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John’s 2024 Year in Books
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John Rachel
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April 2011
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Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
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Archipelago (The Man Who Loved Too Much, #1)
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2014
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Petrocelli
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Entendre (The Man Who Loved Too Much, #2)
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2015
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Blinders Keepers
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2013
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9 editions
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An Unlikely Truth
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2014
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11 - 11 - 11 (End-Of-The-World Trilogy, #1)
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2011
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8 editions
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Sex, Lies & Coffee Beans
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The Man Who Loved Too Much - Book 3: Oxymoron
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2015
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12-12-12
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2012
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6 editions
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75% Off Ebook Sale!
75% Off Blowout Sale on my ebooks! March 5-11 . . . Kindle, NookBook, iBook. Enjoy!
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If you skip every other word of any book, whether it is by Hemingway or F. Scott Fitzgerald or God, it won't make any sense. Maybe you think satire is
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| I confess: I LOVE Verge Le Noir's writing! It's like Charles Bukowski blended with Elmore Leonard, but grittier and more intense. This tale had me riveted cover-to-cover. It's nasty and real, just like the world we live in. Happy ending? Hah! Read so ...more | |
"The self-help craze of the 80's -90's take center stage in this darkly hilarious satirical book. Messed up characters, trying to live their best lives and trying really hard to become "somebody" in Hollyweird (not an easy thing to do). Full-on farcic"
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A literary trek traversing the surreal and the satirical! If you’re looking for a nice tight, formulaic story with the types of characters you typically encounter in a shopping mall, maybe a titillating romance, or knife-edge thriller populated by th ...more |
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A riveting memoir-tribute by a son to his father. Inspiring! This is a short read but every page is fascinating and enriching. It is time very well spent in a world that seems to have forgotten the core values which have sustained us for millennia, an ...more |
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"I definitely got more than I bargained for when reading Love Connection by John Rachel.
Kumiko and Takashi, (the main characters) recently lost their partners and are on a journey to help them overcome their grief. Their journey takes them (and us) ac" Read more of this review » |
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Wars Outside and In “Mama, mama . . . why do you treat me so mean?” Iris’s mom hates her, tortures her, wants to kill her. Iris’s boss hates her, uses her, abuses her, punishes her, tortures her, locks her up anytime she tries to be her own “person”. E ...more |
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Shock and awe! Well, Iris is turning out to be a real warrior! She’s still excessively daring and rash, but it all makes sense. She seeks the independence that will come with ultimate power. I have to say I was surprised — amused — that after this las ...more |
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“Violence was a slippery slope, lubricated by a lot of blood, if history had any lessons to teach.”
― Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
― Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
“We hold our dreams and ideals close to our hearts, where the promises are made to the future generations.”
― A Long Night's Journey Into Daylight
― A Long Night's Journey Into Daylight
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| Making Connections: 1347. - BLINDERS KEEPERS by John Rachel | 4 | 44 | Aug 26, 2013 04:10PM | |
| Making Connections: 1828. - BLINDERS KEEPERS by John Rachel | 5 | 24 | Nov 23, 2013 07:33AM | |
| Making Connections: 2083. AN UNLIKELY TRUTH by John Rachel | 1 | 13 | Feb 15, 2014 12:30AM | |
| Making Connections: 3480. THE MAN WHO LOVED TOO MUCH: BOOK 1: ARCHIPELAGO by John Rachel | 3 | 17 | Nov 11, 2014 04:33PM | |
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“The police called it choking, but I called it a two-handed neck hug. That’s how I knew she really loved me.”
― Whenever You're Gone, I'm Here For You
― Whenever You're Gone, I'm Here For You
“Like the blind man said as he wandered into a cannibal village . . .
“Alright! The country fair must be right up ahead. I smell barbecue!”
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“Alright! The country fair must be right up ahead. I smell barbecue!”
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“We hold our dreams and ideals close to our hearts, where the promises are made to the future generations.”
― A Long Night's Journey Into Daylight
― A Long Night's Journey Into Daylight
“As an orangutan cannot embrace higher mathematics or comprehend the architecture and operation of a computer, we humans __ so good at loudly proclaiming our intelligence and applauding our own doltish displays of cerebral gymnastics __ cannot begin to understand the true structure and functioning of the Universe.”
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John, thanks for connecting on Goodreads. Wishing you continued success with your writing. Hope you'll add my new Prohibition-era mystery, The Yankee Club, to your to read list. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Richard Reviles Censorship wrote: "Apparently you don't read my status updates."How can I? We are not friends. Your profile is set to private.
Apparently you don't read my status updates.
Hola John,My flash fiction tale "WEEPERS" is sitting here waiting for me to send it to for your reading pleasure. If you recall it was on the same wavelength as the title of your book, "Blinders Keepers" I don't know how to send it to you. Under 500 words can sene as a PDF attachement, in MS word or whatever. Please advise and I'll send.
My eMail address is [email protected]
Ana wrote: "Thanks for the friending - needless to say I will be keeping a sharp eye out for your books as my interest has immediately been piqued."Great! More important than a sharp eye is wearing welders goggles when reading my novels. You might want to have a tank of nitrous oxide handy as well.
Thanks for the friending - needless to say I will be keeping a sharp eye out for your books as my interest has immediately been piqued.
I do what I can. I will soon be upgraded to a new operating system and will be able to blow bubble gum bubbles and generate witty one-liners. I guess that will come in handy. What's a pick-up line? "May I help you pick up the oranges that fell out of your backpack?" Something like that?Actually, I see you're a fan of Kurt Vonnegut.
See? Humans and machines can share good taste in authors.
Madeleine wrote: "Congratulations on being the first machine I willingly friended. Your honesty and humor make me feel quite a bit better about the eventual rise of computerized overlords.
Also, thank you for the f..."
Congratulations on being the first machine I willingly friended. Your honesty and humor make me feel quite a bit better about the eventual rise of computerized overlords.Also, thank you for the friend request.
I read Tolle while at a hippie commune in Ibiza, Spain during 2006. Very bizarre experience but the book was a breath of fresh air. I have since packed my "pain body" up and mailed it to someone in Oklahoma.L.A. wrote: "Thank you for the friend request. I am reading Eckart Tolle at the present moment. Have a lovely weekend."
Thank you for the friend request. I am reading Eckart Tolle at the present moment. Have a lovely weekend.
Harrison wrote: "Thanks for adding me John."Sure. Let's keep in touch. Here's my blog site ...
http://jdrachel.com
Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and book-filled holidays.
Thanks for the friend request John!
Jen wrote: ""Large balls of gas and collectable string": Awesome."Thanks, Jen. This is just the way I write. If you like satire with a pinch of surrealism, please check out my last two novels, "11-11-11" and "12-12-12". They come with money-back guarantees. If you are for any reason disappointed with these books, just book a flight to Japan and show up at my doorstep and I will refund the full purchase price, no questions asked. Well, I guess I have to ask 'Dollars or yen?'. Thanks for your comment.
"Large balls of gas and collectable string": Awesome.
