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Alma’s 2019 Year in Books
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Alma Katsu
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The United States
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FAIRY TALES, Edgar Allan Poe, Anne Rice, Patricia Highsmith, Shirley J
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Member Since
June 2010
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The Hunger
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2018
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32 editions
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The Taker (The Taker, #1)
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2011
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34 editions
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The Reckoning (The Taker, #2)
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2012
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25 editions
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The Descent (The Taker, #3)
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2013
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11 editions
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The Deep
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2020
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11 editions
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The Witch Sisters (The Taker, #2.5)
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2013
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2 editions
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The Devil's Scribe (The Taker, #1.5)
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2012
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4 editions
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The Marriage Price
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2012
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3 editions
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Red Widow
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A Twitter ghost
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2014
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Alma Katsu
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No collaboration, I'm afraid. We were probably working on our books at about the same time. Doug had reviewed The Best Land Under Heaven, a non-fiction book that came out shortly after I wrapped up writing The Hunger, for the NY Times and I wonder if
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| I commented to a bookseller that while I love ghost stories, it's hard to find one that's good and original, and she pressed THE LAST TO SEE ME in my hands. I'm glad she did! It's told largely from the point of a view of the ghost, which might seem g ...more | |
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Hi everyone! I see by the calendar on the wall that we're almost at the end of the month and the end of our group read. I'll be here to the very last
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| Wonderland shows the terror lurking below the surface of domestic bliss, when we realize our familiar and cozy world may not be as it seems. Zoje Stage is one of the few writers who can make the supernatural feel totally, dangerously real. | |
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| Beautiful and thrilling. JD Barker pulls off a magic trick with SHE HAS A BROKEN THING WHERE HER HEART SHOULD BE. A puzzle box, a thriller, and a love story, the wonderfully developed characters pull you into a pulse-pounding, can't-put-it-down story ...more | |
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| A young woman at a crossroads in her life is informed, out of the blue, that she is the last remaining member of an old, wealthy European noble house. In order to inherit, however, she must fly out to the family estate high in the Alps. There, she fi ...more | |
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| For fans of A Discovery of Witches, Outlander, and (dare I say it?) The Taker, A Witch in Time is a story of star-crossed love across the centuries. Dazzling and romantic. | |
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| Two deaths at the Goode School, a 'Silent Ivy' prep school for daughters of privilege--are they suicides or murders? GOOD GIRLS LIE add extra twists and turns to the exclusive-girls-school narrative and creates characters that are more than they firs ...more | |
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Alma Katsu
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Hi Adam, So glad to hear you're enjoying The Hunger, especially glad to hear it resonates for readers who didn't grow up with the story of the Donner Party. Your question is the #1 thing I'm asked at events. It's not easy to say, exactly, how to bala
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“I’d always secretly believed that a love as fierce and true as mine would be rewarded in the end, and now I was being forced to accept the bitter truth.”
― The Taker
― The Taker
“I´ve always wanted him to love me the way I loved him. He did love me, I know he did. Just not the way I wanted him to.
"And it´s so different for a lot of people I´ve known. One partner doesn´t love the other enough to stop drinking, or gambling, or running around with other women. One is the giver and one is the taker. The giver wishes the taker would stop."
"But the taker never changes," Luke says, though he wonders if this is always the case.
"Sometimes the giver has to let go, but sometimes you don´t. You can´t. I couldn´t give up on Jonathan. I seemed to be able to forgive him anything.”
― The Taker
"And it´s so different for a lot of people I´ve known. One partner doesn´t love the other enough to stop drinking, or gambling, or running around with other women. One is the giver and one is the taker. The giver wishes the taker would stop."
"But the taker never changes," Luke says, though he wonders if this is always the case.
"Sometimes the giver has to let go, but sometimes you don´t. You can´t. I couldn´t give up on Jonathan. I seemed to be able to forgive him anything.”
― The Taker
“We were arrogant and naive, thinking we knew what we felt then was love. Love can be a cheap emotion, lightly given, thought it didn´t seem so to me at the time. Looking back, I know we were only filling in the holes in our soles, the way the tide rushes sand to fill in the crevices of a rocky shore. We-or maybe it was just I-bandaged our needswith what we declared was love. But, eventually, the tide draws out what it has swept in.”
― The Taker
― The Taker
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“I’d always secretly believed that a love as fierce and true as mine would be rewarded in the end, and now I was being forced to accept the bitter truth.”
― The Taker
― The Taker
“I´ve always wanted him to love me the way I loved him. He did love me, I know he did. Just not the way I wanted him to.
"And it´s so different for a lot of people I´ve known. One partner doesn´t love the other enough to stop drinking, or gambling, or running around with other women. One is the giver and one is the taker. The giver wishes the taker would stop."
"But the taker never changes," Luke says, though he wonders if this is always the case.
"Sometimes the giver has to let go, but sometimes you don´t. You can´t. I couldn´t give up on Jonathan. I seemed to be able to forgive him anything.”
― The Taker
"And it´s so different for a lot of people I´ve known. One partner doesn´t love the other enough to stop drinking, or gambling, or running around with other women. One is the giver and one is the taker. The giver wishes the taker would stop."
"But the taker never changes," Luke says, though he wonders if this is always the case.
"Sometimes the giver has to let go, but sometimes you don´t. You can´t. I couldn´t give up on Jonathan. I seemed to be able to forgive him anything.”
― The Taker
“We were arrogant and naive, thinking we knew what we felt then was love. Love can be a cheap emotion, lightly given, thought it didn´t seem so to me at the time. Looking back, I know we were only filling in the holes in our soles, the way the tide rushes sand to fill in the crevices of a rocky shore. We-or maybe it was just I-bandaged our needswith what we declared was love. But, eventually, the tide draws out what it has swept in.”
― The Taker
― The Taker
“A man´s desire is a powerful thing. It can reduce a strong man to nothing. When he sees a woman who fascinates him, he will give up everything for her.”
― The Taker
― The Taker
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Laura wrote: "Hi Alma! I just finished The Reckoning!! I am so excited about what is to come between Lanny and Adair! I absolutley cannot wait until The Descent!!! Thank you for writing such AMAZING books!"Hi Laura, So glad to hear that you enjoyed The Reckoning! If you're interested, please consider joining the mailing list as I'm going to be releasing some new short stories soon, free, leading up to the release of the last book in the trilogy next year. http://www.almakatsu.com
best,
Alma
Hi Alma! I just finished The Reckoning!! I am so excited about what is to come between Lanny and Adair! I absolutley cannot wait until The Descent!!! Thank you for writing such AMAZING books!
Alis wrote: "Hey Alma, I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed The Taker! Thanks for writing such a beautifully written book!"Hi Alis, Thank you for letting me know you enjoyed the book. Please join the mailing list as I'm going to be releasing some new short stories soon, free, leading up to the release of the last book in the trilogy next year. http://www.almakatsu.com
best,
Alma
Hey Alma, I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed The Taker! Thanks for writing such a beautifully written book!
Alma, thank you for the friendship. Stay naughty,
Savannah
I can't thank you enough, Emma! Let me know how it does at your store.Emma-Louise wrote: "Hi Alma :) Just wanted to let you know that I'm spreading the word at Waterstones Cribbs Causeway that The Reckoning is out next month! I determined to get it to the top of our chart! x"
Hi Alma :) Just wanted to let you know that I'm spreading the word at Waterstones Cribbs Causeway that The Reckoning is out next month! I determined to get it to the top of our chart! x
Thanks for the add Ms. Katsu. Looking forward to reading your books :)
Thanks Alma for accepting my friend request. Looking forward to reading your book, The Taker.
Blog entry about the trials of writing the second book, and dreams of a Second Book Boot Camp: http://bit.ly/dXLr0p
