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John Irby
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December 2013
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Red-Tailed Rescue (Red-Tailed Rescue #1)
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2014
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2 editions
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Red-Tailed Odyssey (Red-Tailed Rescue Book 2)
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The End Times
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Genesis, Revised Edition
In the beginning
there was a constant
stream of noise,
and then God
sat down on a wooden stool,
and like grandmother,
intent upon her business of
snapping harvested beans
for the canning jars,
God broke that noise
into discrete pieces
called words,
knowing the Tower of Babel’s
foundation had already
been laid
that we might
understand each other,
and laugh,
and love. Read more of this blog post »
there was a constant
stream of noise,
and then God
sat down on a wooden stool,
and like grandmother,
intent upon her business of
snapping harvested beans
for the canning jars,
God broke that noise
into discrete pieces
called words,
knowing the Tower of Babel’s
foundation had already
been laid
that we might
understand each other,
and laugh,
and love. Read more of this blog post »
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"*Actual rating: 3.5 stars*
Most of these poems were interesting, with intriguing word choices, but autobiographical in a way that felt opaque to me. I could tell that the allusions meant a lot to the poet, but as the reader, I felt like I was being ke" Read more of this review » |
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John Irby
is on page 118 of 513 of Lisey's Story: LeeCee's sister, Amanda has fallen into a deep funk and harmed herself. LeeCee has a memory of her husband, now dead, failing to show up for a date until 5 hours late. He shows her how much he loves her. John
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Hi all. I read Homer's The Odyssey in 10 minute segments out loud to my 9th graders, 14 and 15, each year for 30 years. I didn't memorize it, but I kn
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| Very well written, unique and interesting. For me though, a bit too grim, too predictable at the conclusion. I'm sure younger readers will not be as disgusted as I was by the drug scenes. She's one of America's best novelists and should be read, but ...more | |
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“Living in that childish wonder is a most beautiful feeling - I can so well remember it. There was always something more - behind and beyond everything - to me, the golden spectacles were very, very big.”
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“Literature is humanity talking to itself.”
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“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
― Books and You
― Books and You
“If they strain me up tight, why, let 'em look out! I can't bear it, and I won't.”
― Black Beauty
― Black Beauty
