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Michael is Currently Reading

Michael is currently reading

Brain Jack

by Brian Falkner (Goodreads Author)

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Vietnam: A History

by Stanley Karnow

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Mar 04, 2026 01:10PM

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Powers of Evil: A Biblical Study of Satan and Demons

by Sydney H. T. Page

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Michael’s Quotes

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?”
― Mary Oliver

tags: poetry

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“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”
― Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

tags: philosophy

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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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“A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, fire, star, universe

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“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”
― Tom Clancy

tags: life

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Turn of a Page — 3237 members — last activity 10 minutes ago
Welcome! We are a challenge group. We offer new challenges monthly, readathons, buddy reads, BOTM, SOTM, and a badge system we call Buttons!

The History Book Club — 26022 members — last activity 23 hours, 0 min ago
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

The Bookworm Challenge — 279 members — last activity Mar 17, 2026 10:15AM
A bunch of challenges to rev your literary engine. Vroom Vroom. To make things interesting you can earn points.

THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP — 2718 members — last activity 1 hour, 22 min ago
A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more

101 Books to Read Before You Die — 277 members — last activity Mar 18, 2026 08:29AM
This is a group where we meet online to discuss books from the 101 books to read before you die list. We read one book from the list per month. To com ...more

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