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Gene’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gene’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Gene Desrochers
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Michael Connelly, JD Salinger, Donna Tartt, Stephen King, William Gold
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April 2017
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| The art is truly wonderful. Beautiful lighting adds a thoughtful dimension to this New Orleans noir. The realism with which the various animals are anthropomorphized to suit their natural characteristics made this book a pleasure to read. I did find ...more | |
"My book, coming from St. Martin's Minotaur in May. Hope you enjoy it!"
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| Dope Thief is not a wild romp through the crime world of Philadelphia. Rather, it is the gravelly voice of a woman who smoked from the age of 12 and didn't stop until her lungs collapsed under the weight of her addiction and the world's tragic trajec ...more | |
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| Winslow's novel focuses on Danny Ryan, an Irish mid-level mobster who does some of the dirty work but puts family above all. He's operating at a time when the mob in Providence, Rhode Island is dying, particularly the Irish mob at the hands of the It ...more | |
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“Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life.”
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“You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face”
― You Only Live Twice
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face”
― You Only Live Twice
“I am a poet in deeds--not often in words.”
― Goldfinger
― Goldfinger
“Does anyone ever get tired of being brave, Prosper?” I put my tiny hand in his.
He squeezed it gently and said,” Sure they do little darlin’, people get tired of being brave all the time.”
“What happens then, Prosper?” I was looking at him now, the weight of the world on my shoulders.
I heard something catch in the back of his throat and he had to clear it before he went on. “Why they call on someone who has some brave left over, that’s what they do honey.”
“Prosper?”
“Yes Raine?”
“Do you have any brave left over?”
“Little darlin’, just so happens I been saving up a bunch of brave just for you.”
― Game Changer
He squeezed it gently and said,” Sure they do little darlin’, people get tired of being brave all the time.”
“What happens then, Prosper?” I was looking at him now, the weight of the world on my shoulders.
I heard something catch in the back of his throat and he had to clear it before he went on. “Why they call on someone who has some brave left over, that’s what they do honey.”
“Prosper?”
“Yes Raine?”
“Do you have any brave left over?”
“Little darlin’, just so happens I been saving up a bunch of brave just for you.”
― Game Changer
“Real men are the ones who go to sleep next to you at night, wake up next to you in the morning and hold you in their hearts all the hours in between.”
― Game Changer
― Game Changer
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