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Mark’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mark’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Mark Stevens
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Vicki Hendricks, “Miami Purity”
Maybe it’s not fair, because the metaphor is sitting there and waiting to be exploited, but Miami Purity is a clean, fresh piece of writing. Steamed clean. No starch. Wrinkle-free. Miami Purity features a dry-cleaning establishment of that same name. … Continue reading →
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No Lie Lasts Forever
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The Fireballer
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2023
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Antler Dust (The Allison Coil Mystery Series Book 1)
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2007
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Buried by the Roan (Allison Coil, #2)
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Trapline (An Allison Coil Mystery, 3)
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Lake of Fire
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The Melancholy Howl (Allison Coil Mystery #5)
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2018
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Maybe it’s not fair, because the metaphor is sitting there and waiting to be exploited, but Miami Purity is a clean, fresh piece of writing. Steamed clean. No starch. Wrinkle-free. Miami Purity features a dry-cleaning establishment of that same name. ...more |
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| It seems pretty simple. Collectively, we agree what jobs need doing to serve the public interest—whether it’s staffing a lighthouse or hiring a doctor to work in a VA hospital. “We” is us. Things we need collectively. These are functions we have agre ...more | |
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As Kevin Barry tells it, he was inspired to write The Heart in Winter after discovering that there 10,000 Irish miners moved to Butte in the 1890’s to work in the copper mines. True. By 1900, Butte was considered “the most Irish town in America.” So, ...more |
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Amanda is hoping for a reset and by about page three of Wendy J. Fox’s brilliant, immersive new novel, The Last Supper, you’ll completely understand why. She’s in a battle against clutter in her home. The kitchen is a mess, laundry is strewn about. He ...more |
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| The core emotional relationship in Mother-Daughter Murder Night is drawn from Nina Simon’s own life. In 2020, Nina’s mother announced that she had brain tumors that needed surgery. Soon, lung cancer was added to the list of medical challenges. Nina, ...more | |
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| t’s been two-and-a-half weeks since Cara Campbell was led out of a packed courtroom in handcuffs and sent off to prison. But it feels like a lifetime. She’s in a prison van heading north on I-5 in California. She’s been found guilty of murder and it ...more | |
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| As I was finishing George Orwell’s The Road to Wigan Pier, CBS 60 Minutes ran a story about the struggling economy in McDowell County, West Virginia—coal country. The story was about basic human day-to-day survival in the United States of America in ...more | |
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| Agnes Glin is a long way from home. She’s from the part of California that doesn’t “know snow” and here she is in cold Iceland—for the first time—with a whole host of issues. She misses her late grandfather. She’s basically broke, thanks to medical b ...more | |
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There’s a bizarre murder in Ethan Harris’ past, something that happened shortly after his high school graduation party. There were three people in the Pontiac Firebird heading from Minneapolis to the cabin in Mercer, Wisconsin when the car “conked out ...more |
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“Baseball can’t guard against any of those wrinkles or the delicate psychology of these precious athletic minds. Baseball is a humbling game, they say.”
― The Fireballer
― The Fireballer
“A lesson, please,” said Vic. “You might not be around to hold my hand the next time I bring down an elk.” “You’ve taken your kill for this season, mister,” Allison said. “If you learn how to do this right, you can hold one of your buddies’ hands.” She looked”
― Antler Dust
― Antler Dust
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| A Million More Pages: February 2023 Cover Hunt | 28 | 52 | Feb 28, 2023 07:20AM |
“The difference between a regular Catholic education and a Jesuit education is the difference between the army and the marines.”
― The Heart of Darkness Club
― The Heart of Darkness Club
“Work/Loaf Ratio”...I have spent fourteen years perfecting... I won't bore you with a long-winded explanation of the “W/LR” save to say that it is an algebraic formula of such complex numeric subtlety that it can be understood only by mathematicians and hobos.”
― The Heart of Darkness Club
― The Heart of Darkness Club
“I didn't offer to help him carry any of his stuff. That's the unwritten code between cabbies and movers.... It's his punishment for tricking the cab driver into playing Mayflower, because he knows he's not going to give you a tip, and so do you.”
― The Heart of Darkness Club
― The Heart of Darkness Club
“I began to parse the sentence. This is what English majors do. It's what we're trained to do. We don't know how to do anything else, except drive cabs.”
― The Heart of Darkness Club
― The Heart of Darkness Club
“One thing I had learned in college was that if you ever had a question about truth, reality, or the meaning of existence, read a novel by Albert Camus. Pretty soon you'll be so baffled you'll forget the question.”
― The Heart of Darkness Club
― The Heart of Darkness Club
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Jan 25, 2023 05:50AM
Phil -- Try Mark54.Stevens@gmail.com I gotta head back to Mancos on Friday morning, the 3rd. Head back early .... Alas. What about Tuesday the 31st?
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Mark wrote: "Philip Chip wrote: "Mark wrote: "Philip Chip wrote: "Hey Mark! Wow, look at you! Congrats on all the great books. Still have my autographed copy of Antler Dust. What do you recommend I read next of..."Coffee sounds good, would have come to see you at TC but going to a concert that night. Friday AM the 3rd? Is there a way to PM on here? Last email I have for you is dpsk12.org ;-)
Philip Chip wrote: "Mark wrote: "Philip Chip wrote: "Hey Mark! Wow, look at you! Congrats on all the great books. Still have my autographed copy of Antler Dust. What do you recommend I read next of yours?"Hey Phil! ..." I would love to. I am actually going to be in Denver next week (we live in SW Colorado now). Event at Tattered Cover Thursday night (McGregor Square) for The Fireballer ... 6 PM on Feb. 2. Let me know if you have time for coffee during the week?
Mark wrote: "Philip Chip wrote: "Hey Mark! Wow, look at you! Congrats on all the great books. Still have my autographed copy of Antler Dust. What do you recommend I read next of yours?"Hey Phil! Regards, rega..."
I'm doing great! Should grab a drink sometime and catch up. I will give one of those two a read, maybe Fireballer since opening day is just around the corner. Go Rox, sigh ;-)
Philip Chip wrote: "Hey Mark! Wow, look at you! Congrats on all the great books. Still have my autographed copy of Antler Dust. What do you recommend I read next of yours?"Hey Phil! Regards, regards. Well I think The Fireballer is a different flavor, but seems to be doing pretty well. Maybe take a look and see if it might be up your alley? Otherwise, book two in the mystery series is Buried by The Roan. Hope you're well!
Hey Mark! Wow, look at you! Congrats on all the great books. Still have my autographed copy of Antler Dust. What do you recommend I read next of yours?
Good early morning Mark, thanks for the welcome and have a great weekend too!
Not me, Sherrie -- no MFA in my pocket. I would have loved the chance to pursue one, but it's not me. Cheers !Mark
Hey, finally someone I know! Well, sort of. You are the Mark Stevens who got his MFA from NU in CW, right?
Thanks much for including me among your goodreads freinds, Mark. Want to wish you the very best in all.Namaste, jesse
Nice to find someone else who thinks highly of Jane Eyre and A Tale of Two Cities. :^)
Nice to find someone else who thinks highly of Jane Eyre and A Tale of Two Cities. :^)
Hey Mark... It's good to be with you on Goodreads...Terry
Hi Mark,Thanks for befriending me here as well as in real-life!
- Beth
