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Jay is Currently Reading

Jay is currently reading

The Book of Cold Cases

by Simone St. James (Goodreads Author)

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Nov 28, 2025 05:51PM

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The Woman in Suite 11 (Lo Blacklock, #2)

by Ruth Ware (Goodreads Author)

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Nov 26, 2025 04:56PM

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Death at the Sign of the Rook (Jackson Brodie, #6)

by Kate Atkinson

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Jay’s Notes & Highlights

Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday

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“Night and Day” is the toughest song in the world for me to sing. So I said we’d try that first and see what happened. I’ll never forget that first note, or the second. Or especially the third one, when I had to hit “day” and hold it. I hit ...more

Jay’s Quotes

“To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go.”
― Mary Oliver, American Primitive

tags: poetry

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