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Pat’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Pat’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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The Wild Girls
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2007
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The Falling Woman
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1986
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The City, Not Long After
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1989
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The Adventures of Mary Darling
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There and Back Again
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1999
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Rachel in Love
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1987
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Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwell
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2001
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Nadya
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1996
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Points of Departure
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1990
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About Fairies
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Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science:
"This is my third Haraway, after first reading Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: the Reinvention of Nature and then Crystals, Fabrics, and Fields: Metaphors of Organicism in Twentieth-Century Developmental Biology, and I can confidently say that after six "
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“I read books when I was a kid, lots of books. Books always seemed like magic to me. They took you to the most amazing places. When I got older, I realized I couldn’t find books that took me to all the places I wanted to go. To go to those places, I had to write some books myself.”
― The Wild Girls
― The Wild Girls
“I've learned to write the truth. But to do that, I had to figure out what the truth was-and I had to realize that the truth isn't always the same for everyone. I had to realize that my truth may not be the same as your truth.”
― The Wild Girls
― The Wild Girls
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December 2023: Short Books
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This month there are three identical polls. Each member has one vote in each, three votes total. Use them to select your 1st, 2nd & 3rd choices. Don't vote for the same book in each poll! Votes will be tallied & the top three will be the winners.
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Challenge: 50 Books: Mandy's 50 in 2009 | 34 | 361 | Aug 21, 2009 09:01PM | |
| tbr-reading-chall...: Heather's TBR List | 26 | 424 | Dec 13, 2009 07:27AM | |
| Historical Fictio...: Challenge #4 - September 1 - December 31 | 877 | 449 | Jan 03, 2011 01:10PM | |
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| Making Connections: 464. A CATROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE DREAM STATE by Pat Murphy | 6 | 54 | Aug 15, 2012 06:08PM | |
| Untreed Reads: World Fantasy Award Winner Now In Ebook: Pat Murphy’s BONES | 1 | 1 | Aug 27, 2012 02:29PM |
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
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“Each culture defines its own idiosyncracies and then forgets that it has done so.”
― The Falling Woman
― The Falling Woman
“When I run the world, librarians will be exempt from tragedy. Even their smaller sorrows will last only for as long as you can take out a book.”
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
― We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
“I’ve always wanted to be notorious,” Mary said.
“You are well on your way.” Captain Hook said, refilling her glass of wine.”
― The Adventures of Mary Darling
“You are well on your way.” Captain Hook said, refilling her glass of wine.”
― The Adventures of Mary Darling
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