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Joe Hill
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in Bangor, Maine, The United States
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Revolver - The Beatles, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC, Close Enc
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November 2016
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NOS4A2
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2013
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Heart-Shaped Box
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2007
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112 editions
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Horns
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2010
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115 editions
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Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft
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2008
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The Fireman
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2016
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Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games
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2009
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20th Century Ghosts
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2005
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Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows
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Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom
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Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks
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Fatal Snark Attack
Okay, okay, okay. I'm probably going to sound like a curmudgeonly cultural Puritan but I gotta 'fess up to a little pet peeve. I'm not a big fan of books written for two year olds, where the abiding tone is one of cynicism or snark. I feel like there's time enough to introduce an ironic, world-weary, and embittered protagonist when a child reader has reached the advanced and sophisticated age of,
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“The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on your way to something better.”
― Horns
― Horns
“She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.”
― NOS4A2
― NOS4A2
Polls
Jane and I were discussing The Morning News Tournament of Books during one of the weekly chats and we decided to pick one of the books from their list for our March read. I'm choosing a selection of books from the long list. (You can check out details on this yearly tournament here: http://www.themorningnews.org/article...). This poll will be open for one week. Last day to vote...Saturday, February 11.
Hag-Seed
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout
The Fireman
Joe Hill
Joe Hill
Commonwealth
Ann Patchett
Ann Patchett
All the Birds in the Sky
Charlie Jane Anders
Charlie Jane Anders
The Queen of the Night
Alexander Chee
Alexander Chee
The Girls
Emma Cline
Emma Cline
The Wonder
Emma Donoghue
Emma Donoghue
Margaret the First
Danielle Dutton
Danielle Dutton
The High Mountains of Portugal
Yann Martel
Yann Martel
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| The Seasonal Read...: By Blood or Marriage (25.2) | 41 | 412 | Aug 24, 2009 02:23PM |
“The smallest indivisible human unit is two people, not one; one is a fiction. From such nets of souls societies, the social world, human life springs.”
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“Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
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Joe wrote: "The FiremanThe Fireman is a finalist for a GoodReads Award in Horror! I'm not sure it's really a horror novel, but it has scary parts, and winning prizes is always fun, so if you ..."
Thanx, Joe, but I'd rather have McMurtry do the toe-licking honors. Corgis rock!
The FiremanThe Fireman is a finalist for a GoodReads Award in Horror! I'm not sure it's really a horror novel, but it has scary parts, and winning prizes is always fun, so if you feel inclined to vote for it, I WILL LICK BETWEEN YOUR TOES IN GRATITUDE.*
*not really
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