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Ben’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Ben’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Ben Monopoli
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The Cranberry Hush
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2011
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5 editions
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The Painting of Porcupine City (Mateo, #1)
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2011
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5 editions
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Homo Action Love Story! A tall tale
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2012
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3 editions
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The Youth & Young Loves of Oliver Wade
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2015
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3 editions
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Stag: A Story
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2013
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3 editions
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Mateo Was Here (Mateo, #2)
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2018
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3 editions
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New book: MATEO WAS HERE
Got the preview copy of my newest book! On sale now. :-)
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| DNF at 50%. I'm reluctant to DNF the first two books I started in 2026 but this wasn't doing it for me and life is short. I don't think the writing is bad, but the story couldn't be more generic. And some needlessly graphic brutality of children earl ...more | |
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| DNF at 75%. I like Clive Barker so I'm sad that my first DNF of 2026 is one of his. I didn't hate it but it never pulled me in; its premise is cool but what Clive does with the world feels like the most milquetoast interpretation of the idea. His wri ...more | |
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| DNF at 75%. I like Clive Barker so I'm sad that my first DNF of 2026 is one of his. I didn't hate it but it never pulled me in; its premise is cool but what Clive does with the world feels like the most milquetoast interpretation of the idea. His wri ...more | |
“It's not about who you sleep with, or whether you know about sports or tools or have a pearl-wearing wife or whether commercials make you cry. [...] it's about whether you step up. When something hard comes along. A man steps up. He doesn't dodge it or run away from it or try to push it onto someone else. He steps up. Even if it isn't his responsibility. And that's why there are so many guys and so few men. Because stepping up is hard.”
― The Painting of Porcupine City
― The Painting of Porcupine City
“I have learned... that memories aren’t things that have to pile up and overwhelm you. They’re just colors... that shade all the new things you feel.”
― The Cranberry Hush
― The Cranberry Hush
“The bathroom door opened and Griff emerged in a cloud of steam, the grand entrance of every B-movie alien I’d ever seen. Maybe this wasn’t Griff at all but some interstellar prankster setting me up. Forget about abductions, anal probes and secret alien cookbooks—the real fun was in poking at the Earthlings’ old heartaches.”
― The Cranberry Hush
― The Cranberry Hush
“For as long as we can remember,” [Griff] said, “I mean literally our whole conscious lives, time has been neatly divided into semesters and years. Each year completely distinguishable and unique. First grade, third grade. We didn’t measure by age, we measured by grade. Like I know I broke my arm in sixth grade but I’d have to do the math to figure out what year that was, or how old I was.”
― The Cranberry Hush
― The Cranberry Hush
“I have learned... that memories aren’t things that have to pile up and overwhelm you. They’re just colors... that shade all the new things you feel.”
― The Cranberry Hush
― The Cranberry Hush
“It's not about who you sleep with, or whether you know about sports or tools or have a pearl-wearing wife or whether commercials make you cry. [...] it's about whether you step up. When something hard comes along. A man steps up. He doesn't dodge it or run away from it or try to push it onto someone else. He steps up. Even if it isn't his responsibility. And that's why there are so many guys and so few men. Because stepping up is hard.”
― The Painting of Porcupine City
― The Painting of Porcupine City
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Hi Ben,Thanks for your friendship on GR!
-Colton
Kyle wrote: "Hey Ben!Thanks very much for accepting my friend request!"
Thanks for sending it! Happy reading!
Hey Ben!Thanks very much for accepting my friend request!
Your books are definitely a good way to warm up during this Arctic Chill going on.
Thanks for accepting my friend request! You can check out my attempt to read 100 works of classic literature in under 6 years here:http://6years45000pages.blogspot.com
Ah, you are more than welcome. It is a small way to thank you for sharing yourself with us. :)
Sue wrote: "Hi Ben - thanks for the add. I just finished Porcupine City and I don't have the words to say how much I enjoyed it...."Thanks so much, Sue! I just read your review of the book and I was blown away by your kind words. I'm glad you liked it! :-)
Hi Ben - thanks for the add. I just finished Porcupine City and I don't have the words to say how much I enjoyed it. It is definitely one of those stories that will stay with me for a long time; not easily forgotten.
Matt wrote: "Hi Ben. Glad we're friends! You book looks interesting. And the reviews have convinced me to check it out!"Thanks for friending me, dude! I hope you like the book!
Lauraadriana wrote: "Thanks for adding me Ben! Still sighing over Griff and Vince :O)"You're welcome! Thank you for the great review! :-)
