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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

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

tags: life

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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: food, happiness

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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 room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”
― Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow

tags: paranoia, proverbs, wit

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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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