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Stephen P. Kiernan
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January 2012
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The Baker's Secret
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2017
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The Curiosity
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2013
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The Hummingbird
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2015
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Universe of Two
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2020
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17 editions
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The Glass Château
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2023
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Last Rights: Rescuing the End of Life from the Medical System
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2006
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9 editions
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Authentic Patriotism: Restoring America's Founding Ideals Through Selfless Action
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2010
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Final Acts: Death, Dying, and the Choices We Make
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2009
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Pollock's Last Lover: A Novel of Art and Deception
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HOT LUCNH SPECIAL
Hi friends. This month's specials are:
In fiction, & SONS by David Gilbert. I'm not sure this book ís a novel, in the traditional sense. And he uses a strange third person voice that is somehow omniscient to tell the story too. But the pop of language, the tragicomic pace, the intelligent insight, striking detail and free-spirited embellishment are absolutely worth the ride.
In poetry, ASK ME by Wi Read more of this blog post »
In fiction, & SONS by David Gilbert. I'm not sure this book ís a novel, in the traditional sense. And he uses a strange third person voice that is somehow omniscient to tell the story too. But the pop of language, the tragicomic pace, the intelligent insight, striking detail and free-spirited embellishment are absolutely worth the ride.
In poetry, ASK ME by Wi Read more of this blog post »
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It is astonishing that a book about race, written in 1924, could hold up so well a century later. But this classic stands tall -- for the most part. Set in the days when India was part of the British Empire, it delivers a condescension by the ruling ...more |
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| I received this book as a gift, and that's how it ought to arrive: from a friend who wants to share some sweetness. Harris, the author of Chocolat, has woven three stories into one: the sweetness of boyhood freedom and making unusual friends, the str ...more | |
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This book delivered something completely different than what I expected, and it was a delight. At the moment there is no shortage of books that have either narcissism, self-indulgence or dismissal of other people as their organizing principle. Whether ...more |
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| This is the other side of the story. E. Jean Carroll is the woman who sued Donald Trump for sexual assault and defamation, won, and when the president immediately repeated all of his statements about her, sued him for defamation again, and won again. ...more | |
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The strength of confessional poetry lies in part in the author's courage. Will she risk self-exposure? Will she hazard a vulnerable heart? By that measure, this is an astonishing book. When the poet also uses her full arsenal -- the unique image, inv ...more |
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In Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream," Helena says of her friend Hermia, "Though she be but little, she is fierce." The same can be said about this book -- barely four inches tall and running a mere 126 pages. Written by a widely published ...more |
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This is a lovely, harrowing, uplifting story about a teenage boy growing up in a low income, dysfunctional family -- and the community that loves and supports him. The realities of rural poverty are rendered without shouting or preaching, only an ar ...more |
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I am late to the party but praise is never redundant, and this book is excellent. It is harrowing, compelling, occasionally hilarious, and barbed in a long overdue way. JAMES is approximately the story of Mark twain's Huckleberry Finn, but told from t ...more |
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| I was not halfway through this book when I began suggesting it to friends. This is so much more than an illness-survived story. It is a lesson about weathering today's medical system, a primer in what patients withstand in the hope of being well, and ...more | |
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It is a rare thing when a novel written close to the headlines of the day is also a richly characterized and compelling story. But this book is a rare thing. An affluent and successful family is involved in an unfortunate car accident, with the teen b ...more |
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“And what is life but a little row in a small boat, every moment leaving what we know, every stroke unable to see where we are headed?”
― The Curiosity
― The Curiosity
“After all, what is love but the desire to know another person as thoroughly and deeply as possible? Every quirk and passion, each response to the changes of time, every possible inch of skin? Also perhaps to be ourselves known, with all our flaws, yet somehow miraculously still be desired?”
― The Curiosity
― The Curiosity
“We all have times when life intervenes and we get little done. But when our days are numbered, it feels like a kind of thievery. If there is ever a chapter in life with no time to waste, it is the last one.”
― The Hummingbird
― The Hummingbird
Polls
January 2014 -- Science Fiction
This poll decided which two books will go on to the second round of voting for the Beyond Reality Science Fiction Book of the Month for January 2014.
This poll decided which two books will go on to the second round of voting for the Beyond Reality Science Fiction Book of the Month for January 2014.
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“But history does matter. There is a line connecting the Armenians and the Jews and the Cambodians and the Bosnians and the Rwandans. There are obviously more, but, really, how much genocide can one sentence handle?”
― The Sandcastle Girls
― The Sandcastle Girls
“Everything about [chance] scares the bejesus out of so many people; it's the this thing they try to avoid at all costs. Don't travel to the Middle East these days - there's a chance something could happen. Don't get involved with that new fellow on Creamery Street - I hear a lot of mud was scraped off his floor after the divorce. Don't have your baby at home - there's a a chance something could go wrong. Don't don't don't... Well, you can't live your life like that! You can't spend your entire life avoiding chance. It's out there, it's inescapable, it's a part of the soul of the world. There are no sure things in this universe, and it's absolutely ridiculous to try and live like there are!”
― Midwives
― Midwives
“And what is life but a little row in a small boat, every moment leaving what we know, every stroke unable to see where we are headed?”
― The Curiosity
― The Curiosity
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