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Jack van Riel

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Jack is Currently Reading

Jack van Riel is currently reading

Penric’s Demon (Penric and Desdemona, #1)

by Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)

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The Valley of Bones

by Oliver Hulme

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Jan 11, 2026 10:10AM

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Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2)

by Fonda Lee (Goodreads Author)

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Jack’s Quotes

“Hours passed, like a kidney stone.”
― T. Kingfisher, Clockwork Boys

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“A library is a place where you can lose your innocence without losing your virginity.”
― Germaine Greer

tags: innocence, libraries, reading, sexuality, virginity

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“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”
― William Gibson, Neuromancer

tags: first-lines

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“No one expected me. Everything awaited me.”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

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