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Jess’s 2025 Year in Books
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Durian Fruit
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Roped In by E.A. Buckingham-Young After his grandfather suffers from a heart attack, Wes returns to the family ranch. His plan is to convince his grandfather that the ranch is too much for an old man to handle and that the best course of action is s ...more |
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“A troll,” repeated Mash grimly, hefting his mace out of its belt loop.
“Did it attack you? Threaten violence; seize your goods?” “Eh? No, of course not. It’s worse than that,” said the farmer. “It went and philosophized at us!” Julie Leong |
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The Scent of Romance This is a cute, quick, sweet romance. The author did an excellent job creating a lovely setting inside of a contemporary candle shop. The reader instantly gets the impression that Alexa, the owner of the shop and the FMC, is goin ...more |
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Back in the Texan's Bed (Texas Cattleman's Club: Heir Apparent #1)
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“You are pretty, aren’t you?”
Rosika frowned. “You don’t have to sound so surprised.”
― Rendezous with Destiny
Rosika frowned. “You don’t have to sound so surprised.”
― Rendezous with Destiny
“Becca, his short legged, long bodied cow dog crept out from under the porch and grinned at him. Her long pink tongue lolled from one side of her mouth. Theo crouched and tugged one of the dog’s oversized triangular ears. “You should be in the barn, helping Dad and the rest of the crew with the cows.” Becca stared at him, her thoughts clear in her mismatched eyes. If he wasn’t working, neither was she.”
― Rendezous with Destiny
― Rendezous with Destiny
“Waves of ice cold shock swept over Theo.
Mrs. Dietrich, the woman who fed him chocolate cookies every time she pulled a sliver from his finger, the woman who’d tended him through every sickness and illness he’d had, the woman he loved as much as his own mother: a war spy and traitor.
Impossible!
“You think your mom is a spy?” He said the words slowly, not quite believing they came from his mouth. “For Germany? That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.”
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Mrs. Dietrich, the woman who fed him chocolate cookies every time she pulled a sliver from his finger, the woman who’d tended him through every sickness and illness he’d had, the woman he loved as much as his own mother: a war spy and traitor.
Impossible!
“You think your mom is a spy?” He said the words slowly, not quite believing they came from his mouth. “For Germany? That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.”
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“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
― William Shakespeare
― William Shakespeare
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
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“He knew that Hop-Frog was not fond of wine; for it excited the poor cripple almost to madness; and madness is no comfortable feeling.”
― The Complete Stories and Poems
― The Complete Stories and Poems
“As a writer, I can think of no greater terror than confronting a blank page, except perhaps the terror of being shot at.”
― Naked Heat
― Naked Heat
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