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Jake Oliver is currently reading

Katabasis

by R.F. Kuang (Goodreads Author)

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As I Lay Dying

by William Faulkner

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The Road

by Cormac McCarthy

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read in November 2024

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Jake’s Quotes

“I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. ”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

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“Make death proud to take us.”
― William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra

tags: death

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“She never forgets a slight, real or imagined. She takes caution for cowardice and dissent for defiance. And she is greedy. Greedy for power, for honour, for love.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons

tags: a-dance-with-dragons, cersei-lannister, greed, love, power, tyrion-lannister

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A Court of Fantasy and Fiction — 22904 members — last activity Sep 13, 2026 01:09AM
This group is for those who dream of other lands. We devour heavy plots with extensive world-building and our libraries are littered with supernatural ...more

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Hi there! SFFBC is a welcoming place for readers to share their love of speculative fiction through group reads, buddy reads, challenges, ...more

♡ Midnight Readers ♡ — 1024 members — last activity Sep 11, 2026 06:23PM
Just for fun..lots of my friends create groups and add me so I wanted to try it out 💓

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This group (ranked in the TOP 100 most popular groups on Goodreads) is dedicated to the "Vision and Story" project. Additionally, the group THE BOOK ...more

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