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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 (139)
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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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God, the gods, and Nephilim
Reading Canto XXXI of Dante's Inferno I was struck by Dorothy Sayers's note on the Giants:
But allegorically, what do they signify? In one sense they are images of Pride; the Giants who rebelled against Jove typify the pride of Satan who rebelled against God. But they may also, I think, be taken as the images of the blind forces which remain in the soul, and in society, when 'the general bond of lRead more of this blog post »
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adventure-thriller,
ebook,
fantasy,
historical-novel,
kidlit,
our-books,
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read in March 2021
Stephen Hayes said:
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Done proofreading, updated all three versions. Merged review:
I wrote it, so I'm hoping that others will rate it and review it. The ebook version is now available. ...more "
Stephen’s Recent Updates
"No Grownups Allowed...
NEVERLAND by Douglas Clegg 5 stars. Most people who were children in the 50s and 60s can remember family vacations... Like the annual slogging trek to this family's generational summer retreat owned by Grammy Weenie (Rowena)... Alw" Read more of this review » |
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Stephen Hayes
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Interpreting Tolkien
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I must admit, however, that I am finding it increasingly hard to resist comparing Trump and his minions with orcs.
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| When I was 13 I was living with people who had a large-format book of Dante's Inferno with illustrations by Gustave Doré. Perhaps looking at those illustrations shaped my image of hell. I only read a few disconnected snippets of the text, and as Dant ...more | |
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| A satirical send-up of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, which is better than the book it satirises. ...more | |
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Arnold Prinsloo, a washed-up actor, finds himself a suspect when a billionaire is murdered. He decides that the only way he can clear his name is to find the real murderer, and uses his acting skills to pose as a detective in order to do so. So it's ...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
— 523 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
Goodreads Librarians Group
— 331393 members
— last activity 2 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
Mythic Fiction
— 1214 members
— last activity Jul 14, 2026 06:28PM
A group for people to discuss and recommend works of mythic fiction. Mythic fiction is literature that contains elements from mythology, fairytales, l ...more
⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂfaith & fantasy⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂ
— 2754 members
— last activity 1 hour, 17 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! ⋆.ೃ࿔࿐ྂ April MOTM: Sophie ...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