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Abby’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Abby’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Abby Goldsmith
Goodreads Author
Born
in The United States
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Influences
Stephen King, George R.R. Martin, Robert Jordan, Scott Sigler
Member Since
August 2013
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/abby_goldsmith
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Passion For Your Project
My new video is about passion for your novel/series over the long haul, when the typical “just write!” advice doesn’t cut it. Here are my secrets to staying motivated on long projects (2–20 years)! ⏱ Chapters: 00:00 What does an “excited author” look like? 00:16 Why passion matters for long-term creative projects 00:38 The two […]
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| Five stars for shining a light on this horrific topic. Three stars for the coverage, which is repetitive and verbose. I think the repetition does not serve the narrative, especially for readers like me who have read King Leopold's Ghost and other non ...more | |
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The author passionately believes that billionaires and global corporations have a moral responsibility to be decent human beings and to use their power for good. She's not wrong. I, too, am disgusted by workplace nepotism and cowardly executives and ...more |
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| Not a bad ending. But this book wasn’t as strong as the previous one, with a shift in focus away from Jason and a big theme that champions blind faith. | |
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| This one has a more mature tone than Book 1, and is multiPOV. Weird new races and characters are introduced, and imaginative landscapes. Quite a fun epic trilogy. | |
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Peak fiction! I don’t usually like the simplicity of middle grade or YA fantasy, but this one has depths. It’s a world where the good are maimed and terrible people fail upward. That may sound familiar to many adult readers. Engaging characters, imag ...more |
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“If you ask me what I want, I'll tell you. I want everything.”
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“The only position that leaves me with no cognitive dissonance is atheism. It is not a creed. Death is certain, replacing both the siren-song of Paradise and the dread of Hell. Life on this earth, with all its mystery and beauty and pain, is then to be lived far more intensely: we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.”
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“Drinking wine and wearing trousers were nothing compared to reading the history of ideas.”
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“As a reader, I could put on someone else's shoes and live through his adventures, borrow his individuality and make choices that I didn't have at home.”
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“It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.”
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Space Opera Fans
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If you like space opera: an epic scale adventure through the galaxy with military battles, interplanetary politics, realistic interpersonal relationsh ...more
Beta Reader Group
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— last activity 2 hours, 32 min ago
A place to connect writers with beta readers. Sometimes writers get so involved in the plot they can't see the wood for the trees. Hang on a sec'--th ...more
Austin Sci-fi/Fantasy Bookclub
— 65 members
— last activity May 03, 2026 12:58PM
Austin, TX based bookclub. We only read science fiction and fantasy. We meet on the first Friday or Saturday of every month for food and discussions. ...more
Audiobooks
— 16571 members
— last activity 1 hour, 59 min ago
Audio & audiobooks are getting more and more popular for commuters & those wanting to squeeze in another book or two a month while doing other activit ...more
Small Government Book Fan Club
— 718 members
— last activity Apr 09, 2026 01:38PM
This is a group to bring together libertarians/conservatives/Objectivists who enjoy reading fiction authors expressing that worldview in their work. W ...more
Goodreads Authors/Readers
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This group is dedicated to connecting readers with Goodreads authors. It is divided by genres, and includes folders for writing resources, book websit ...more
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A place for those who walk the green forests of Middle Earth, cross the pale sands of Arrakis, sail the blue waters of Earthsea, slip among the shadow ...more
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This is a group for authors to discuss their craft, as well as publishing and book marketing.
Goodreads Reviewers' Group
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This group helps to bring Reviewers and Authors together! Reviewers can make their own thread to post their reviews in, or post their reviews in the r ...more
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— last activity Dec 25, 2025 06:19AM
Wuxia, Xianxia, Xuanhuan, Cultivation, Shonen, LitRPG, GameLit and Progression Fantasy as it appears in: Books, Comics, Manga, Anime, Video Games, Fil ...more
