Joseph Whitt

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Joseph is Currently Reading

Joseph Whitt is currently reading

Walking with Mary: A Biblical Journey from Nazareth to the Cross

by Edward Sri

bookshelves: currently-reading, religious, paper

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— Jul 18, 2025 09:56AM

Jul 14, 2025 06:02AM

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The Man From St. Petersburg

by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, beach

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Mar 27, 2025 04:14AM

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)

by J.K. Rowling

bookshelves: fun-fiction, rereadable, paper, banned, currently-reading

Reading for the 8th time

read in July 2000

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Joseph Whitt said: " When I ask other Harry Potter fans which book is their favorite, I am surprised at how often they choose this one. Although I have read it, listened to it, and now read it aloud to my eldest daughter, I have always considered this one to be one of my When I ask other Harry Potter fans which book is their favorite, I am surprised at how often they choose this one. Although I have read it, listened to it, and now read it aloud to my eldest daughter, I have always considered this one to be one of my least favorites. I do think this time has been the most fun because I witnessed my daughter's reactions.

There is nothing I can write here that hasn't been written a thousand times by other Harry Potter fans. There is nothing I can write here that will help me to remember my thoughts of this book. So....I will just say that while reading it again I found myself contemplating some of Rowling's macroscopic themes regarding the power of love, friendship, and bravery. To me, the introduction to the dementors is also the introduction to the very dark parts of this series. But it also introduced another concept, the Patronus charm. I like this series because I see much of its very fictionalized ideas ring true in our real world. I don't have a wand and I can't yell out "Expecto Patronum" every time I feel the dementors close - but I can draw on the very happy parts of my life to bring some perspective when I'm feeling low. And that IS magical.

This is the last year of Harry's innocent years. Year 4 transitions the series from childish adventures - if you can call them that - to real-world horror.

For anyone who cares, the primary reason I give PoA 4 stars is because (view spoiler) ...more "

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Joseph’s Quotes

“Justice. There's a thing we shall ever thirst after, and ever be parched. No. We content ourselves with law.”
― Robin Hobb, Royal Assassin

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“As Thoreau wrote, ‘It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

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“He wondered where that stuff went to, where love went to, how a person could just love somebody one day and boom –- the next day love somebody else.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, If You Come Softly

tags: love

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“I was thinking about the word handle and all the unholdable things that got handled.”
― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

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“About mistakes it's funny. You've got to make your own; and not only that, if you try to keep people from making theirs, they get mad.”
― Edna Ferber, So Big

tags: mistakes

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