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Andrea’s 2022 Year in Books
Take a look at Andrea’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
Andrea K. Höst’s Followers (781)
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Andrea K. Höst
Goodreads Author
Born
in Sweden
Website
Twitter
Genre
Influences
Member Since
May 2010
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/andreakhost
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Stray (Touchstone, #1)
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2011
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10 editions
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Lab Rat One (Touchstone, #2)
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2011
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7 editions
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Caszandra (Touchstone, #3)
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2011
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4 editions
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Gratuitous Epilogue (Touchstone, #4)
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2011
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3 editions
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And All the Stars
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2012
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5 editions
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The Silence of Medair (Medair, #1)
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2010
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5 editions
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Hunting
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2013
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4 editions
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Champion of the Rose (Darest, #1)
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2010
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The Touchstone Trilogy
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2011
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Voice of the Lost (Medair, #2)
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2011
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Four Kings Release!
Here at last! Sorry for a slow writing year.
In a huge contrast to Firsts, Kings has only a single (somewhat involved) sex scene. It has a lot of extended family though, and we (technically) meet all the parents. That's a lot of parents!
Four Kings
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Continuing the story of 'The Book of Firsts'.Mika Niles always thought boyfriends way too much effort. Now she has three of them.
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| The first of the Alleyn mysteries is a confused and not particularly impressive piece. Exotic daggers, secret societies, unnecessary torture scenes. Alleyn is also all over the place, closer to Campion than the ascetic grandee of later books. Strippe ...more | |
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| A readable novella. The blurb does it something of a disservice, as it makes it sound like Fellian has some monumental secret, but the 'secret' appears to simply be her apparent back story. This left me waiting for a secret to be revealed that wasn't ...more | |
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A standalone from King, and a compelling visit to a 70s commune, mixed with a current-day serial killer investigation. Kept my attention throughout. Both the police detective and one of the characters (Rob) came across as really interesting people. |
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| A quiet story slightly marred by our characters parting for Reasons that were not very strong Reasons. | |
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| I've a soft spot for the Ghost Ship style story - where (whether in space or Earth) a group explores an abandoned and possibly haunted Marie Celeste. On the flip side, I generally don't like these stories when they're told in retrospect from the sole ...more | |
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The Book of Firsts = 60. Four Kings = 1. A story about getting to know each other better, and enjoying happy moments. [And also parents.] |
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| This one spends less time on Maigret being tough. There's a strong focus on the characters of the suspects/criminals, which is not unusual for detective fiction. Again, moderately interesting but not capturing me. ...more | |
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| A famous series I've never read before. It's taking a fairly hard-bitten route, (view spoiler), and was an interesting enough read without real ...more | |
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| Wherever you sit on the question of Richard III, this book serves as an excellent window into the value of primary over secondary historical resources. The most powerful part is in the(view spoiler) ...more | |
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Exceedingly depressing account of a guy with his own personal harem somehow managing to be a vanguard for feminism. Equally depressing the two steps forward one step back nature of social progression. I watched a lot of the Linda Carter series of Wond ...more |
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“I blame Doctor Who. Mr Spock. The Scooby Gang: both the ones in the Mystery Machine and the ones with the stakes. I've spent my life with stories of people who don't walk away, who go back for their friends, who make that last stand. I've been brainwashed by Samwise Gamgee.”
― Stray
― Stray
“A metric fuckton of dumb so epically mind-destroyingly beyond a bad idea that there's not a chance they would go there.”
― Lab Rat One
― Lab Rat One
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| Challenge: 50 Books: Vicki's 2011 Books | 13 | 61 | Dec 10, 2011 06:01AM | |
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| Aussie Readers: 2012 Aussie Authors - with a twist! | 491 | 395 | Dec 21, 2012 07:26PM | |
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| Aussie Readers: Annual Aussie Author Challenge 2013 | 632 | 379 | Dec 21, 2013 09:08PM |
“Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.”
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“Frankly, I wish I could make my heart quit doing an extra thump when Wolfe says satisfactory, Archie. It's childish.”
― The Silent Speaker
― The Silent Speaker
“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”
― A Civil Campaign
― A Civil Campaign
“Horses are of a breed unique to Fantasyland. They are capable of galloping full-tilt all day without a rest. Sometimes they do not require food or water. They never cast shoes, go lame or put their hooves down holes, except when the Management deems it necessary, as when the forces of the Dark Lord are only half an hour behind. They never otherwise stumble. Nor do they ever make life difficult for Tourists by biting or kicking their riders or one another. They never resist being mounted or blow out so that their girths slip, or do any of the other things that make horses so chancy in this world. For instance, they never shy and seldom whinny or demand sugar at inopportune moments. But for some reason you cannot hold a conversation while riding them. If you want to say anything to another Tourist (or vice versa), both of you will have to rein to a stop and stand staring out over a valley while you talk. Apart from this inexplicable quirk, horses can be used just like bicycles, and usually are. Much research into how these exemplary animals come to exist has resulted in the following: no mare ever comes into season on the Tour and no stallion ever shows an interest in a mare; and few horses are described as geldings. It therefore seems probable that they breed by pollination. This theory seems to account for everything, since it is clear that the creatures do behave more like vegetables than mammals. Nomads appears to have a monopoly on horse-breeding. They alone possess the secret of how to pollinate them.”
― The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
― The Tough Guide to Fantasyland
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Andrea, thank you for accepting my friend request.I've downloaded and look forward to reading Stray.
Wishing you the very best!
Taylor wrote: "I ordered the paperback version and it arrived today. I'm so stoked! I can't wait to read it again! I'm talking about And All The Stars."I hope it works well for you in the re-read. :)
I ordered the paperback version and it arrived today. I'm so stoked! I can't wait to read it again! I'm talking about And All The Stars.
Taylor wrote: "I must say that And All the Stars is one of the best books I have ever read."I'm glad you liked it Taylor. :)
I must say that And All the Stars is one of the best books I have ever read.
Louise wrote: "can't wait for the novel to come out down under, And All the Stars sounds exciting."It's as out as it will be in Australia. Not available in stores except by special order. (Can take around six weeks for it to show up on catalogue listings though.)
Wendy Darling wrote: "This excites me GREATLY. You have no idea. Thanks for the heads up! Now you'll have to put up with us harassing you about it from now until then, hah.I'm not sure any amount of harassment could overcome my current Star Wars: The Old Republic addiction. But I am making progress. It'll be a next year release I think.
Andrea wrote: "Thanks for the friend request, Wendy!As for the survivalist story...well, it mutated somewhat, but...
You and Flannery totally derailed me from thebook I was theoretically putting out in March, and I've been working on this ever since. Though have only managed to move the poor girl an inch or two."
This excites me GREATLY. You have no idea. Thanks for the heads up! Now you'll have to put up with us harassing you about it from now until then, hah.
And thank you for accepting! I'm glad to be in touch more regularly. :)
