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David G. Cookson

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in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, The United States
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I write zines and novels that have a unique mix of fantasy, humor and nihilism. I have participated in the National Novel Writing Month (50 thousand words in 30 days) since 2008 and have finished every year. I like to write books that I would actually want to read and my first rule: don't bore the reader.
My latest finished work is called the Times of Clouds and Sun which can be accessed via my Patreon.

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Lessons In Chemistry

Lessons in Chemistry Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

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“Children set the table. Your Mother needs a moment to herself.”

Let me get the spoiler out of the way:

Loved it. 386 pages fly by in a semi-epic but not overlong story about a scientist…a chemist named Elizabeth Zott….coming up in a time where it was actually much worse for women than it is now…the 1950’s and 60’s…

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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
"(I'd recommend reading Jan's review (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...), because it gets at a lot of the stuff I had an issue with in this book.)

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“Children set the table. Your Mother needs a moment to herself.”

Let me get the spoiler out of the way:

Loved it. 386 pages fly by in a semi-epic but not overlong story about a scientist…a chemist named Elizabeth Zott….coming up in a time where it was
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We spend 4 days on a boat with an aging boy band called Boy Talk....with Talkers being the fans of Boy Talk . Annie, newly divorced, is on for the ride. She forms a bond with one member of the band, who have their own demons and petty squabbles. It's ...more
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My month of Madness.
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“I’m writing my mother’s story,” Samuel Said. “But I’m writing the true story. The actual events…”

“So it’s going to be like 600 pages and ten people will read it? Congratulations.”

Oh…well played, Mr. Hill…well played.

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“The other night I lost consciousness. When I finally came to, it was morning. I spent the next 8 and a half hours doing things I didn’t really feel like doing, but was compelled to do anyway. (Evidentially I receive something known as “financial Compensation” for this.) Eventually I was allowed to return home, where I recovered from the ordeal. I’m just afraid of what happens tonight, if I lose consciousness again. I have this fear that somehow this will start the process all over again.”
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“The other night I lost consciousness. When I finally came to, it was morning. I spent the next 8 and a half hours doing things I didn’t really feel like doing, but was compelled to do anyway. (Evidentially I receive something known as “financial Compensation” for this.) Eventually I was allowed to return home, where I recovered from the ordeal. I’m just afraid of what happens tonight, if I lose consciousness again. I have this fear that somehow this will start the process all over again.”
― David G. Cookson

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”
― Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― George Orwell, 1984

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