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JMD Reid Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Author of The Storm Below Series, The Jewels of Illumination Series, and the upcoming Mask of Illumination series. I write #fantasy and love to read.

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Book Cover for: Recitatif: A Story, Toni Morrison

Recitatif: A Story

Toni Morrison
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“Make up a story...For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.” -Toni Morrison

Hardcover, 2022

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: H.G. Wells - Love and Mr. Lewisham: "If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting, H. G. Wells

H.G. Wells - Love and Mr. Lewisham: "If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting

H. G. Wells
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“If you are in difficulties with a book, try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it isn't expecting it.” --H.G. Wells

Paperback, 2017

$10.24$5.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Note Book: "A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit." Richard Bach, Yusuf Din

Note Book: "A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit." Richard Bach

Yusuf Din
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“A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.” --Richard Bach

Paperback, 2019

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Fall of the House of Usher: Noble, Edgar Allan Poe

The Fall of the House of Usher: Noble

Edgar Allan Poe
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“Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. For my own part, there is no seducing me from the path.” --Edgar Allan Poe

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Book Cover for: Ding! My Idea Diary: "Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable" Francis Bacon, Stephen Ambrose Hogan

Ding! My Idea Diary: "Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable" Francis Bacon

Stephen Ambrose Hogan
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“Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.” --Francis Bacon

Paperback, 2016

$5.38$2.69 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Mary Shelley - Proserpine & Midas: "Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos", Mary Shelley

Mary Shelley - Proserpine & Midas: "Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos"

Mary Shelley
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“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.” --Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Paperback, 2017

$10.24$5.12 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Them, Joyce Carol Oates

Them

Joyce Carol Oates
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“For obviously the advantage for most writers is that no one sees them. The writer is invisible, which confers power.” --Joyce Carol Oates

Paperback, 2006

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Eyes of the Dragon: A Story, Stephen King

The Eyes of the Dragon: A Story

Stephen King
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“For me, that emotional payoff is what it’s all about. I want you to laugh or cry when you read a story...or do both at the same time. I want your heart, in other words. If you want to learn something, go to school.” --Stephen King

Paperback, Mass Market, 2022

$11.99$5.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The October Country: Stories, Ray Bradbury

The October Country: Stories

Ray Bradbury
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“Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.” --Ray Bradbury

Paperback, 2001

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: What Is This Thing Called Love: Poems, Kim Addonizio

What Is This Thing Called Love: Poems

Kim Addonizio
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“Maybe you're one of those people who writes poems, but rarely reads them. Let me put this as delicately as I can: If you don't read, your writing is going to suck.” --Kim Addonizio

Paperback, 2005

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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