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Wayland’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Wayland’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Wayland Smith
Goodreads Author
Born
in San Antonio, TX, The United States
Member Since
January 2013
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2026 Hero Challenge: Suicide Squad vs Thunderbolts
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Amanda Waller [image] Like many characters who have been around a while, Amanda’s backstory has changed a few times. This is a summat ...more " |
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| Not exactly a sequel to Dumplin', but a continuation of the story of some of the other characters. This book does have high school students doing things high school students do, including talk of sex, lgbt discussion, and sneaking out. If that offend ...more | |
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| Two tropes come together in different ways to make this an interesting read. The outcast loner who has a special talent no one initially understands, and humankind discovering something new and previously wholly unknown, and scrambling to fight each ...more | |
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Book of the Month Nominations | February 2026
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The Mote in God's Eye for sci fi
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Sharpshooter: The Tale of Billy the Kid and the Tennessee Raid (Mythic West, #2):
"In this wonderful sequel, Billy the Kid enlists as a sharpshooter in the Army of the West and heads to Tennessee to fight the Jotunheim. Billy is not yet the Kid that we know, but a haunted hero struggling with imposter syndrome. The book is smoothly"
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First off, a warning. If you're from the "I can't read this if animals die" school (and I don't blame you if you are), skip this. Many do. That said, this book jumps back and forth between some of the earliest Antarctic exploration attempts and some ...more |
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| Young Mary Lennox is the sole survivor of a cholera outbreak in India. With her parents dead, she's sent back to England to a reclusive uncle. The spoiled and ill-tempered child ends up in a whole new world, and finally finds her place in it. There a ...more | |
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| Lt. Eve Dallas and her gang are back. As summer draws to a close, a serial killer stalks New York, with a very unique and disturbing pattern to their kills. Eve and company need to figure out who it is and stop them before the body count gets too hig ...more | |
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| This series is a bit like Leverage meets Mission Impossible. Kate O'Hare is a fairly straight laced FBI agent, former Special Forces operator, and woman of simple tastes. Nicholas Fox is an international thief and con artist, high on the Most Wanted ...more | |
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“I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money - I think that can be a burden - I’m greedy for an exciting life.”
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“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
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“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
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“Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength.”
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“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
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