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Mike’s 2025 Year in Books
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Mike Crowl
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Life in the not so old girl yet
Back in late 2023 I published my fourth children's book, The Counterfeit Queen. It had taken some five years to write it, not because it was exceedingly difficult, but because of procrastination, self-doubt, and a busy life. And then, once published, it turned out to have the least number of sales of any of my books, though a number of free copies were passed around to family and friends. That
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| I've given this five stars though I felt there was a kind of flat patch about three-quarters of the way through the story. Yes, it all connects - or mostly does (Hawthorne still retains some of his secrets) - but it has a slightly different tone to t ...more | |
"I'm only adding this book because it annoys me that it popped up on the "most popular reads." People, this book is terrible. Do yourself a favor and pretend you'd never heard of it.
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| Yesterday I finished reading The Time Traveller’s Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. (Not an easily remembered name for an author!) It has a great idea, but it’s way too long: 518 pages. I was skimming increasingly by the last hundred pages, and in fact, h ...more | |
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| Very fast-paced, and as always there are a heap of things going on and gradually connecting together. Rankin's very good at plotting, and the characters are vivid. Plus he seems to know so much. Apparently some of his earlier books had police procedu ...more | |
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| This is a fascinating book, but also one of the strangest I've read in a while. It's the 'memoir' of a relationship between two young men, Whitfield and Inigo Philbrick, who become involved in the art market, and how Philbrick gradually became more a ...more | |
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| I found the science a bit mystifying at times, but the overall concept is good, as are the cartoons that are littered throughout. Unfortunately it didn't grab my attention enough not to be overtaken by the next book in line. ...more | |
“She looked Toby straight in the eye and said very distinctly, ‘My mother always told me there are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
― Grimhilda! - a fantasy for children - and their parents
― Grimhilda! - a fantasy for children - and their parents
“One of the women leaped up from her chair. She seemed to grow taller as she stood. Her long diamond earrings not only caught the sun and blinded you, but jangled and knocked against her cheekbones with a sharp tapping sound. ‘Curse those who cursed it!’ she cried, flinging her arms wildly about her, in a way that didn’t at all suit her formal attire.”
― The Mumbersons and The Blood Secret
― The Mumbersons and The Blood Secret
“More important than our health?’ she replied. ‘Hasthma, Mr Map! That’s what being stuck in that cupboard’ll lead to: Hasthma with a capital H!”
― Grimhilda! - a fantasy for children - and their parents
― Grimhilda! - a fantasy for children - and their parents
“I have always been a lover of the sun, even if, through spending a lifetime in Ireland, I have had little personal connection with it.”
― A History of Loneliness
― A History of Loneliness
“Controlling people do not like to be controlled. Controlling people do not like to have their agendas obstructed.”
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“She looked Toby straight in the eye and said very distinctly, ‘My mother always told me there are no shortcuts to any place worth going.”
― Grimhilda! - a fantasy for children - and their parents
― Grimhilda! - a fantasy for children - and their parents
“We are not all born at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later... Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.”
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Hello, Mike! Thank you for contacting me. Happy Monday, I hope you're having a great week. Congratulations on your books! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
