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Jen is Currently Reading

Jen is currently reading

City of Vengeance (Cesare Aldo #1)

by D.V. Bishop

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Jan 30, 2026 11:00PM

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Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot (Winner Bakes All Book 3)

by Alexis Hall (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 30, 2026 10:53PM

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Not Half Badger (Fated Mountain Lodge)

by Lauren Esker

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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

“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

19641 likes

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

130244 likes

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
― Anne Frank, Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings

tags: activism, life, optimism, philosophy, world

13371 likes

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

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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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