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Michael’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Michael Gardner
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Iron William and the Carpenter's Tears
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2013
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Henry & Isa (Outside Inside #2)
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2016
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Breaking Point (Rescue One #1)
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2014
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Iron William and the Lost Prophecy
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2014
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Writer's Block (Outside Inside #1)
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2015
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Rescue One (Rescue One #2)
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2014
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4 editions
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Romance in Four Seasons
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2015
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Gone Wonder Land
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Goddammit, Larry!
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Space Plumber
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Writing with AI is the same as writing by AI
Excellent essay by James O'Sullivan. Follow the link, read it and share it. We need more voices like this in the debate.
Essay here -> Writing with AI is the same as writing by AI
Essay here -> Writing with AI is the same as writing by AI
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The only way to describe this book is to use Ayoade’s description of it: ‘niche’. It’s part dual autobiography (he interviews himself), part self-critique of his articles and essays, part snippets of film scripts no production company in their right m ...more |
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Fascinating brief history of how our world was shaped by failures. It also comes with a solid message about personal failure and how to embrace it. Given the publishing date, there seems to be a crucial omission with the current state of the world, bu ...more |
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| Without wanting to sound like an obsessive fanboy, getting anything new to read from Uncle Kurt is a treat. This volume of unpublished short stories, like Watch The Birdie, is arguably hit and miss. They are, of course, stories from the bottom drawer ...more | |
"Moving On is a beautiful and affecting novel about grief, regret, and yes, moving on. The sense of loss here and yearning are palpable. I recommended this one to my book club! Sara Steger, I hope you are at work on your next novel."
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Uncle Kurt is a must read. Start with the published works first, like Breakfast of Champions and Cat's Cradle. And, of course, Slaughterhouse- ...more " |
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| After thinking I had read everything Uncle Kurt had penned, it was a darn fine treat to discover there wasn’t one but two collections of his unpublished short stories available. For whatever reason Uncle Kurt wasn’t ready to publish them, even as ‘dr ...more | |
"Death in Venice is the first book I have read by Thomas Mann. It reads like each sentence is etched in stone-beautiful and perfect and inevitable. Gustav Aschenbach, acclaimed critic and connoisseur, is aging and at a dull point in his career, in des"
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"Making art is good for the soul." I needed this book at this moment in my life, although I suspect it would resonate with me at any moment in my life, past, present and future. It's grounding on so many levels, hopeful and inspiring. Most of all, it' ...more |
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“Traumatic events can be compared to facing a demon pitcher on the baseball diamond. Life tells us we have to take a swing at the ball, but engaging this demon comes with consequences. If you make first base, you’ll feel the need to sleep. Not so bad. Second, you’ll want to forget it all happened. Don’t we all? But third base brings the onset of madness and if you step off the plate there’s only death. In the great game of life, sometimes it’s better to strike out than hit a home run. After all, you can relax in the Dugout with friends until you’re ready to knock the demon out of the park.”
Alexander Rollins, Keystrokes”
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Alexander Rollins, Keystrokes”
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| Making Connections: 3270. - RESCUE ONE (Rescue One #1) by Michael Gardner | 1 | 12 | Jun 23, 2014 07:04PM |
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
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“Traumatic events can be compared to facing a demon pitcher on the baseball diamond. Life tells us we have to take a swing at the ball, but engaging this demon comes with consequences. If you make first base, you’ll feel the need to sleep. Not so bad. Second, you’ll want to forget it all happened. Don’t we all? But third base brings the onset of madness and if you step off the plate there’s only death. In the great game of life, sometimes it’s better to strike out than hit a home run. After all, you can relax in the Dugout with friends until you’re ready to knock the demon out of the park.”
Alexander Rollins, Keystrokes”
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Alexander Rollins, Keystrokes”
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Thanks for the friend invite, Michael.I loved your book Iron William and the Carpenter's Tears. Such an excellent story!
Thanks for the friend-vite, Mike. It's great to be friends with another passionate writer.
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