with the very real conflict of how to both live a creative life and bring in enough money to live on.
At
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| Hard-hitting, powerful, and ultimately surreal, Steppenwolf explores the dark world of a middle-aged misanthrope and his attempts to integrate into some sort of world outside himself. In contrast with other Hesse novels I've read, the long sections a ...more | |
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| A thoughtful, solidly written, and often humorous collection of essays, Christopher Parent's debut feels both familiar and takes readers to places we've never been. This is true not only for locales like Kyoto, Switzerland, Haiti, and Westmalle Abbey ...more | |
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Rebecca wrote: "I just found a copy of this book at the library book sale and bought it! Read it in college but need to re-read it."
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| A unique and satisfyingly complex reading experience that builds off the themes of not fitting in that Salinger developed in The Catcher in the Rye in a way that's less adolescent and more adult. If one can get past the long paragraphs of philosophic ...more | |
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| This was my first foray into Le Carre's work, and it certainly won't be the last. Comprised of three sections of increasing length, each following a different (in his own way) incompetent spy, The Looking Glass War reveals Le Carre's skillful eye for ...more | |
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| Joseph DeProfio's first novel is an action-packed love letter to gamers of many backgrounds. His ability to integrate familiar gaming mechanics, tropes, and abilities into each chapter using the in-game menu and notifications is impressive and keeps ...more | |
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| Not my favorite of Hemingway's works, but certainly one worth reading for its fable-like quality and the sentiments of perseverance, victory, and loss that it captures. ...more | |
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| A fascinating look at writer Isherwood's early life, revealed with honesty, humor, and insight into the uncertain path towards becoming a writer. Those of us writers facing artistic loneliness and lack of a viable income in the 21st century will do d ...more | |
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| Short, beautifully written, and powerful. The disparity between the Indigenous protagonists and the greedy colonialist characters comes across as even more relevant today, particularly in Steinbeck's portrayal of the manipulative doctor and pearl sel ...more | |
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