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Michael is Currently Reading

Michael is currently reading

Squeeze Me (Skink #8)

by Carl Hiaasen (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: crime, series, currently-reading

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Dec 19, 2025 04:08AM

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Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully

by Kelly Starrett

bookshelves: health, currently-reading

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Dec 13, 2025 11:37PM

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The Blade Itself (The First Law, #1)

by Joe Abercrombie

bookshelves: fantasy, series-starters, series, 2019, currently-reading

read in December 2014

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Michael said: " This is good. Really good.

It's obviously the first part of a larger work - there's very little resolution of any of the major plot points by the end, but Abercrombie has arranged all of his pieces and set the plot lines running. It feels a bit like a ...more "

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(page 574 of 574)
— Jul 07, 2019 05:34AM

Jul 07, 2019 05:35AM · see review

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