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Nikki Kocmut
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The Reader closes the book and sits in silence for a while, like a shadow, just staring at the jars upon the shelf that contain the floating human heart and eyeballs. The Reader feels good. Powerful. For the Reader owns this Story now. The
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a good analogy for what the reader brings to writing
“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.”
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“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
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“My experience of life is that it is not divided up into genres; it’s a horrifying, romantic, tragic, comical, science-fiction cowboy detective novel. You know, with a bit of pornography if you're lucky.”
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“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
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“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
Q&A with Catherine McKenzie
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...July 25, 2012 to August 24, 2012...
Make a book a bestseller
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— last activity Dec 24, 2020 05:16AM
If a bunch of people can get Betty White to host Saturday Night Live seems like we can make a great book(s) a bestseller.
Q&A with Hugh Howey
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— last activity Jan 14, 2016 03:32PM
A place to interact with GoodReads author Hugh Howey. Ask him about your favorite book, pester him for release dates, request review copies, and more!
Forgotten $1.99 Contest
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— last activity Nov 11, 2013 08:28AM
FORGOTTEN is $1.99 till 11/3 & thanks to you amazing people, it's at #14 on Amazon & #6 on Nook! I'm holding a contest to help spread the word. Prizes ...more
52 weeks, 52 books
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This year, we'll read a book a week - an eclectic mix of bestsellers, finds, and old favourites. With an emphasis on fiction but some non-fiction too. ...more
Nikki’s 2025 Year in Books
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