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Jim is Currently Reading

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Forest of the Hanged (Casemate Classic War Fiction)

by Liviu Rebreanu

bookshelves: currently-reading, world-literature, kindle, historical

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Voyage of the Beagle

by Charles Darwin

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"it is truly and wonderful and beautiful to see so great a bird [the condor], hour after hour, without any apparent exertion, wheeling and gliding over mountain and river." — May 03, 2026 10:39PM

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The Disaster Area

by J.G. Ballard

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Under Her Care: A tense literary thriller that will leave you questioning every decision by Fiona Gartland

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‘And things like amnesia, they only happen in movies. This is real life.’

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Jim’s Quotes

“The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.”
― Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X

tags: books, literature, living, reading, words

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“Reader's Bill of Rights

1. The right to not read

2. The right to skip pages

3. The right to not finish

4. The right to reread

5. The right to read anything

6. The right to escapism

7. The right to read anywhere

8. The right to browse

9. The right to read out loud

10. The right to not defend your tastes”
― Daniel Pennac

tags: books, reading, rights

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“Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: books, reading

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“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.”
― Mark Twain

tags: patriotism

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“People worry about kids playing with guns, and teenagers watching violent videos; we are scared that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands - literally thousands - of songs about broken hearts and rejection and pain and misery and loss.”
― Nick Hornby, High Fidelity

tags: music, sad

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