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Peter’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Peter’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Peter Rock
Goodreads Author
Born
in Salt Lake City, Utah, The United States
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March 2007
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My Abandonment
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2009
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4 editions
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Klickitat
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2016
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10 editions
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The Night Swimmers
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2019
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8 editions
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The Shelter Cycle
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2013
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14 editions
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Passersthrough
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The Bewildered
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2005
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6 editions
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The Unsettling
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2006
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7 editions
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This Is the Place
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1997
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5 editions
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The Ambidextrist: A Novel
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2002
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6 editions
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Carnival Wolves
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1998
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More about Diane Williams
Friends! A brief respite from my half-assed self-promotion; when I was writing a review of VICKY SWANKY IS A BEAUTY by Diane Williams, I remembered this tiny essay I wrote about a sentence of hers that has long bedeviled me:
http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/9325/the... Read more of this blog post »
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Peter’s Recent Updates
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Peter Rock
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Richard Olson
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Peter Rock
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Truth in advertising! "This morning, Cole, you decided to focus on your run. But you seem to be sidetracked, or anyway are focused one this tree you are leaning on, breathing and crying on it." ...more |
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So many the cliffhangers, the variations . . . "We discuss the zone of indecisiveness, the field of hesitation, the margin of vagueness. Objects need to become accustomed to us, to be persuaded." ...more |
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| I was sure I could hear the tick's scream as it retracted its hundred sharp legs and shriveled into a ball, dropping grey on to the sand. The dog lay motionless, its head on its paws. It understood we were only trying to help. ...more | |
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Much to marvel at, here. Worth the price of admission for "William Burns" (one of my all-time favorites) and the title story. "What happened next is hazy. And it's hazy because panic is contagious." "From that moment on, everything in my new supernatur ...more |
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"I try to conceal it, but I know. I am a monster and I devour my world. There is no getting away from it. I eat leftovers . . . " "I think I began to feel at home even before she had reached her car. I have grown used to these lightning strikes. I hav ...more |
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"But things have happened in the meantime." Fragmentary, uneven, fascinating, and how do I feel about publishing the short works found on Roberto's computer after his death? ...more |
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Peter Rock
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"But things have happened in the meantime." Fragmentary, uneven, fascinating, and how do I feel about publishing the short works found on Roberto's computer after his death? ...more |
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I guess I read this 34 years ago? So I was curious for various secret reasons and read it again. Well, Michael O, you really brought it, here. So rich and romantic; kind of makes most of what I'm reading these days feel a little cynical and diluted. x ...more |
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“It is important to always remember that at any time you think of it there are people being kept in buildings when they want to go outside.”
― My Abandonment
― My Abandonment
“Every problem I have comes from believing something to be true that is not true.”
― My Abandonment
― My Abandonment
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours. He will pass an invisible boundary. Don't forget this. Don't forget that thinking can get in the way. Forget the forgetting. We seek to forget ourselves, to be surprised and to do something without knowing how or why. The way of life is wonderful. It is by abandonment.”
― My Abandonment
― My Abandonment
Topics Mentioning This Author
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The Seasonal Read...:
5.3 (S.P.R.I.N.G)
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29 | 206 | Feb 25, 2010 10:42AM | |
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The Seasonal Read...:
Spring Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks
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2717 | 2515 | May 31, 2010 09:00PM | |
| Room 107, Period 6: Three Books for the Holidays | 30 | 46 | Nov 24, 2010 01:05PM | |
| Challenge: 50 Books: Cathy of PA 50 Book Challenge | 72 | 233 | Dec 31, 2010 06:50AM | |
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The Seasonal Read...:
Winter Challenge 2010-2011 Completed Tasks (do not delete any posts)
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2578 | 1112 | Feb 28, 2011 09:05PM | |
| The Life of a Boo...: Laura's 2012 TBR reading challenge list | 36 | 79 | May 14, 2012 06:04PM | |
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The Seasonal Read...:
Spring Challenge 2013 Completed Tasks - DO NOT DELETE ANY POSTS IN THIS TOPIC!
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2808 | 782 | May 31, 2013 09:02PM | |
| Around the World ...: Oregon | 11 | 234 | Oct 24, 2015 02:23PM | |
| 2026 Reading Chal...: *** Susan C's 140 Book Challenge for 2016 *** | 90 | 187 | Dec 31, 2016 07:34PM |
