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Stephen’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Stephen’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Stephen Hayes’s Followers (137)
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Stephen Hayes
Goodreads Author
Born
in Durban, South Africa
Website
Twitter
Genre
Influences
Member Since
December 2008
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/hayesstw
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The Enchanted Grove
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2021
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Of Wheels and Witches
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2014
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Cross Purposes
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The Year of the Dragon
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African Initiatives in Healing Ministry
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2011
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Black charismatic Anglicans: The Iviyo loFakazi bakaKristu and its relations with other renewal movements
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Mistborn: The Final Empire -- book review
Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I think a couple of people recommended this book, probably at one of the literary coffee klatsches were had before Covid put an end to them. it is somewhat reminiscent of A Game of Thrones in that it deals with political rivalries and conspiracies, But whereas A Game of Thrones deals with rivalries between different kingdoms
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"The Favor by Nikki French started off as an interesting thriller…but it quickly got super boring. I seriously considered just not finishing. It was just way to long, especially for how it turned out. I kept telling myself, “ok there’s so much build u"
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"Of course this chattering diary is a facade, the literary equivalent of the everyday smiling face which hides the inward ravages of jealousy, remorse, fear and the consciousness of irretrievable moral failure."
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Charles Arrowby, a successful theatre director, retires to a remote seaside cottage to get away from all the bustle of London theatre life, but people from his past keep turning up and making demands on him, or he makes demands on them. He reflects on ...more |
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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”
― Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings
― Dom Helder Camara: Essential Writings
“Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of the wealthy.”
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“You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.”
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“It's only human nature for dogs to chase motorbikes”
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The Inklings
— 514 members
— last activity Jan 31, 2026 09:09AM
The Inklings was an informal literary discussion group associated with the University of Oxford, England, between the 1930s and the 1960s. Its most re ...more
Mythic Fiction
— 1206 members
— last activity Mar 04, 2026 10:26AM
A group for people to discuss and recommend works of mythic fiction. Mythic fiction is literature that contains elements from mythology, fairytales, l ...more
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 315352 members
— last activity 7 minutes ago
Goodreads Librarians are volunteers who help ensure the accuracy of information about books and authors in the Goodreads' catalog. The Goodreads Libra ...more
⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂfaith & fantasy⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂ
— 2608 members
— last activity 1 hour, 6 min ago
“We read to know that we are not alone.” ―C.S. Lewis This is a group for fantasy lovers who are also followers of Jesus! ⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂ March MOTM: Clare ⋆ ...more
Marius Hancu: Reading with the AUE
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— last activity Feb 12, 2014 04:14AM
The group will host links to my questions related to my literature readings posted and answered in the alt.usage.english (AUE) newsgroup of the Usenet ...more
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