81 ratings (3.25 avg)
30 reviews

#27 most followed
#23 best reviewers

Je Ben

Add friend

Je’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (726)
currently-reading‎ (4)

read‎ (109)
finished‎ (41)

re-read‎ (15)
not-finished‎ (11)

favorites‎ (7)
looking-for‎ (4)

Stats | More…

Je is Currently Reading

Je Ben is currently reading

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

by Neil Postman

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Apr 09, 2024 01:30PM

Je Ben is currently reading

Thick: And Other Essays

by Tressie McMillan Cottom (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Mar 31, 2024 05:29AM

Je Ben is currently reading

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917–2017

by Rashid Khalidi

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

progress:

(page 33 of 319)
— Jan 01, 2024 12:13PM

Jan 01, 2024 10:02AM

See all 4 books that Je is reading…

“Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

tags: goals, success

3872 likes

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus

93521 likes

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
― Mark Twain

tags: attributed-no-source, education

18232 likes

“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

tags: how, life, purpose, questioning, questions, why

5817 likes

“Big Brother is Watching You.”
― George Orwell, 1984

1382 likes

More of Je’s quotes…

recent posts
Je’s Groups

صالون الجمعة — 5181 members — last activity Jun 05, 2022 09:13AM
أقسام الصالون رسائل الصالون القراءات المنتظمة الترشيحات الشهرية مساحة حرة قراءات خارج النص القراءة الحرة السير الذاتية يرجى التواصل مع الإدارة -من هن ...more

readers advisory for all — 5683 members — last activity Sep 13, 2025 11:35AM
life's too short to read crappy books. this is why readers' advisory exists. feel free to join if you are looking for "a book like____" or "a book tha ...more

literary baddies Luxembourg — 21 members — last activity May 15, 2025 01:43AM
this is the affiliated group for the 'literary baddies book club' in Luxembourg ...more

#RubyReads Book Club — 99 members — last activity Sep 04, 2021 12:02AM
a group so we can share our recommendations with each other on goodreads!

Kafka Okur — 24 members — last activity Aug 04, 2013 12:10AM
okur, yazar ve varoluş... franz kafka, albert camus, oscar wilde, jean-paul sartre, varoluş, kafkaokur, virginia woolf.

More of Je’s groups…