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The Tao of Apathy
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Wisconsin Time
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No More Ugly Girls
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Alternate Forms of Life
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Parts of Me
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Shattered- Was I writing about the Animalistic ID?
I had no idea what that was. I was (and am) writing about relationships. In Shattered, I was writing about allowing yourself to be hurt to also hurt love.
Here is an AI description of what the Animalistic ID presents as and why people retreat into it:
“Retreating into an animalistic id” refers to a psychological regression where a person strips away societal expectations, rational thought, and cultu
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How to Recalibrate Your LifeThe Half-Known Life: What Matters Most When You're Running Out of Time by Ryan Lindner is a self-help book that uses his near death experiences as a springboard about living an authentic life. He covers a lot of topics tha ...more "
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"No More Ugly Girls hit way deeper than I expected. Going into it, I thought it would just be another coming of age type story, but it actually dives into some heavy emotional territory in a way that feels very real and unfiltered. Auburn is such a st"
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"It’s interesting that the author admits he wrote this book without ever experiencing trauma—I wondered how he would approach the topic. I was pleasantly surprised by how he got into the mind of a survivor—in such a way it felt at times, quite chillin"
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| Gathering of the Faithful: First Archive of the Magi is a story within a great, imaginative post-apocalyptic world. The main character Kane is well-fleshed out and multi-faceted. There is a lot of wisdom in how Levi Kane approaches life and the battl ...more | |
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PACIFIC DREAM: Mari Mango and the Accidental Orphanage (The Pacific Trilogy)
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Mari Mango & the Accidental Orphanage" is a very intriguing story of a young woman, Mari, who makes an impulsive move to Thailand. The story is fast paced. It has some twists. That’s partly how I want to describe it, but really it has a lot of events ...more |
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This novel about the Catalonia independence movement is told through the life of a young high school student in Spain. It is an interesting story told well. But what kept striking me is the similarities to what is going on in the United States. Catalo ...more |
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Conductoid is a humorous fantasy tale about Jack who is always daydreaming. It asked the question, what if daydreams were true? It is a unique and inventive story with humor that kids will enjoy. It contains some great observations on relationships. T ...more |
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“The fact is, what I hated in the Church was what I hated in society. Namely, authoritarians. Power freaks. Rigid dogmatists. Those greedy, underloved, undersexed twits who want to run everything. While the rest of us are busy living - busy tasting and testing and hugging and kissing and goofing and growing - they are busy taking over.”
― Another Roadside Attraction
― Another Roadside Attraction
“This did not annoy Amanda for it had long been her theory that human beings were invented by water as a device for transporting itself from one place to another.”
― Another Roadside Attraction
― Another Roadside Attraction
“Don't trust anybody who'd rather be grammatically correct than have a good time.”
― Skinny Legs and All
― Skinny Legs and All
“Does koala bear poop smell like cough drops?”
― Jitterbug Perfume
― Jitterbug Perfume
“One of the hallmarks of our politics now is that we tend to elect those who can campaign over those who can lead;”
― America America
― America America
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