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Jeff is Currently Reading

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)

by J.K. Rowling

bookshelves: read-in-2009, audio-collection, read-in-2007, read-in-2010, read-in-2013, read-in-2014, read-in-2016, read-with-kids, read-in-2018, read-in-2020, read-in-2021, read-in-2022, read-in-2024, read-in-2026, read-in-2025, currently-reading

Reading for the 13th time

read in 2007

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Jeff Yoak said: " This is such a great end to the series. These young heroes really sharpen at the end. The culmination of the main conflict is positively epic. In several places it makes me all weepy. I suppose in a sense this is children's literature in the same sen ...more "

Oct 06, 2026 04:10PM · see review

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Starship Troopers

by Robert A. Heinlein

bookshelves: audio-collection, read-in-2008, read-in-2006, read-in-2004, read-in-2002, read-in-2010, read-in-2012, read-in-2014, read-in-2018, read-in-2019, read-in-2020, read-in-2021, read-in-2022, read-in-2024, currently-reading, read-with-lisa, read-in-2026

Reading for the 15th time

read in 2006

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Jeff Yoak said: " Starship Troopers is Heinlein's projection of a high-tech future military. It draws from his own military experience, his uncanny ability to project advances in technology and contemplate what cultural and interpersonal changes will follow and as alw ...more "

Sep 03, 2026 11:19AM · see review

Jeff’s Quotes

“There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”
― Ayn Rand

tags: crime, government, innocence, law, libertarian

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“Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
― Terry Pratchett, Jingo

tags: humor, proverb

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“The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of all the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of His creatures, can be swayed by their prayers, and becomes petulant if He does not receive this flattery. Yet this absurd fantasy, without a shred of evidence to bolster it, pays all the expenses of the oldest, largest, and least productive industry in all history.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love