Jason Cook

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Jason’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (3)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (419)
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)
swedish‎ (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 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

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“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Terry Pratchett, Diggers

tags: humor, open-mind, thinking

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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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“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 — 26031 members — last activity Feb 26, 2026 06:18PM
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 — 1221 members — last activity Feb 15, 2026 08:48AM
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 — 4908 members — last activity 36 minutes ago
📕Group News & Upcoming Challenges 📗Welcome New Members 📘Buddy Reads: Sign ups / Find a Buddy 📙Current Challenges *By joining the group, you agree to ...more

All About Books — 3830 members — last activity 1 hour, 2 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