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Nicholas Lyon

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Historical Fiction, Romance, Horror

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Dennis Lehane

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Oklahoma native Nicholas Lyon is the author of the award-winning novel The Baptist Bootlegger, a historical fiction novel set in the time of prohibition in Oklahoma. He’s been writing since taking a creative writing class in college. He’s been a member of the writing groups Red Dirt Writers and Rose Rock wRiters, as well as a member of the Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. He’s served on the board of the OWFI since 2018 in the positions of PR Director, President, Past-President, and First Vice-President. Currently, he’s keeping up with his blog and putting the finishing touches on a horror novel.
When he’s not writing, he’s teaching high school English and Speech, he’s a dad and husband, he’s a guitar player in the band The Dead Armadillos, ...more

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Chapter 13 This chapter is an important one because we learn that Jane was once a songwriter, and she pulls out her old guitar to strum on once more. Playing guitar on a serious level means you had to practice so much that you’ll never forget how to do it. You might be a little … Continue reading Bookshop Soundtrack Book Club Part 3 Read more of this blog post »

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Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas, #1)

by Dean Koontz (Goodreads Author)

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The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #5)

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Knife of Dreams (The Wheel of Time, #11)

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Did anything happen in this book? There was so much talking and not much else. A whole lot of decision making without the follow through. I think this was the hardest to get through.
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