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Deb’s 2023 Year in Books
Take a look at Deb’s Year in Books. The long, the short—it’s all here.
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Deb Smith
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April 2011
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Sing the Verses Out My Head
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Connected By Destiny
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"I appreciated Morrison’s style and story-arc here in Jazz, but the narrative and chronology shifts were befuddling enough that reading felt like a chore. As a descriptive period piece, it’s beautifully written, but that (to me) can’t compensate for s"
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"I found this book to be ill-defined, disjointed, and difficult to decipher. I couldn't make an essential connection with it, despite having the desire to do so. Reading it is making me feel inadequate, and therefore the experience is unpleasant. So i"
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"The perspectives switched without transition and it quickly got old, eroding my interest in the book. It seems exciting from the summary and then it is the dull backstory of characters who have failed to become interesting. There is action and excite"
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"I really wanted to like this book. I just couldn’t. I didn’t care for how it was structured as well as the narrative of the characters jumping around different time frames. The prose, while at times lyrical, others times did not make any sense to me."
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| I sometimes re-read books that I’ve read so long ago that I’ve forgotten what they were about. Jazz was one of them. My memory told me that I had read this book as a teen, more years ago than I choose to share. lol And that I liked it. In fact, I tho ...more | |
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| How could a so called religious organization justify owning, enslaving, mistreating and selling, stripping families away from each other denying them of their human rights and dignity..and then stand up and proclaim to act pious and represent God. Th ...more | |
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| I have been making my way through the Akashic Noir books off and on for a few years now and this was a very good one. Each collection of short stories in the noir fashion in the series is about a different state and city. Some I must say are hard to ...more | |
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| 59 chapters. 48 hours. And because I didn’t listen straight through..two weeks with Barbra. Or at least it felt like it. For the duration of this long audiobook I became quite comfortable listening to Barbra Streisand speaking to me and telling me th ...more | |
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| Didn’t finish. I read the first book and as much as I wanted to get into this.. I just couldn’t. I felt like the characters changed. It wasn’t holding my attention. I had to save myself and put it down. Sadly. Moving on. | |
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| I listened to the audiobook. I found this to be a very interesting and informative book about the trailblazing and heroic women of the CIA. It was always a man’s world but this book spoke of how women slowly but surely inserted themselves with their ...more | |
“He'd do what he always did, find the sweet among the bitter.”
― Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
― Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
“But there's a blessing in everything if we open our eyes.”
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“Are some people destined for a great fate, or to do great things? Or is it only that they're born somehow with that great passion -- and if they find themselves in the right circumstances, then things happen? It's the sort of thing you wonder...”
― Voyager
― Voyager
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
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“My eyes close. I am here and not here. A waking nap? A flight to the end of the galaxy and perhaps a couple of billion light-years beyond?”
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I think you would also like Judy Garland's quote"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else"
Thanks for the friend invite, Debbie! I'm making an effort to NOT add to my TBR very much this year - I don't think it worked too well for Jan - last time I checked I had added over 20!
Rowena wrote: "Hello Debbie, You're very welcome:) It's great that you seem to enjoy a lot of historical fiction, as I do. Looking forward to chatting with you about books:)"
I love historical fiction. I was just remarking the other day that almost every book on my shelves is historical fiction or involves a different culture that I'm curious about. This is what I love in books, exploration, learning.
Cheryl wrote: "Hi Debbie! Thanks for the friend request, looks like we have quite a few reads in common, looking forward to the discussions :-)"Thanks me too!:o)
Hi Debbie! Thanks for the friend request, looks like we have quite a few reads in common, looking forward to the discussions :-)
Hello Debbie, You're very welcome:) It's great that you seem to enjoy a lot of historical fiction, as I do. Looking forward to chatting with you about books:)
Was at the bookstore AGAIN yesterday..I'm so ready for 2013 challenge.
Debbie wrote: "Sarika you're welcome! :o) It looks like you are reading some really great stuff and just coming back from my hiatis from books, reading these great reviews is motivating me to get back on track!"Oh, I'm happy to hear that! Your likes and comments on my reviews always make me smile. :) I hope you have a great 2013 and you are able to catch up on your reading! Happy New Year and happy reading! :)
Sarika you're welcome! :o) It looks like you are reading some really great stuff and just coming back from my hiatis from books, reading these great reviews is motivating me to get back on track!
Thanks for your likes and comment on my reviews, Debbie! I really appreciate it. :) Thanks!
Rashaan wrote: "Hey Debbie, I saw you did the reading challenge last year and aced it! Are you going to do it this year?"No, not this year. I didnt want to obligate myself and feel pressed. I'm reading and writing this year. Last year was only reading.
Hey Debbie, I saw you did the reading challenge last year and aced it! Are you going to do it this year?
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else""
Sorry so late in responding but that is a great quote! :0)