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Franky is Currently Reading

Franky is currently reading

The Couple Next Door

by Shari Lapena (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026-reading-challenge, crime, mystery, thriller

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Jul 18, 2026 08:22PM

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Jaws (Jaws, #1)

by Peter Benchley

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026-reading-challenge, action, adventure, classics, horror, kindle, thriller

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Jul 16, 2026 09:00PM

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The Poet of Tolstoy Park

by Sonny Brewer

bookshelves: currently-reading, 2026-reading-challenge, history, historical-fiction, philosophy, poetry, southern, books-about-books, literary, literary-fiction

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Franky’s Quotes

“A man who plants a tree could never be called a pessimist.”
― Iain Cameron Williams, The KAHNS of Fifth Avenue

tags: hope, hope-quotes, hopefulness, optimism, optimism-quotes, optimist

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“Ultimately, your theme will find you. You don't have to go looking for it.”
― Richard Russo

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“The trouble with people is they don't understand people.”
― David Goodis

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“The books - the generous friends who met me without suspicion - the merciful masters who never used me ill!”
― Wilkie Collins, Armadale

tags: books

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“If your writing doesn't keep you up at night, it won't keep anyone else up either”
― James M. Cain

tags: james-m-cain, writing-craft

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