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Gina’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Gina’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Gina Harris
Goodreads Author
Born
in Portland, OR, The United States
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November 2008
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https://www.goodreads.com/gmharris
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Cara
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2014
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Family Blood
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2014
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Family Ghosts
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2 editions
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Morgan
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Family Reunion (Family Blood, # 3)
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Movies about death: The Farewell and Shadowlands
I did do some writing on media about death previously:
https://sporkful.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-year-or-so-of-magical-reading.html
Even though that post title indicates a focus on reading, the arc on Blackish where Bow's father dies had a big impact.
There were movies that were part of this too, with mixed results.
The Farewell (2019)
This one touched me a lot. I did actually reference (though not very
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| It very much captures growing up Latinx in the 80s in Fresno, though I think it might be a little too specific to have aged well. I am not sure how much it would interest modern kids, but at least things usually end reasonably well for the protagonis ...more | |
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Interesting, but not really deep. There is some interesting background on the film making process that makes it kind of amazing that movies ever do get made. |
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Pretty thorough and well-organized with lots of examples. May be more information than you need. |
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I really hated this one, though I realize not everyone will. The author was inspired by some writing of Picasso, and provides an excerpt from that work, Hunk of Skin. I can see that this would be a reasonable companion to that, but that I wouldn't like ...more |
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“Sometimes you have to kind of die inside in order to rise from your own ashes and believe in yourself and love yourself to become a new person.”
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“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
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“Look you wanna know the truth? I don’t really care about the
stats or the cup or the trophy or anything like that. In fact even the games aren’t that important to me. What matters to me is the perfect throw, making the perfect catch, the perfect step and block. Perfection. That's what it's about. It's those moments. When you can feel the perfection of creation. The beauty the physics you know the wonder of mathematics. The elations of action and reaction and that is the kind of perfection that I want to be connected to.”
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stats or the cup or the trophy or anything like that. In fact even the games aren’t that important to me. What matters to me is the perfect throw, making the perfect catch, the perfect step and block. Perfection. That's what it's about. It's those moments. When you can feel the perfection of creation. The beauty the physics you know the wonder of mathematics. The elations of action and reaction and that is the kind of perfection that I want to be connected to.”
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“In an era when metaphysical and existential certainties are in a state of crisis, when people are being uprooted and alienated and are losing their sense of what this world means, this ideology inevitably has a certain hypnotic charm. To wandering humankind it offers an immediately available home: all one has to do is accept it, and suddenly everything becomes clear once more, life takes on new meaning, and all mysteries, unanswered questions, anxiety, and loneliness vanish. Of course, one pays dearly for this low-rent home: the price is abdication of one’ s own reason, conscience, and responsibility, for an essential aspect of this ideology is the consignment of reason and conscience to a higher authority. The principle involved here is that the center of power is identical with the center of truth.”
― The Power of the Powerless
― The Power of the Powerless
“If the main pillar of the system is living a lie, then it is not surprising that the fundamental threat to it is living the truth. This is why it must be suppressed more severely than anything else.”
― The Power of the Powerless
― The Power of the Powerless
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HELENE wrote: "BOOK REVIEWS:Thanks for accepting my friend-vite. I am a novice author wishing to increase my book sales by increasing book reviews. Kindly refer to the URL link on my profile page for a better un..."
This isn't how I use Goodreads connections.
Majenta wrote: "Hi, Gina! Thanks for contacting me! Congratulations on your books. I hope you are well and having a great week. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Take care, stay warm, be blessed!Best ..."
Great! I'm looking forward to seeing what books you like.
Hi, Gina! Thanks for contacting me! Congratulations on your books. I hope you are well and having a great week. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Take care, stay warm, be blessed!Best wishes from Majenta
