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Ken’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ken’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Ken Oder
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https://www.goodreads.com/ken_oder
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The Closing (Whippoorwill Hollow, #1)
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2014
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6 editions
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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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3 editions
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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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| This is a unique book. Some reviewers pan it as a stock story with graphic porn. It's not that. Although there is graphic porn, it serves a purpose. Initially, I thought it would spin out to be a story about an Epstein-like heinous predator, an older ...more | |
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| I'm an avid Anne Tyler admirer, but this one didn't ring my bell. Rebecca and a cast of Tyler's trademark quirky characters have their moments, but the first half of the book is exceedingly tedious. Almost nothing happens. When Rebecca's old boyfrien ...more | |
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| Anne Tyler is the master of the quirky character that fascinates you. This story is filled with them. The protagonist is the best of the lot, maybe the best of all Tyler's novels I've read so far. Trapped in a suffocating existence where her older hu ...more | |
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| Living in LA for 50 years, I was unaware of Luis Rodriguez, which proves one of the central points of this book. We come from different cultures and lived in two different worlds while growing into old age almost within shouting distance of each othe ...more | |
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| Living in LA for 50 years, I was unaware of Luis Rodriguez, which proves one of the central points of this book. We come from different cultures and lived in two different worlds while growing into old age almost within shouting distance of each othe ...more | |
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| One of the better epistolary novels I have read. This device is confining, usually leading to confusing plot lines with large holes and stunted character development. The author here overcomes those obstacles and spins out an engaging story of an eld ...more | |
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| This is a wonderful story, surprisingly strong for a debut novel. At times, the characters are frustrating, unable to break out of frustrating traits that beguile growth and maturity over time. It is nevertheless often extremely moving and engaging. ...more | |
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| This is actually a compendium of four novellas, stand-alone stories with a few interrelating characters and some crossover plot lines. Air, the first, is a solid 5, exceptional, moving, exciting. The others are interesting, but not as good. Still, a ...more | |
“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!
