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Michael’s 2022 Year in Books
Take a look at Michael’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
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Michael Embry
Goodreads Author
Born
in Louisville, Ky., The United States
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Genre
Influences
Member Since
May 2011
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New Horizons
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Old Ways and New Days
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2015
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Laments: Short Stories
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2012
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Reunion of Familiar Strangers
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Shooting Star
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2011
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Darkness Beyond the Light
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Make Room for Family (A John Ross Boomer Lit Series Book 4)
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The Bully List
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2013
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3 editions
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A Confidential Man
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2009
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3 editions
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A Long Highway
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2001
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The Writing Life: Difficult Restart
A week ago I returned to a manuscript that had been in a file folder for nearly a year. I had put it aside for various and sundry reasons.
For those who don't follow my blog, I'm working on the sixth book in the John Ross Boomer Lit series.
I confess that it's been a rocky return to the manuscript. I work on a chapter each day with edits and rewrites. The problem is that I'm still not sure I lik
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Patricia Gulley's review
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Death at the Abbey (Kipper Cottage Mystery, #1):
"A true tradition English mystery. Clues and investigation by an amateur who admits to being "curious". A squeak of potential romance, nothing distracting. The idea of renovating dilapidated cottages in a seaside tourist town was interesting too. I re"
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Thomas O. Scarborough's review
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The Routledge Dictionary of Philosophy:
"Definition Before Insight
I was delighted, this month, to receive the Routledge Dictionary of Philosophy (Fourth Edition), as a gift from the United States. While I already have several such dictionaries, each one has a special character, so that one " Read more of this review » |
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"A Gothic Tale of the Highest Order
Joe Edd Morris steeps the reader into the creepy, intriguing world of Twenty Mile Bottom, a place without cell phone coverage, without the normal rules of civilization, with great contempt for the American society t" Read more of this review » |
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Wild Adventure David Toft's fantasy novel takes readers to different dimensions as good forces battle evil for control of the world. The book provides interesting characters and page-turning action from beginning to end. ...more |
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“Well, my dear, take heart. Some day, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you not to be too impatient.”
― Gone with the Wind
― Gone with the Wind
“Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.”
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“Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day.”
― Jean-Christophe - I
― Jean-Christophe - I
“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.”
― The Way of Chuang Tzu
― The Way of Chuang Tzu
“A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.”
― The Long Fall
― The Long Fall
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Thanks, Lara. Actually, there are several authors out there such as Richard Ford and Anne Tyler. But I hope that readers of all adult ages can relate to my "boomer lit" novels.
It's good to see someone writing about people of this generation!
