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J.J.’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at J.J.’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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J.J. Lair
Goodreads Author
Born
in Glen Ridge, The United States
November 12, 1970
Website
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Genre
Influences
Member Since
September 2012
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Dear Pen Pal
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1998
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3 editions
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Dream Dancing
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2007
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4 editions
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Mix Tapes and Stolen Tests (Mix Tape #2)
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2015
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2 editions
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Murder in the Mirror
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2023
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Mix Tapes and Stuff (Mix Tape #1)
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2014
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Mix Tapes and Empty Buildings
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Say Only Good Things- Crystal Hefner and legacy
I recently got the audio book version of “Say Only Good Things.” I put a positive review on Goodreads. Her story is interesting and there is a hopeful end for her. Perhaps you will never hear of her and she may be fine with that.
This post is about Hugh Hefner. Many years ago he was portrayed as this suave guy surrounded by women and money. Playboy magazine had nudity and that for many was the
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J.J.’s Recent Updates
"Billy Joel's career as a singer/songwriter/piano man took a surprisingly tortuous path to fruition and could have gone off the rails many times along the way but he kept going and despite many serious setbacks and betrayals within the music business "
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"I admit that although I am a Billy Joel fan- I didn’t know much about him. I found this a fascinating account of his life and career. It follows his quite difficult childhood.
He started in a garage bands and writing music. They persuaded him to recor" Read more of this review » |
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"The rating pings between 3 and 4 stars but since Joel, like his friend Springsteen, is one of our tri-state (PA/NJ/DE) musical heroes from the 70's/80's I'll lean on the complimentary side. Author Schruers does a nice job with the family tree details"
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"I think most celebrity biographies are dullest in the opening chapters and only really get interesting as the person's career takes off, but I had the opposite experience with "Billy Joel" -- Joel's family history is fascinating, for fans as well as "
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This is better than I thought it would be. The one off-putting aspect is that the author goes off on tangents and goes off story timeline at times. That gets annoying. He races through the making of “Glass Houses.” Too bad, I liked that album. I knew ...more |
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“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”
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“There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it”
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“Whether he is an artist or not, the photographer is a joyous sensualist, for the simple reason that the eye traffics in feelings, not in thoughts.”
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“I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.”
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“So many books, so little time.”
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Hi, J.J.Thanks for the recommendation of Jon's book. Perfect for my grandson! Have a good weekend and stay safe, Alice D
