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C.I. DeMann

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C.I. DeMann lives in Portland, Oregon, and spends far too much time thinking about sports, music, time travel, and doughnuts.

Best of 2025

My latest novel, "Text Chain," made it onto someone's Best Books of 2025 list. So I've got that going for me. Which is nice. https://donnacummingsbooks.com/blog/s...
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Published on January 01, 2026 07:43
Average rating: 4.3 · 44 ratings · 24 reviews · 4 distinct worksSimilar authors
A Punk Rock Love Song

4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions
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Text Chain

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Graceling
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The Heart Principle by Helen  Hoang
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i absolutely love this author's writing. She does so many things so well. I look forward to whatever book is coming next. ...more
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Echoes Beneath the Mountain by Timothy W Jensen
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This is a really interesting read. It's sci-fi, but not the action-packed, space-battle kind of sci-fi. Instead, it's thought-provoking and deep. I enjoyed the relationship between the two main character, one of whom is human, the other, AI. It makes ...more
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This Year by John Darnielle
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The Essentials of Good Parenting by Emil Larsson
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This is an extremely good parenting book. It hits parenting from so many angles. There are activities, there are cool-down tips, there are communication tips, there are multi-cultural techniques, it just goes on and on. But to be honest, it felt like ...more
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This was a really good look at a teenager who hates himself, and another teenager -- one who's homeless and addicted -- who helps him find himself. It's a really good coming-of-age, finding-oneself book. I was especially impressed with how Going wrot ...more
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Text Chain by C.I. DeMann
"I finished this book after 2AM. There is great characterizations of those in young adulthood. I enjoyed the raucous text patter which was fun to read. I especially laughed at the text of one fellow Marcus, humping the Aquarian sign at boot camp, and " Read more of this review »
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The Marked by Olivia Paisley Troy
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Dystopian YA is a pretty popular genre and if you're into it, you'll like this novel. The writing's solid, the characters are good, and the action keeps you moving. I liked the premise of everyone being marked with their fate. Reminded me a tiny bit ...more
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Leo Tolstoy
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina

John Green
“You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”
John Green, Looking for Alaska

Groucho Marx
“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.”
Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

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