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Karen’s 2019 Year in Books
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Karen Odden
Goodreads Author
Member Since
September 2013
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https://www.goodreads.com/karenaz8
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A Lady in the Smoke: A Victorian Mystery
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2016
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6 editions
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A Dangerous Duet
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2018
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8 editions
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A Trace of Deceit (Victorian Mystery, #2)
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2019
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3 editions
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The Way We Live Now
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1875
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Hard Times
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1854
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4247 editions
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What does it mean to be historically accurate?
Someone recently posted this as a review on Goodreads, about A Lady in the Smoke: "This seems to be a first novel, but doesn't read like it. The people have the prejudices of 1874, and are not merely modern people in costumes. I caught no historical errors."
This was perhaps one of the most gratifying things anyone has ever said, and could ever say, about my debut novel. (Thank you, thank you, Susa Read more of this blog post »
This was perhaps one of the most gratifying things anyone has ever said, and could ever say, about my debut novel. (Thank you, thank you, Susa Read more of this blog post »
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"This is the second book I’ve read from Karen Odden, and she has quickly become one of my fav-or-ite authors.
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"I loved Karen Odden’s debut novel, Lady in the Smoke, and was eager to read A Trace of Deceit. Although I have not read the first book in the series, I don’t feel this affected my enjoyment.
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“Mr. Flynn took it and studied the carving on the handle; then, with a gleam in his eyes, he handed the umbrella to me. On one side of the handle was a carved portcullis, the symbol of the”
― A Lady in the Smoke: A Victorian Mystery
― A Lady in the Smoke: A Victorian Mystery
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“The poor, I am told, are kind to each other but that is because they have nothing to lose,' he said. 'The rich cannot afford to be.”
― The Mangle Street Murders
― The Mangle Street Murders
“The thoughts of others
Were light and fleeting,
Of lovers' meeting
Or luck or fame.
Mine were of trouble,
And mine were steady;
So I was ready
When trouble came.”
― More Poems
Were light and fleeting,
Of lovers' meeting
Or luck or fame.
Mine were of trouble,
And mine were steady;
So I was ready
When trouble came.”
― More Poems
“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”
― An Abundance of Katherines
― An Abundance of Katherines
“Then you must tell 'em dat love ain't somethin' lak uh grindstone dat's de same thing everywhere and do de same thing tuh everything it touch. Love is lak de sea. It's uh movin' thing, but still and all, it takes its shape from de shore it meets, and it's different with every shore.”
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
― Their Eyes Were Watching God
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
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