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“I don't know where people got the idea that characters in books are supposed to be likable. Books are not in the business of creating merely likeable characters with whom you can have some simple identification with. Books are in the business of creating great stories that make you're brain go ahhbdgbdmerhbergurhbudgerbudbaaarr.”
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“When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.”
― Death in the Afternoon
― Death in the Afternoon
Delaney’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Delaney’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
122 books
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8 friends
455 books
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63 friends
97 books
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6 friends
303 books
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24 friends
75 books
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12 friends
13 books
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3 friends
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