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Curtiss’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Curtiss’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Curtiss Ann Matlock’s Followers (123)
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Curtiss Ann Matlock
Goodreads Author
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in Elizabeth City, The United States
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Fannie Flagg, Clyde Edgerton, Robin Lee Hatcher, Kaye Gibbons, Ann B.
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Member Since
December 2008
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/curtissann
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Lost Highways (Valentine, #1.5)
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1999
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13 editions
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Sweet Dreams at the Goodnight Motel (Valentine, #6)
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2004
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10 editions
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Miracle on I-40
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1988
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9 editions
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Cold Tea on a Hot Day (Valentine, #3)
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2001
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16 editions
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Recipes for Easy Living (Valentine, #5)
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2003
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7 editions
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At the Corner of Love and Heartache (Valentine, #4)
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2002
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8 editions
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Driving Lessons (Valentine, #2)
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2000
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11 editions
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Chin Up, Honey (Valentine, #7)
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2009
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13 editions
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Little Town, Great Big Life (Valentine, #8)
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2010
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11 editions
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Once Upon A Christmas: a heartwarming story of a woman's desire and determination that brings everyone home for Christmas.
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1993
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2 editions
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another Turn in the Road –Strength Training
I started back in January.
Was I being silly? I was after all simply an old granny writer. Would I be able to keep it up? The investment of time and energy, both in short supply, held me back. Also, I was too inhibited to investigate the gym by myself. (She who hauls her camper all over backroads was inhibited to walk into a gym.)
But then my teenage granddaughter came to visit. She knows about suc
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Curtiss’s Recent Updates
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"Who couldn't use a book filled with self-reflection and good, honest advice? Jacqueline Terrill, Connie Clyburn, and Teresa Smyser have compiled a collection of daily devotionals meant to guide women through life. I have to admit, I'm not much of a C"
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“Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith. I don't agree at all. They are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the Passion of Christ”
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“Relying on God has to begin all over again every day as if nothing had yet been done.”
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| This is a woman's journey novel-- or two women, Rose Coughlin and her widowed mother. The story takes place in 1930s, and the author skillfully evokes the era and the place--the city of Fort Worth in hot summer. The character of Rose, physically and ...more | |
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"I really enjoyed this book; it was a very good read and allowed the older reader to do some soul searching with the characters. It made me laugh, and cry and start journalling on my own. Will definitely be looking for more from this author."
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"Please visit Reedsy Discovery for my short and spoiler free review of this book that will be live as of 12/21/2023.
**Curtiss Ann Matlock is now on my personal list of auto-buy authors**" |
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“Foolishness is the human condition, and exactly what God handles best.”
― Cold Tea on a Hot Day
― Cold Tea on a Hot Day
“She knew he cared for her... but that it didn't matter. They each had to follow their own road.”
― White Gold
― White Gold
“He could ask Lilly to stay, and she might. But his pride refused to ask her... She had to make the choice on her own to stay. If she didn't make the choice, she'd always be looking east.”
― White Gold
― White Gold
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“We carry on. We have ourselves and we carry on- in spite of our losses and mistakes and women, I think, have more than most. We are good secret-keepers. We can tie weights to out guilt and passions, and hatred and deceitfulness, and let them sink down, so that you'd never know they existed at all. But we know. I can count all mine.”
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“Gratitude isn't a tool to manipulate the universe or God. It's a way to acknowledge our faith that everything happens for a reason even if we don't know what that reason is. ~Melody Beattie, 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact, pg. 34.”
― 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact: Meditations for Connecting with God, Self, and Others
― 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact: Meditations for Connecting with God, Self, and Others
“All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success.”
― Becoming a Writer
― Becoming a Writer
“I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn’t write anything without hope in it. ~ Oscar Hammerstein”
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“Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself...do not be disheartened by your imperfections, but always rise up with fresh courage.”
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