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J.D. Holman

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J.D. is Currently Reading

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Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories

by Yamile Saied Méndez (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, book_club, horror, teen-ya, public-library-owned

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"Leave No Tracks - Interesting bit of Dominican folklore. Maybe it's just the smoke from the summer's wildfires, but I got a bit misty-eyed toward the end of this one. 5 stars" — 1 hour, 49 min ago

Jul 09, 2026 07:31PM

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Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology (Never Whistle at Night, #1)

by Shane Hawk (Goodreads Author)

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"The Prepper - that was quite the different zombie story. 4 stars." — Jul 06, 2026 08:23PM

Jun 28, 2026 06:25AM

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Shatterglass (The Circle Opens, #4)

by Tamora Pierce (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, fantasy, juvenile, school-library-owned

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J.D.’s Quotes

“The church is like a swimming pool. Most of the noise comes from the shallow end.”
― John Shelby Spong, Eternal Life: A New Vision: Beyond Religion, Beyond Theism, Beyond Heaven and Hell

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“When in doubt, shoot the wizard.”
― Tamora Pierce

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“Ivy waved the wet handkerchief, as much as to say, words cannot possibly articulate my profound distress. Then, because Ivy never settled for meaningful gestures when verbal embellishments could compound the effect, she said, "Words cannot possibly articulate my profound distress.”
― Gail Carriger, Changeless

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“You look as scary as a buttered muffin.”
― Tamora Pierce

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“Someday, I'm going to meet some supernatural creature who tells me everything I should know up front and in a forthright manner - but I'm not going to hold my breath.”
― Patricia Briggs, River Marked

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