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Mike’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Mike’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Mike Robbins
Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author
Born
in London, The United Kingdom
Website
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Influences
Graham Greene, J.B. Priestley, Laurie Lee, Norman Lewis, George Orwell
Member Since
January 2014
URL
/mikerobbins
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Dog!
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2015
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4 editions
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The Nine Horizons: Travels in Sundry Places
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2014
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4 editions
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Three Seasons: Three Stories of England in the Eighties
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2014
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2 editions
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The Lost Baggage of Silvia Guzmán
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2014
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The Anti-Austerity Anthology
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Such Little Accident: British Democracy and Its Enemies
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Even the Dead Are Coming
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2009
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3 editions
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On the Rim of the Sea: A Journey in Books
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Crops and Carbon: Paying Farmers to Combat Climate Change
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2011
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Politics on the Edge
Rory Stewart's fast-selling memoir: Brave man's gripping expose of British politics? Or a posh boy's exercise in self-justification?
It's more complicated than that.
It's more complicated than that.
Mike’s Recent Updates
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Mike Robbins
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To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf (October 2024)
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I read, and reviewed, this a couple of years ago. It does take persistence but I found it very rewarding in the end.
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Mike Robbins
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| Kevin Brennan’s Yesterday Road begins in northern California. An old man is picking blackberries by the side of the road. A passing driver stops, concerned that he is alone in the hot sun. Would he like a ride? But Jack is old and confused and cannot ...more | |
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Mike Robbins
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Mike Robbins
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319 other people
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Will Byrnes's review
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In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin:
"In 1933, William Dodd, a Chicago academic is appointed the first American ambassador to Hitler’s Germany. He enters this cauldron accompanied by his family, most particularly by his very modern daughter, Martha. Larson shows us the quickly changing G"
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This was a very important book for me. A long read though.
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Mike Robbins
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Alison's status update
Alison
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Mike Robbins
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| I liked this novel. It centres on Eve, an artist and teacher in � I guess � her late 30s or early 40s, who leaves London to make a new life in the faded seaside resort of Shipden. While there she will confront a difficult past. She will also form new ...more | |
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Mike Robbins
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Britain Is Better Than This: Why a Great Country is Failing Us All
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| Random Smiles: * Authors Corner | 3 | 13 | Aug 15, 2015 03:43PM | |
| Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Authors...: Now looking to interview Authors promoting new books! | 164 | 1442 | Oct 26, 2015 10:05PM | |
| Review Group: * Group 87. Novella. Mod: Chance | 186 | 67 | Jan 26, 2016 06:47PM |
“Distrust all those in whom the urge to punish is strong.”
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“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
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“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”
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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Become who you are!”
― Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
― Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None
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Michelle wrote: "Dark beer and dark chocolate go well with excellent reading. :)"And as I think I've said before, dried apricots go wonderfully with dark beer, provided it is not too bitter.
Nigeyb wrote: "Thanks for the A Time to Love and a Time to Die rec"I thought you might like that one. Of course, one can only read so many books, but you seem to defy the laws of physics in that respect!
I just put a review on Amazon. I actually read your book thinking it might help me in some way - I write books about local mores in Croatia - and thought it a terrific read. Wish I could write as elegantly as that.....I should have put a review on right away, but I saw your name on Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ, and it reminded me to do so!
Anthony
Off to the sun for an all-too-brief break next week, but will continue to read and review with the utmost dedication (see link).
