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Ken Oder
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The Closing (Whippoorwill Hollow, #1)
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2014
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The Judas Murders (Whippoorwill Hollow, #3)
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Old Wounds to the Heart (Whippoorwill Hollow, #2)
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2015
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Keeping the Promise
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The Princess of Sugar Valley
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The Old Bull
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2016
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Cats
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The Closing
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O Encerramento
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The Killer Storm
On August 20, 1969, Cindy and I awoke at 2 a.m. to a roaring, pounding din on the tin roof of our house in White Hall, Virginia. We jumped out of bed and ran to the window.
Lightning streaked across the sky. Thunder crashed. Through a silver sheet of water, we could barely see the big oak beside the house, its thick branches bowed downward, a lake swirling around the base of its trunk.
“Hardest rain
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| Opens slowly, then picks up, but slows down in the middle, and speeds up again. A strong presentation of the heart breaking struggles of being homosexual in the early 1900's. A moving love story. Worth the read, but requires patience and stamina. ...more | |
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“The same hideous cat-piss-scented, lime-green carpet that polluted the lobby graced the floor.”
― The Judas Murders
― The Judas Murders
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“Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know.”
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“His dad had told him many times that the definition of a real man is one who cries without shame, reads poetry with his heart, feels opera in his soul, and does what’s necessary to defend a woman.”
― Where the Crawdads Sing
― Where the Crawdads Sing
“There'll be times when the only refuge is books. Then you'll read as if you meant it, as if your life depended on it.”
― The Killing of the Tinkers
― The Killing of the Tinkers
“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.”
― Books and You
― Books and You
“The old forests are going and once they are gone we will have to wait a thousand years or more to see their like. Though nothing will be allowed such a generous measure of time to grow.”
― Barkskins
― Barkskins
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Ken, thank you for accepting my friend request.I've downloaded and look forward to reading The Closing.
Wishing you the very best!