Gabi Coatsworth
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When to Now: A Time Travel Anthology
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Imagining Monsters: A Collection of Short Stories Inspired by Frankenstein
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Tangerine Tango: Women Writers Share Slices of Life
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2012
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A Beginner's Guide to Starting Over - a novel
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2023
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I would have given this audiobook 5 stars based solely on the reading by Derek Jacobi, which was fantastic, as you might expect. The actual diary is interesting, well-written and paints a very real picture of life in an old folks home in Holland. I s ...more |
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An intriguing premise, brought to life by author and poet Alison McBain. Set in 1751, the book imagines an America where Native Americans are still the main inhabitants. And a culture supplied by slaves from China. Spanish missionaries are bent on co ...more |
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"Hendrik Groen can be grumpy, mischievous, and even sarcastic when the occasion calls for it, but his more positive personality traits far outshine the negatives with his caring, thoughtful, and giving nature.
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"This is a wonderful heartrending, uplifting and hilarious read. It is obviously a take on Adrian Mole but featuring an elderly curmudgeon, Hendrik Groen. It is set in a north Amsterdam nursing care home which is going to experience a whistleblowing d"
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I have a feeling that listening to Michael Caine reading his memoir is the only way to read it. His inimitable voice brings the whole story alive and I can’t imagine anyone else reading it. There is plenty of name-dropping, as you might expect, but h ...more |
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I loved this seasonal story, read by the author. A little reminiscent of David Sedaris’ Santaland Diaries, but this book reads like a true memoir. The narrator’s voice, that of a fifth grader, is completely authentic, and while it might be useful to ...more | |
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Judy Mandel lays her heart on the line in this memoir about the way that the trauma of having a plane crash into the family home affects not only the family at the time, but echoed through the decades. The most recent person to come to grief is the a ...more | |

“Giving up is always an option, but not always a failure.”
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet

“I didn’t want anybody seeing my fire until I burned them with it.”
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet

“The storm before the calm.”
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet

“In other words, I tasted a different drug. A drug called progress.”
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet

“It was evening and would be when I woke. No matter. From the maple tree the Red-tail spoke.”
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
― Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet

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I am glad to meet you. How are you doing as of lately?
I have been writing on my third dark fantasy book, Moonwarriors: In An Blackened Dawn. You should check out my new website, then leave your thoughts and ideas on it.
Keep On Reading . . .
http://authorrustynugent.wix.com/moon...
Best wishes from Majenta