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Praise for Quiet Books

Praise for Quiet Books

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Shawn Smucker
Feb 10, 2025
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I have an affinity for quiet books, books in which the writer meanders with beautiful sentences, takes their time in creating settings and characters and subtle conflicts. Books like Jayber Crow, A Psalm for the Wild-Built, Small Things Like These, and Orbital (while I didn’t completely appreciate this one, it is definitely a quiet book). Books that see…

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