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Average rating: 4.82 · 17 ratings · 9 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Sci-fi Haiku: Epoch 1 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sci-fi Haiku: Epoch 2 4.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tell Me When I'm Younger: Clever Poems for Clever Kids by Michael Mortenson (Goodreads Author), Cameron Royce (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gibraltar by Michael Mortenson (Goodreads Author), Bam Bofu (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Tailored Realities

by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)

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Apr 02, 2026 10:37PM

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Sounded In Every Ear: 1955-2020 (Saints, #4)

by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing

by Marie Kondō (Goodreads Author)

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Michael Mortenson rated a book it was amazing Images of Organization by Gareth Morgan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Read this book for a class on Leading Organizational Change, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s far more interesting than most textbooks I’ve read, and far more applicable. I’m going to be thinking about the various metaphors of organization in this b ...more
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Michael Mortenson is 60% done with Tailored Realities: Firstborn might be the weakest story here so far. It’s hard to root for a character who has so little hope and agency and has given up on fighting it. Tailored Realities by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author) progress:	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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An impressive work of nonfiction. Before reading this book, I didn’t appreciate that there are 3 primary fields that contribute to our understanding of prehistoric & early historic peoples: archaeology, linguistics, and genetics. Much like reading Th ...more
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Light, cozy, and full of cats. I came for the cats, and stayed for the cats, and honestly wouldn’t have minded more cats. As a fantasy reader, I found the magic to be mostly spectacle and set dressing. When it counted, Sanderson’s First Law was mostl ...more
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An impressive work of nonfiction. Before reading this book, I didn’t appreciate that there are 3 primary fields that contribute to our understanding of prehistoric & early historic peoples: archaeology, linguistics, and genetics. Much like reading Th ...more
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Michael Mortenson made a comment on Bryan Samuelsen’s review of Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention— and How to Think Deeply Again " But is the book edible? "
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