Jason Cook

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Jason’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (3)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (419)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
reading-soon‎ (0)
general-literary-fiction‎ (133)
2009-reads‎ (62)
2010-reads‎ (61)
2013-reads‎ (40)
2017-reads‎ (40)
science-fiction‎ (40)
humor‎ (39)

2015-reads‎ (36)
books-i-love‎ (36)
horror‎ (32)
nonfiction‎ (30)
fantasy‎ (29)
memoir‎ (29)
2008-reads‎ (26)
television‎ (26)
mystery‎ (25)
2016-reads‎ (20)
2019-reads‎ (19)
read-when-i-was-a-kid‎ (15)

read-when-i-was-a-teen‎ (15)
2021-reads‎ (13)
children-of-all-ages‎ (13)
read-when-i-was-in-my-early-20s‎ (10)
young-adult-fiction‎ (9)
doctor-who‎ (7)
japanese‎ (7)
history‎ (6)
beatles‎ (5)
british‎ (5)
2018-reads‎ (4)
film‎ (4)

audiobook‎ (3)
july-2017-one-word-title-challenge‎ (3)
psychology‎ (3)
august-2017-crazy-eights-challenge‎ (2)
college-lit-classes‎ (2)
historical-fiction‎ (2)
kindle‎ (2)
poetry‎ (2)
abandoned‎ (1)
native-american‎ (1)
portuguese‎ (1)
september-2017-back-to-school-chall‎ (1)

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Jason’s Quotes

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.”
― Plato

tags: attributed-no-source, compassion, kindness

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“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury

tags: culture, reading

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“Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.”
― James A. Baldwin

tags: love

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“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.”
― James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

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“Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity.”
― Hermann Hesse

tags: books

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Jason’s Groups

The Next Best Book Club — 26430 members — last activity Oct 05, 2026 03:09PM
Are you searching for the NEXT best book? Are you willing to kiss all your spare cash goodbye? Are you easily distracted by independent bookshops, bi ...more

The Book Challenge — 1220 members — last activity Jun 29, 2026 01:03PM
What is The Book Challenge? The Book Challenge is a place where everyone can join in and share their yearly book reading goals. Do I have to read a ...more

Hooked on Books — 5397 members — last activity 4 minutes ago
📕HOB Announcement Hub 📒Challenge Hub 📗Welcome New Members 📙Formal Group Buddy Reads 📘Informal Buddy Reads: Sign ups / Find a Buddy *By joining the g ...more

All About Books — 3834 members — last activity 2 hours, 48 min ago
We're here because we like reading and we like chatting about reading. But we are here especially because we strongly believe that reading is not just ...more