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Ryan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ryan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Ryan Chapman
Goodreads Author
Born
in The United States
Website
Twitter
Genre
Influences
Member Since
March 2007
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/chapmanchapman
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Riots I Have Known
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2019
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8 editions
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The Audacity
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2024
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8 editions
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Conversation Sparks: Trivia Worth Talking About
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2015
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5 editions
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A Literary Trivia Game Show, on Zoom
Hey friends,
Like many of you I've been sheltering in place and going a little batty. I miss my friends and the larger literary community. So in an attempt to make lemonade from these quarantine lemons, I'm hosting Nerd Jeopardy each week on zoom.
It's a literary trivia game show modeled off the TV program, but with more swearing and usually one technical mishap. We'll be answering clues in the for
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“Was it a fraud from the beginning? There must have been a decision. Some crossing of the Rubicon. He couldn’t see her launching the company—the cause—knowing it would never work. The sheer amount of labor. Of passion! What was the point if it was all a lie? Maybe the point was never the point. The point was to simply keep going. This was what alpinists and Ponzi schemers shared: the commitment to continue on, despite all.”
― The Audacity
― The Audacity
“The scotch was peaty, acerbic. He coughed and Wright patted him on the back. “Easy, tiger. You’ve been burning the candle at both ends.” “What’s the Russian proverb? ‘Eating increases the appetite’?” “That’s about abstention.” “Respectfully disagree.” Guy pointed his glass at the yacht. “Are you going tonight?”
― The Audacity
― The Audacity
“Daily am I myself the stakes and I win myself every night. —Walter Serner, Last Loosening”
― The Audacity
― The Audacity
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Busy as a Bee Books: 05/21/19: Book News | 7 | 8 | May 28, 2019 06:53PM | |
| Tournament of Books: TOB 2020 Longlist | 395 | 420 | Apr 30, 2021 07:42PM | |
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“With fiction, there’s no reason why everything you write shouldn’t be amazing. Nobody’s stopping you from making up better stuff.”
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“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
― Autumn Leaves
― Autumn Leaves
Q&A with Sam Lipsyte
— 32 members
— last activity Apr 09, 2010 08:05AM
I'm hosting a discussion of my new novel THE ASK from March 15th-26th, answering questions while on tour. Please invite your friends to this group. L ...more
Q&A with David Levithan
— 154 members
— last activity Aug 09, 2018 02:59PM
Join bestselling author David Levithan for a discussion of fiction, form, and much more. David is the author of many hugely popular books, including W ...more
The Millions
— 273 members
— last activity Apr 01, 2020 08:07PM
'The indispensable literary site' - The New York Times 'Lots of reasons to love The Millions' - The Guardian 'A fantastic website' - Utne Reader Tw ...more
Q&A with André Aciman
— 41 members
— last activity May 06, 2020 06:35AM
I'm hosting a discussion of my new novel EIGHT WHITE NIGHTS from February 22nd - March 5th, answering questions while on tour. You can see my upcoming ...more
Q&A with Cathleen Schine
— 13 members
— last activity Mar 21, 2010 08:54PM
I'm hosting a discussion of my new novel THE THREE WEISSMANNS OF WESTPORT. You can see my upcoming events schedule here: http://www.goodreads.com/eve ...more
The Melville House Group
— 213 members
— last activity Feb 22, 2022 05:26PM
We rather like our books. Just a bit, maybe. A little. Naturally, we want to talk about them with fellow readers. Join us in discussing our books or ...more
Book Keeping
— 132 members
— last activity Mar 18, 2021 12:44PM
Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Sarah Crichton Books / FSG present Book Keeping, a readers' community. Join us for discussions, author chats, and giveaw ...more
