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Rose’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Rose’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Rose Gonsoulin
Goodreads Author
Born
in Houston, TX, The United States
Genre
Influences
Member Since
November 2011
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The Perfectly Good Lie
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2019
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2 editions
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When the Grass Is Rising: A Portrait of Young Sam Houston
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Outside The Men's Room
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2012
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The Dresser
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2012
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Wait Watchers
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2012
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Rose’s Recent Updates
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Rose
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5 other people
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Mark's review
of
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World:
"Ascent was actually better than expected, knowing going in that Ferguson is a right-of-center, watered-down, British (Scottish) facsimile of Michael Lewis. Expecting a right-wing take on the evolution of finance (and that is actually what Ferguson ad"
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Rose
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W. Littlejohn's review
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The House of Rothschild, Vol 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848:
"What if someone wrote a book claiming that the development of modern capitalism was the product of a secretive and inbred family of Jews, for half a century the wealthiest men alive, the bankers to every major European monarch, who gained their fortu"
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"Published in 2023, I selected this book due to the average review for it being incredibly high, one of the closest to 5 stars I have seen. Upon finishing it, I wavered on making this a 2 or 3 star review (since can’t give 2.5) and finally dropped it "
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Rose
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29 other people
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Paul Bryant's review
of
Decoding Dylan: Searching For The Sources To The Songs Of Bob Dylan:
"The idea of Bob Dylan being a great songwriter and at the same time a musical magpie who borrows tunes, words, riffs, anything he feels like, from older songs dates from around 1963, as soon as he started slinging out his grand anthems. The first bat"
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| Part horror movie, part environmental economics case study. The book explores our complicated relationship with fire and specifically how it works in the boreal forest that circumnavigates the Arctic region. It offers a visceral understanding of how ...more | |
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Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Review Group: * Group 223. General - Mod. Trish | 225 | 94 | Oct 05, 2019 05:50AM | |
| Review Group: * Group 228. General - Mod. Chrys | 172 | 71 | Jan 12, 2020 11:24PM | |
| Review Group: * Group 236. General - Mod. Trish | 219 | 91 | May 28, 2020 06:11AM | |
| Review Group: * Group 252. General - Mod. Kat | 100 | 78 | Jul 11, 2020 11:13AM | |
| Review Group: * Group 242. 18+ - Mod Kat | 170 | 218 | Apr 27, 2025 02:22AM |
“Everyone knows how to talk, and no one knows what to say.”
― A Long Way Down
― A Long Way Down
“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.”
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“The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.”
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“This too shall pass.”
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Beta Reader Group
— 29828 members
— last activity 9 hours, 3 min ago
A place to connect writers with beta readers. A cliche is just one of the things to look out for while writing. They can slip in unnoticed and ruin a ...more
Scottsdale Public Library
— 219 members
— last activity Mar 15, 2025 12:10PM
Discuss with us! Below are the current and upcoming discussions for our book clubs. This is the Group Page for the Scottsdale Public Library. To see ...more
Friends of Debi Cates
— 18 members
— last activity Jun 07, 2026 02:50PM
A place to stay in touch with me now that GR has killed DMs between members (and links in reviews and comments, too).
Best wishes from Majenta