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Jess Evans

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Jess is Currently Reading

Jess Evans is currently reading

The Lady of the Rivers (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #1)

by Philippa Gregory (Goodreads Author)

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read in September 2021

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Sep 30, 2021 05:06PM

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War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy

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read in January 2020

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Jess Evans said: " I personally felt that a lot of chapters were very drawn out and had too much happening that didn’t further the plot or contain any information needed, and what little that was needed could have been done in a matter of a couple sentences. But it was ...more "

Jun 01, 2020 06:04AM · see review

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The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games, #0)

by Suzanne Collins

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read in June 2020

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Jess’s Quotes

“Pac said Thug Life stood for 'The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everybody'.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

tags: inspirational, thug-life, tupac

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“People like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice. I think we all wait for that one time though, that one time when it ends right.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

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“I've seen it happen over and over again: a black person gets killed just for being black, and all hell breaks loose. I’ve tweeted RIP hashtags, reblogged pictures on Tumblr, and signed every petition out there. I always said that if I saw it happen to somebody, I would have the loudest voice, making sure the world knew what went down.

Now I am that person, and I’m too afraid to speak.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

tags: african-americans, blacklivesmatter, blacks, fear, police, police-brutality, race, social-media, speaking-up

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“Once you've seen how broken someone is it's like seeing them naked—you can't look at them the same anymore.”
― Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give

tags: brokenness, honesty, openness, pain, perceptions, transparency

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“You want me to believe that I’m OK when you know I’m not OK.”
― Albert Woodfox, Solitary: Unbroken by Four Decades in Solitary Confinement

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Our Shared Shelf — 222896 members — last activity Mar 11, 2026 07:31AM
OUR SHARED SHELF IS CURRENTLY DORMANT AND NOT MANAGED BY EMMA AND HER TEAM. Dear Readers, As part of my work with UN Women, I have started reading ...more

Bookmarked Muggles — 83 members — last activity Jun 06, 2016 12:18PM
Hi Everyone! We're a group of readers who have created a group where we can discuss what we read together! For this group we will be reading a book ev ...more

V.C. Andrews — 432 members — last activity Jun 11, 2024 07:32AM
If you're a fan of V.C. Andrews and her novels, this is the group for you! ...more

Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine — 173722 members — last activity 1 hour, 3 min ago
Hey Y’all, We’ve been reading together for awhile and we don’t know about you, but we’re ready to hear your thoughts and opinions. This group is a pl ...more

Oprah's Book Club (Official) — 85915 members — last activity 1 hour, 38 min ago
Welcome to the official Oprah's Book Club group. OBC is the interactive, multi-platform reading club bringing passionate readers together to discuss i ...more

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