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Francisco X. Stork

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in Monterrey, Mexico

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Francisco X. Stork was born in Mexico. He moved to El Paso Texas with his adoptive father and mother when he was nine. He attended Spring Hill College, Harvard University and Columbia Law School. He worked as an attorney for thirty-three years before retiring in 2015. He is married and has two grown children and four beautiful grandkids. He loves to discover new books and authors. His favorite books are those where the author's soul touches his. He does not read reviews to his books so you should feel free to write whatever you want. Also, he is genuinely interested in learning about books and life from his friends on this site. He would love it if you find his books worthy to be read, but that's not why he wants to be your friend.
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Average rating: 3.9 · 37,732 ratings · 6,434 reviews · 20 distinct works • Similar authors

	Marcelo in the Real World 3.93 avg rating — 19,797 ratings — published 2008 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memory of Light 3.97 avg rating — 6,558 ratings — published 2016 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Summer of the Death Warriors 3.89 avg rating — 2,214 ratings — published 2010 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Disappeared (Disappeared, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 1,661 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irises 3.34 avg rating — 893 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Illegal (Disappeared, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 556 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Hook 3.78 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am Not Alone 3.82 avg rating — 244 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Behind the Eyes 3.65 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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When I first started to be published, I loved it when some reviewer said “Stork writes with authority” even though I was never totally sure what that meant. The phrase first began to intrigue me when I read in the New Testament that the people who listened to Jesus preach felt he “spoke with authority.” When I was a lawyer practicing in private practice, I sought to act with authority. It was a pr

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“That's what faith is, isn't it? Following the music when we don't hear it.”
― Francisco X. Stork, Marcelo in the Real World

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“Be in the world but not of the world.' The words are from Jesus. But I have not the slightest idea how to accomplish that or even if it's possible. The world will always poke you in the chest with its index finger.”
― Francisco X. Stork, Marcelo in the Real World

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“You are not the clouds or even the blue sky where clouds live. You are the sun behind them, giving light to all, and the sun is made up of goodness and kindness and light.”
― Francisco X. Stork, The Memory of Light

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Looking for Alaska by John Green

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Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

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Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar

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Marcelo In The Real World by Francisco X. Stork

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Candy Girl A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody

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“We're all lonely for something we don't know we're lonely for. How else to explain the curious feeling that goes around feeling like missing somebody we've never even met?”
― David Foster Wallace

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“Vocation is the place where our deep gladness meets the world's deep need.”
― Frederick Buechner

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“فكن مثل الساقيه باكيا مبتل العينين ،حتى تنبت الخضره فى رحاب روحك ..”
― أحمد بهجت

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“It's not forgetting that heals. It's remembering.”
― Amy Greene, Bloodroot

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“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
― Franz Kafka

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message 12: by Glenn

Jan 07, 2018 07:59AM

Francisco - Happy New Year to a beautiful man! Thanks for occasionally stopping by to "like" my reviews. Glad you enjoyed my review of Martin Amis' The Information, one of the most challenging novels I ever read. From now on in my life, novel reading will be all downhill!

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message 11: by Francisco

Mar 03, 2016 01:38PM

Anne (Booklady) wrote: "I also went to Spring Hill College in Mobile. I'm in the Class of 1980.
Thanks for the friend request."

That is so great that we connected here! I look forward to getting to know you more through your reviews. Thank you.

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message 10: by Anne (Booklady)

Mar 03, 2016 12:09PM