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Brent’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Brent’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Brent Hartinger
Goodreads Author
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in Washington State, The United States
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November 2011
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https://www.goodreads.com/brenthartinger
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Geography Club (Russel Middlebrook, #1)
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2003
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The Order of the Poison Oak (Russel Middlebrook, #2)
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2005
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15 editions
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Three Truths and a Lie
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2016
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7 editions
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Double Feature: Attack of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies/Bride of the Soul-Sucking Brain Zombies (Russel Middlebrook, #3)
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2007
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17 editions
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The Elephant of Surprise (Russel Middlebrook, #4)
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2013
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6 editions
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The Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know (Russel Middlebrook The Futon Years, #1)
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2014
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6 editions
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Grand & Humble
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2006
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10 editions
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The Last Chance Texaco
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2004
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Barefoot in the City of Broken Dreams (Russel Middlebrook: The Futon Years #2)
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2015
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4 editions
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The Road to Amazing (Russel Middlebrook: The Futon Years Book 3)
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I Wrote a Book Set in a Place I’d Never Been To, Then I Visited That Place. How’d I Do?
My last novel, The Otto Digmore Difference, was a road trip story about Russel Middlebrook and his friend Otto Digmore traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans, so that Otto, an actor, can get to an all-important movie audition on time.
Here’s a little secret that I shouldn’t be confessing: I’d never actually driven most of the roads that Otto and Russel travel. I once lived in Los Angeles (where
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“Why can’t there be just one place for gay kids, where we don’t have to hide who we are? Hell, straight people have the whole rest of the world! They go around holding hands and kissing and talking about ‘my-girlfriend-this’ and ‘my-boyfriend-that.’ And they say we shove our lifestyle in their faces? That’s a laugh!”
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“people make mistakes. If there was no such thing as forgiveness, there wouldn’t be any friendships left in the world.”
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“The fact is, there's a difference between being alone and being lonely; I may not of been completely alone in life, but I was definitely lonely.”
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Which book should the YA LGBT Books Group read for our Nov-Dec 2025 book of the month?
13 total votes
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Young Adult Book ...: Purely female protagonists! | 26 | 261 | Jun 01, 2010 02:32PM | |
| Young Adult Book ...: Top 10 Teen/YA Authors You'd Like To Meet! | 42 | 265 | Apr 12, 2011 05:44PM | |
| Wild Things: YA G...: Reading Challenge #7 - Report Points Here | 480 | 222 | Apr 14, 2011 09:58PM | |
| YA LGBT Books: favorite story lines | 10 | 74 | Aug 20, 2011 11:38AM | |
| Avoca Book Club: Nook Freebies and deals | 14 | 19 | Jan 28, 2012 08:20PM | |
The Seasonal Read...:
Winter Challenge 2011: Completed Tasks -DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC
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| 2026 Reading Chal...: April Showers Make May Flowers-Mini Challenge | 11 | 68 | May 01, 2012 11:41AM | |
| 2026 Reading Chal...: April's No Spring Chik(en) Challenge | 57 | 53 | May 03, 2012 06:22AM |
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Rick wrote: "Brent, I love your books. Reading them has given me insight into the young gay life that I was never able to experience. As a bonus, Seattle holds a special place in my heart."Fantastic! Thanks for letting me know. And yeah, I think I *write* the books to relive a life I wasn't quite able to experience myself.
P.S. I loved writing about Seattle. It's a great city (even if it's getting, uh, crowded and expensive!)
Brent, I love your books. Reading them has given me insight into the young gay life that I was never able to experience. As a bonus, Seattle holds a special place in my heart.
Eric wrote: "Hey there, Brent! Good to see you here."Hey Eric! You get around. ;-)
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