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Mara’s 2025 Year in Books
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Mara Purnhagen
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Past Midnight (Past Midnight, #1)
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2010
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One Hundred Candles (Past Midnight, #2)
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2011
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8 editions
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Raising the Dead (Past Midnight, #1.5)
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4 editions
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Beyond the Grave (Past Midnight, #3)
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2011
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9 editions
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Haunting the Night (Past Midnight, #2.5)
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2011
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Silver Whispers - Die Geisterflüsterin
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| I liked this historical mystery. TW: the case involves a brutal rape, which the victim details in a court that she knows will not believe her. | |
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| This was fun, but it went way overboard with the "storm" references. (The title is cheesy.) A good beach read. ...more | |
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These Summer Storms
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| I liked it, but there was so much going on. A character is mentioned at the end and I had no idea who he was. It was a little bit exhausting. Also-- I didn't think the second person classroom parts were necessary. ...more | |
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| I liked it, but there was so much going on. A character is mentioned at the end and I had no idea who he was. It was a little bit exhausting. Also-- I didn't think the second person classroom parts were necessary. ...more | |
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I thought the writing was really lovely, but I wanted a little more plot. Alice's story felt uneven, the ending sort of rushed. The historical elements were great. Spelling mistake on page 530. ("sstep") "Silence is a kind of wealth." (p.54) "(She) won ...more |
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I liked the two timelines and the mystery. The moss POV was interesting. "We create the conditions of our thriving." (p264) ...more |
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“You could have all the crazy thoughts you wanted, as long as you smiled and kept them to yourself.”
― Past Midnight
― Past Midnight
“Who cares what other people think? Don't let the opinions of others define you.”
― Past Midnight
― Past Midnight
“I didn't avoid my problems. I just didn't feel as though I had to focus on them every minute of every day. And telling people about certain aspects of my life would only create trouble. If I was guilty of anything, it was of trying not to bring new problems into my life. That wasn't avoidance. That was logical thinking.”
― One Hundred Candles
― One Hundred Candles
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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Mother Night
― Mother Night
“You wake up one morning, those years are gone. There's a comfort in this fact perhaps. I want to think that there must be comfort in all facts we can't alter. ”
― I Am No One You Know
― I Am No One You Know
“Everybody that went away suffered a broken heart. "I'm coming back some day," they all wrote. But never did. The old life was too small to fit anymore.”
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Debra Jo
Aug 27, 2011 10:17AM
Hi Mara.... I got my signed copy of Beyond the Grave today!!!! Thank you soooooo much and I am starting the series today!!!
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hi mara, thanks for accepting my add! can't wait to read beyond the grave, as soon as it releases :)
Hi Mara! I just started and finished Past Midnight and Raising the Dead yesterday and can't wait to get my hands one One Hundred Candles! I've always been a bit fan of ghost stories, and I love what you've done so far! You must have done a ton of research :) can't wait for more!
-Kate
Thanks for accepting my friend request, Mara.
Hi- Just to let you know...Peter: a Darkened Fairytale
AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW!!! DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER
http://www.authorhouse.co.uk/Bookstor...
Best wishes, William
I finished Past Midnight earlier today and loved it! Can't wait for the second installment. Alas, you have to be 18 to download Raising the Dead...4 months away doesn't count. But anyway, Past Midnight was great, and as someone who lives in Charleston, I would like to thank you for doing it right in your book. So cool to find a book with at least some of it set locally! Especially one with a good story. :)
Hi Mara - Thank you for your friendship. Please visit my website http://www.peteradarkenedfairytale.co.uk
to view a sample page and many other snippets about the book.
Expected release date mid-late Jan.
Best wishes, William
Hey Mara,Thanks for the friend request! I am so excited to read One Hundred Candles! I've read Past Midnight and I love it! :)
