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Reading for the 2nd time
read in April 2019
Jason Pierce said:
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Favorite new book read in 2019
Finally, the Rock has finished all of Stephen King's novels... Well, I don't know if the Rock has or not, but I have! I intentionally left this one for last because I thought it would suck. I thought it would suck be ...more "
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"Going into this one trepidatiously. I have a fear it won't hold up to the five star rating I bestowed upon it seven years ago, though I think I'll still find Jack to be pretty awesome. And Henry. Only one way to find out." — Sep 17, 2026 08:04PM
"Going into this one trepidatiously. I have a fear it won't hold up to the five star rating I bestowed upon it seven years ago, though I think I'll still find Jack to be pretty awesome. And Henry. Only one way to find out." — Sep 17, 2026 08:04PM
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Reading for the 2nd time
read in December 2010
Jason Pierce said:
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This is so close to 5 stars it can taste it. I actually don't remember much about the book, but that's because I read it so fast. In fact, I read the entire trilogy in less than a week, which is flying for me. This book took the longest, about 3 or 4
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Jason Pierce said:
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1/1/26:I must be a masochist. I said I wasn't going to look at the other reviews for this which are also all prepped for 2026 because most of the ones at the top of the news feed with several hundred likes make my curmudgeony ass sick. But I looked a ...more "
“Ode to an Expiring Frog
Can I view thee panting, lying
On thy stomach, without sighing!
Can I unmoved see thee dying
On a log,
Expiring frog!
Say, have fiends in shape of boys,
With wild halloo and brutal noise,
Hunted thee from marshy joys,
With a dog,
Expiring frog?”
― The Pickwick Papers
Can I view thee panting, lying
On thy stomach, without sighing!
Can I unmoved see thee dying
On a log,
Expiring frog!
Say, have fiends in shape of boys,
With wild halloo and brutal noise,
Hunted thee from marshy joys,
With a dog,
Expiring frog?”
― The Pickwick Papers
“The several duties of instruction in this establishment were thus discharged. English grammar, composition, geography, and the use of the dumb-bells, by Miss Melissa Wackles; writing, arithmetic, dancing, music, and general fascination, by Miss Sophia Wackles; the art of needle-work, marking, and samplery, by Miss Jane Wackles; corporal punishment, fasting, and other tortures and terrors, by Mrs Wackles.”
― The Old Curiosity Shop
― The Old Curiosity Shop
“O, man, if you would only take one point of the compass and let me take any other, it would be the best for both of us.”
― Kidnapped
― Kidnapped
“Lor, if the devil don't get them, what's he good for?”
― Uncle Tom's Cabin
― Uncle Tom's Cabin
“Blocked again, and again, and again until you learn to keep your mouth shut and your mind closed, Potter!”
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
― Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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