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T/James Reagan

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Born

in Syracuse, NY, The United States

Website

http://tjamesreagan.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Fiction, Contemporary, Chick Lit

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May 2013

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T/James Reagan is a post-Empire novelist and playwright from New Jersey.

His debut novel, "Famous For Nothing," is a satire of celebrity blogs.

His second novel, "Empire Waste," is an exploration of New York's fashion industry.

His third novel, "Leeds House," is a cabin in the woods novel for the millennial generation.

His fourth novel, "lovetrust" was written while Reagan was in college, and has now been released. It provides a post-Empire view of life and love in college.

The story of "lovetrust" continues in Reagan's fifth novel, "beach house burning" which takes place 15 years after the first novel was written.

After deleting his popular tumblr, HBGWHEM, Reagan chose to adapt the blog into a novel, Hot Blonde Girls With Heavy Eye Makeup, whic ...more

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T/James Reagan's Blog

shia labeouf & david mamet's road out of hell

i wrote and narrated an hour long post-empire deconstruction of henry johnson & the film's increasingly relevant themes of suicidal empathy, redemption, and manipulation.

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T/James Reagan’s books

Average rating: 3.77 · 70 ratings · 12 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Leeds House 3.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Famous For Nothing 3.44 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	lovetrust (Ballad Of A Thin Man #1) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empire Waste 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	beach house burning (Ballad Of A Thin Man Book 2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	HOT BLONDE GIRLS WITH HEAVY EYE MAKEUP 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Southland Tales: The Complete Saga really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	beach house burning (Ballad of a Thin Man #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beach House Burning it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	MISS JULIE 2020 by T/James Reagan (Goodreads Author), August Strindberg (Original Playwright) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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T/James is Currently Reading

T/James Reagan is currently reading

Normal People

by Sally Rooney (Goodreads Author)

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Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood

by David Mamet

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Blonde

by Joyce Carol Oates

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T/James Reagan made a comment on 2026 Updates, Year End Lists and links to even more of my Year-End Lists " fantastic to hear that everything is coming together for the bookie and the bruiser. i'm curious, did you watch mamet's 'henry johnson' this year? if ...more "
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T/James Reagan entered a giveaway See You on the Other Side by Jay McInerney (Goodreads Author) 30 copies available, ends on February 02, 2026 Enter to win »
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T/James Reagan wants to read Goldberg Street: Short Plays and Monologues (Mamet, David) by David Mamet	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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T/James Reagan wants to read A Ghost at Noon by Alberto Moravia	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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T/James Reagan wants to read Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder by Evelyn Waugh	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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T/James Reagan wants to read Early Work by Andrew Martin (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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T/James Reagan rated a book really liked it The Secret History by Donna Tartt	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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just in case you're feeling that last pang of summertime sadness, i made 'beach house burning' free to own this week on kindle! if you enjoy it- or even if you don't- please leave a review on here! https://www.amazon.com/beach-house-bu... ...more
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Quotes by T/James Reagan (?)

“It was the explosion of EDM music where profit margins were exponentially higher because the entire under-aged clientele arrived totally fucked up on pills and needed to stay hydrated at the price of $7 per bottle for water.”
― T/James Reagan, Leeds House

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T/James’s Quotes

“Everyone pretends to be normal and be your best friend, but underneath, everyone is living some other life you don't know about, and if only we had a camera on us at all times, we could go and watch each other's tapes and find out what each of us was really like.”
― James Franco, Palo Alto

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“She didn't give a damn about some of them, but she had grown to learn that inattention can be a stratagem to avoid pain, and that it is often misread as shallowness and indifference.”
― Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs

tags: psychology

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“The first step in the development of taste is to be willing to to credit your own opinion.”
― Thomas Harris, Hannibal

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“The increase of disorder or entropy is what distinguishes the past from the future, giving a direction to time.”
― Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time

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“Readers and writers are united in their need for solitude, in their pursuit of substance in a time of ever-increasing evanescence: in their reach inward, via print, for a way out of loneliness.”
― Jonathan Franzen, How to Be Alone: Essays

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