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Joe Hill
Goodreads Author
Born
in Bangor, Maine, The United States
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Revolver - The Beatles, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC, Close Enc
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November 2016
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NOS4A2
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2013
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91 editions
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Heart-Shaped Box
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2007
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46 editions
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Horns
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2009
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97 editions
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The Fireman
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2016
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61 editions
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Locke & Key, Vol. 2: Head Games
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2009
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Locke & Key, Volume 3: Crown of Shadows
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2010
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30 editions
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20th Century Ghosts
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2005
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Locke & Key, Vol. 4: Keys to the Kingdom
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2011
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Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks
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2013
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Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega
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2014
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Ideal reading conditions:
I have an easy chair in a room full of books. It's set close to a window and catches the strong morning light. I usually have the first cup of tea there and read about ten pages, sunshine on my shoulders, feet on a leather ottoman.
Then I'm back in the late afternoon for the fourth and final cup of tea of the day. By then the sun has moved to the other side of the house, so Read more of this blog post »
I have an easy chair in a room full of books. It's set close to a window and catches the strong morning light. I usually have the first cup of tea there and read about ten pages, sunshine on my shoulders, feet on a leather ottoman.
Then I'm back in the late afternoon for the fourth and final cup of tea of the day. By then the sun has moved to the other side of the house, so Read more of this blog post »
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" 4.0⭐ “I have my freedom, but I don't have much time.”
- A good story, a grand experience - *major spoilers* The word ‘gimmick’ has an ugly connotation, but throwing one in every now and then is like finding a rad prize in a box of cereal. Presentati" Read more of this review » |
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"This fictional account of the great plague hitting London in 1665 is an interesting snapshot of life at that time. With no real characters within the text (except the city itself, I guess) we get to see how far we’ve come in 350+ years but also how m"
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“Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don’t know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.”
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“Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.”
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“The best way to get even with anyone is to put them in the rearview mirror on your way to something better.”
― Horns
― Horns
“She breathed deeply of the scent of decaying fiction, disintegrating history, and forgotten verse, and she observed for the first time that a room full of books smelled like dessert: a sweet snack made of figs, vanilla, glue, and cleverness.”
― NOS4A2
― NOS4A2
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“The smallest indivisible human unit is two people, not one; one is a fiction. From such nets of souls societies, the social world, human life springs.”
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“Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some.”
― The Handmaid’s Tale
― The Handmaid’s Tale
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Joe wrote: "The FiremanThe Fireman is a finalist for a GoodReads Award in Horror! I'm not sure it's really a horror novel, but it has scary parts, and winning prizes is always fun, so if you ..."
Thanx, Joe, but I'd rather have McMurtry do the toe-licking honors. Corgis rock!
The FiremanThe Fireman is a finalist for a GoodReads Award in Horror! I'm not sure it's really a horror novel, but it has scary parts, and winning prizes is always fun, so if you feel inclined to vote for it, I WILL LICK BETWEEN YOUR TOES IN GRATITUDE.*
*not really
