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2012 Reading Challenge

Beth Barany has read 8 books toward her goal of 50 books.

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Beth Barany

Goodreads author profile

url

http://www.goodreads.com/beth_barany

born

June 17, 1968 in The United States

gender

female

website

http://www.bethbarany.com

twitter username

beth_barany

genre

Young Adult, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Crafts & Hobbies

influences

FAIRY TALES, Folk Tales, kick boxing, Legends, Myths

member since

October 2010

About this author

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Beth Barany has been making up fantasy and adventure stories all her life. She writes to empower girls and women with her kick ass heroines who have to save the world against great odds.

Beth likes to read books for kids and adults, mostly fantasy and science fiction, plus science fiction and paranormal romance, and mysteries and thrillers, too.

She’s been writing since she was a little girl, and wanted to be a writer. She also wanted to be a spy, detective, broadcast journalist, model, actress, or adventurer. She also wanted to be magic, go to outer space, travel to every continent and learn lots of languages.

Today she speaks fluent French, and so far has had adventures in three continents: North America, Europe and Africa.

While she hasn’t g...more

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Say you have a jar full of rocks, pebbles, and sand. Each rock, pebble, and grain of sand represents a step you can take to being a bestselling author, a full jar. Some steps take more time than...

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Books by Beth Barany

Average rating: 4.44 · 62 ratings · 20 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Henrietta The Dragon Slayer 4.21 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Writer's Adventure Guide: 12 Stages to Writing Your Book 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Writer's Adventure Guide 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Overcome Writer's Block 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Writing Romance: The Ultimate Guide on Craft, Creation and Industry Connections by San Francisco Area Romance Writers of Am, Beth Barany (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	When I Was There: Life at Berkeley 1960-2010 by Alumni Authors 35 Alumni Authors, David Herrera (Editor), Beth Barany (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Full Strength Marketing by Tom Marcoux, Linda L. Chappo, Brian Tracy (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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Tao of Chaos: Merging East and West

by Katya Walter

bookshelves: currently-reading, nonfiction, fractals, philosophy, east-meets-west

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Beth Barany said: "Really enjoying this book! it got me back to doing the I-Ching (gota cool app for it) and is widening my perspective! "

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Myths and Legends of the Ancient Near East

by Rachel Storm

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Beth Barany is currently reading:

Untie the Strong Woman: Blessed Mother's Immaculate Love for the Wild Soul

by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

bookshelves: folktales, currently-reading

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“One's first love is always perfect until one meets one's second love”
― Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy

tags: first-love

14 people liked it

“You know how you have a good meal and you got gravy left on the plate. The gravy was so good that you don’t want to leave it on the plate but you don’t want to be a pig about it? So you take your bread and use it to sop up the rest of the gravy. That guy is totally soppable!”
― Erin Jamison

tags: erotic-romance , girlfriends , online-dating , sexy-men

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tags: erotic-romance , romance

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“He reached out and intertwined our hands. Gently urging me forward he whispered, “Have I lost you love?”
― Erin Jamison, Better Than 8: Fantasy

tags: ex-boyfriends , relationships , risk , trust

7 people liked it

“I’m in the habit of employing either sharks or mice.”
― Erin Jamison, Better Than 8: Fantasy

tags: arrogant , cocky , confident

4 people liked it

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