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Jen is Currently Reading

Jen is currently reading

The Right Move (Windy City, #2)

by Liz Tomforde (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 27, 2026 09:53PM

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Mr. Absolutely Not! (The Seattle Svenssons #1)

by Alina Jacobs (Goodreads Author)

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Jun 16, 2026 10:08PM

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The Immortal's Assistant

by J.P. Flynn (Goodreads Author)

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Jen’s Notes & Highlights

Stoner by John Williams

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The True, the Good, the Beautiful. They’re just around the corner, in the next corridor; they’re in the next book, the one you haven’t read, or in the next stack, the one you haven’t got to. But you’ll get to it someday. And when you ...more

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Jen’s Quotes

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
― Mother Teresa

tags: attributed-no-source

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
"Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
― A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner

tags: friendship, piglet, pooh, reassurance

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“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own

tags: women

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“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, inspirational, love, opposite, philosophy

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Jen’s Groups

Books on the Nightstand — 6106 members — last activity Jun 27, 2026 05:18PM
A group to discuss books and topics mentioned on Books on the Nightstand, a blog and podcast about books and reading.

What's the Name of That Book??? — 121417 members — last activity 1 hour, 36 min ago
Can't remember the title of a book you read? Come search our bookshelves and discussion posts. If you don’t find it there, post a description on our U ...more

Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon — 4440 members — last activity 2 hours, 1 min ago
Our next readathon will be July 10-11, 2026. We'll start reading at 8pm Eastern Time on Friday April 10th, and end Saturday July 11th at 8pm EDT. ...more

Tournament of Books — 2365 members — last activity Jun 23, 2026 03:27PM
This book group was established for those interested in participating in The Morning News's Tournament of Books. Please do not feel the need to finish ...more

Reading 1001 — 576 members — last activity 2 hours, 43 min ago
Welcome to our group! We are a friendly group whose goal is to read through Boxall’s list of 1001 books. Many of us were together as a group over at S ...more

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