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John’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at John’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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John Prather
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in Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, The United States
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Joseph Heller, Mark Twain, Jonathan Swift, John Steinbeck. Pat McMahon
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May 2012
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The Jesus Nut
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2021
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The Adminisphere
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Labor's role in the 1958 senatorial elections
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Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction No. 15: April 2023
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John’s Recent Updates
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| My previous Philip Roth experience was American Pastoral, whose theme (to me) was "No matter how much you do for your kids, it's never enough." How depressing. But in light of the author's place among the pantheon of most-decorated American authors, ...more | |
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| I've wanted to read Breakfast with Buddha since 2021, when BookLife's review said readers would like my novel The Jesus Nut if they enjoyed Christopher Moore's Lamb and this novel. Indeed, although very different, my novel has much in common with BwB ...more | |
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| Christopher Moore has done it again, merging history, literature, folklore, art, and weirdness to create yet another fantastic novel. Set within the intellectual and creative hub of early 20th-century Vienna, Moore crafts a story that includes the Vi ...more | |
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| Christopher Moore has done it again, merging history, literature, folklore, art, and weirdness to create yet another fantastic novel. Set within the intellectual and creative hub of early 20th-century Vienna, Moore crafts a story that includes the Vi ...more | |
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| Another fun Carl Hiaasen read, this the story of a reporter sent to cover the winner of the Florida state lottery. Florida weirdness, theft, fraud, incompetent bad guys, Hooters, and philanderers ensue, along with the flawed good guy meets flawed goo ...more | |
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| I do my best to avoid reviewing books based upon what I want them to be. When people say something I've written wasn't what they thought it should be, I invite them to write the story their own way. With that said, I cannot overlook the fact that I f ...more | |
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| I'll start by saying that I absolutely loved Lunatics, which Zweibel co-wrote with Dave Barry. In some ways, this falls short. It's not as funny, nor as zany, nor as quick a read. On the other hand, it's richer than Lunatics, more than just a comic a ...more | |
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I Love My Humor Dark. No Sugar, No Cream
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I Love My Humor Dark. No Sugar, No Cream
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A celebration and conversation of all literature that is of the intelligent dark humor or satirical variety.