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Jes is Currently Reading

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Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)

by Pierce Brown (Goodreads Author)

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Reading for the 2nd time

read in September 2018

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Jes said: " Goddammit Brown, stop killing people and bringing them back! When people die now, there's like a 50% chance of them not actually being dead. And in the meantime I'm going through George R.R. Martin level of trauma only for things to be magically okay ...more "

Jun 08, 2026 03:57PM · see review

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The History of Money: A Story of Humanity

by David McWilliams

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Dec 15, 2025 03:51PM

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Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

by Daniel Goleman (Goodreads Author)

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Jes’s Quotes

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

tags: books, magic, reading

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“What do you despise? By this are you truly known.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

tags: muad-dib, princess-irulan

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“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.”
― Richard Adams, Watership Down

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“My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today.”
― Richard Adams, Watership Down

tags: death, grief, loss

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