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Jim is Currently Reading

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Extinction Point (Extinction Point, #1)

by Paul Antony Jones (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: scifi, currently-reading

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Sep 16, 2026 10:34AM

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The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 (The Best American Series)

by James Patterson (Goodreads Author)

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Spanish Short Stories for Intermediates (B1): Learn Spanish Naturally with 8 Easy Narratives and English Translations to Build Vocabulary and Reading Confidence (Spanish Edition)

by Fluent with Stories (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: foreign-language, currently-reading

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Jim’s Quotes

“Anyone who needs more than one suitcase is a tourist, not a traveler”
― Ira Levin, Rosemary’s Baby

tags: suitcases, tourist, travel, traveler

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“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes...you're Doing Something.”
― Neil Gaiman

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“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.”
― Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu

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“The universe is a continuous web. Touch it at any point and the whole web quivers.”
― Stanley Kunitz

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“Why are some guys so fucked up?’

‘It’s a kind of sickness, I think. Or a defect of the soul.”
― Ellie Marney, None Shall Sleep

tags: serial-killer, thriller, true-crime

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Beer — 57 members — last activity Sep 06, 2013 09:52AM
Discussion of books about beer, drinking beer while reading or however beer relates to literature. Whether it's brewing, drinking, travel or just feat ...more

eReader Addicts — 10 members — last activity Jul 31, 2012 08:50PM
This is a group to discuss anything and everything that has to do with eReaders and eBooks. This is also a place where people can ask questions about ...more

History: Actual, Fictional and Legendary — 1223 members — last activity Aug 07, 2026 11:22AM
This group is for anyone whose interest in History goes beyond textbooks. While I enjoy reading books that cover actual events and actual people, I al ...more

Francophiles — 666 members — last activity Nov 25, 2023 06:27AM
This group is for everyone who loves to read and discover new books about France – the people, history, culture, or food. Both readers and authors are ...more

Worldwide Mystery & Thriller — 2179 members — last activity Sep 22, 2026 12:41PM
The place to be if you love mysteries with an 'international' flavor. Diverse authors, here: Jo Nesbo, Carmen Amato, Henry Chang, Arnaldur Indri ...more

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