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Gilbert’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Gilbert’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Into Thin Air by Franklin W. Dixon
Into Thin Air by Franklin W. Dixon
This is easily the best book in the new Hardy Boys Adventures series thus far. In the previous novel, Frank and Joe sifted through the clues to discover who was behind the disappearance of two teenagers riding G-Force, the star attraction of the amusement park, Fun Land. They identified the villains and got the police to lock them up. So how is it that a third
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| John and his companions leave the far north to see what is happening in the rest of Canada after his ally betrays him and offers his allegiance to the duchess that John just fought to keep from taking over his town. What they discover is humans being ...more | |
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Strum front really is the unstoppable force of nature , he simply only knows how to attack , it's a shame he isn't the high king." |
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| I always enjoy Dorsey Armstrong's Great Courses works. She always offers interesting insights and I always learn something new despite having a PhD in the field. This book is no different. Choosing ten fascinating women (and often their families) Arm ...more | |
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| The proper role of religion in modern American society is an issue that generates strong feelings on all sides of the argument. Many people point to the Founding Fathers to support their views—often against people pointing to the Founding Fathers to ...more | |
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The Jolliest Bunch: Unhinged Holiday Stories (Funny Christmas Gift)
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| This is a crazy collection of essays about all the weird things that happen during holidays. It’s light-hearted and fun, but the strongest stories are in the beginning of the book. If you are looking for some holiday related smiles and someone to mak ...more | |
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| Peter Singer wants you to stop eating turkey for Thanksgiving dinner—and the rest of the year. To do that, he gives a brutal account of the turkey raising / slaughtering business in the United States. It’s gruesome, but it’s also rather impersonal. I ...more | |
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| Andrea has been obsessed with hurricanes since her father was killed in one while trying to help a neighbor. Where most people would express their obsession by frantically tracking storms on the news, and a few would go on to become full-fledged mete ...more | |
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J.R.R. TOLKIEN: The True Story of the Life & Time of the Great Author
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| This is a short biographical essay on the life of J.R.R. Tolkien. If you don't know the name, it's not worth your time. If you do know the name, the odds are high that you already know much of what's in here. I have been interested in Tolkien and his ...more | |
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“[D]on't ever apologise to an author for buying something in paperback, or taking it out from a library (that's what they're there for. Use your library). Don't apologise to this author for buying books second hand, or getting them from bookcrossing or borrowing a friend's copy. What's important to me is that people read the books and enjoy them, and that, at some point in there, the book was bought by someone. And that people who like things, tell other people. The most important thing is that people read...”
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“What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.”
― Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
― Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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