Sign in with Facebook
Jessica J.
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf-improvement
to-read
(311)
currently-reading (3)
read (2394)
did-not-finish (57)
maybe (37)
tbr (32)
july (12)
june (12)
may (12)
august (11)
october (11)
currently-reading (3)
read (2394)
did-not-finish (57)
maybe (37)
tbr (32)
july (12)
june (12)
may (12)
august (11)
october (11)
september
(10)
december (8)
november (8)
fiction (2032)
authors-of-color (726)
arc-digital (335)
queer (295)
nonfiction (246)
young-adult (224)
2026 (221)
biography-memoir (197)
december (8)
november (8)
fiction (2032)
authors-of-color (726)
arc-digital (335)
queer (295)
nonfiction (246)
young-adult (224)
2026 (221)
biography-memoir (197)
“There were times Ruma felt closer to her mother in death than she had in life, an intimacy born simply of thinking of her so often, of missing her. But she knew that this was an illusion, a mirage, and that the distance between them was now infinite, unyielding. ”
― Unaccustomed Earth
― Unaccustomed Earth
“To love again, you must not discard what has happened to you, but take from it the strength you'll need to carry on.”
― Everything Beautiful Began After
― Everything Beautiful Began After
“Try to remember it always," he said once Gogol had reached him, leading him slowly back across the breakwater, to where his mother and Sonia stood waiting. "Remember that you and I made this journey together to a place where there was nowhere left to go.”
― The Namesake
― The Namesake
“A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“You were unsure which pain is worse -- the shock of what happened or the ache for what never will.”
― Everything Beautiful Began After
― Everything Beautiful Began After
readers advisory for all
— 5716 members
— last activity Mar 10, 2026 04:29AM
life's too short to read crappy books. this is why readers' advisory exists. feel free to join if you are looking for "a book like____" or "a book tha ...more
Book Keeping
— 132 members
— last activity Mar 18, 2021 12:44PM
Farrar, Straus and Giroux and Sarah Crichton Books / FSG present Book Keeping, a readers' community. Join us for discussions, author chats, and giveaw ...more
Jessica’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Jessica’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
7,235 books
|
88 friends
296 books
|
289 friends
7,392 books
|
930 friends
1,095 books
|
2,513 friends
2,305 books
|
635 friends
2,265 books
|
4,614 friends
3,333 books
|
4,237 friends
1,980 books
|
1,430 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Jessica
Lists liked by Jessica
