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Abby’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Abby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Abby Goldsmith
Goodreads Author
Born
in The United States
Website
Twitter
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Influences
Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Robert Jordan, Scott Sigler
Member Since
August 2013
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/abby_goldsmith
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Anyone who hasn't tried Benedict Jacka's work is missing out. He's just poking holes in the whole illusion of a meritocracy. Stephen has mostly solved the mysteries of his parents, but there are wider world mysteries. Like, are the Wind controlled by ...more |
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| Like many older novels, this one needs to be read with an academic mindset, because it is not written for today's audiences. It has a 1950s vibe. The main character is convalescing in a hospital, apparently for weeks, tended to by nurses whom he disp ...more | |
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Quite a comeback from the ending of Art of the Adept series, and a nice continuation of the series. I love the over-the-top dramatic flair this author brings to his works. And the interesting and strong female characters, as counterparts and accompli ...more |
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Quite a comeback from the ending of Art of the Adept series, and a nice continuation of the series. I love the over-the-top dramatic flair this author brings to his works. And the interesting and strong female characters, as counterparts and accompli ...more |
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“If you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything.”
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“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.”
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“Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.”
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“As a reader, I could put on someone else's shoes and live through his adventures, borrow his individuality and make choices that I didn't have at home.”
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“It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.”
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