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Jim is Currently Reading

Jim is currently reading

Rogue Lawyer (Rogue Lawyer, #1)

by John Grisham (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: mystery-thriller, currently-reading

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Mar 02, 2026 06:36AM

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The Prostate Health Diet: What to Eat to Prevent and Heal Prostate Problems Including Prostate Cancer, BPH Enlarged Prostate and Prostatitis

by Ronald M. Bazar (Goodreads Author)

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Sep 11, 2025 06:39PM

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Gatos Callejeros: Spanish For Intermediate Learners (Spanish Edition)

by Juan Fernández (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: foreign-language, currently-reading

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Aug 31, 2025 01:29PM

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Jim’s Quotes

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.”
― Thomas Merton, The Way of Chuang Tzu

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“The future has an ancient heart.”
― Carlo Levi

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“Each of us, when our day's work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.”
― O. Henry

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“You couldn't relive your life, skipping the awful parts, without losing what made it worthwhile. You had to accept it as a whole--like the world, or the person you loved.”
― Stewart O'Nan, The Odds: A Love Story

tags: acceptance, life, love, worth

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“Why are some guys so fucked up?’

‘It’s a kind of sickness, I think. Or a defect of the soul.”
― Ellie Marney, None Shall Sleep

tags: serial-killer, thriller, true-crime

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Jim’s Groups

Beer — 57 members — last activity Sep 06, 2013 09:52AM
Discussion of books about beer, drinking beer while reading or however beer relates to literature. Whether it's brewing, drinking, travel or just feat ...more

eReader Addicts — 10 members — last activity Jul 31, 2012 08:50PM
This is a group to discuss anything and everything that has to do with eReaders and eBooks. This is also a place where people can ask questions about ...more

History: Actual, Fictional and Legendary — 1209 members — last activity Feb 07, 2026 09:18AM
This group is for anyone whose interest in History goes beyond textbooks. While I enjoy reading books that cover actual events and actual people, I al ...more

Francophiles — 665 members — last activity Nov 25, 2023 06:27AM
This group is for everyone who loves to read and discover new books about France – the people, history, culture, or food. Both readers and authors are ...more

World Mysteries and Thrillers — 2173 members — last activity Feb 27, 2026 01:34PM
The place to be if you love mysteries with an 'international' flavor. Diverse authors, here: Jo Nesbo, Carmen Amato, Henry Chang, Arnaldur Indri ...more

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