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James Michael

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in Norman, OK, The United States

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James Williams lives in Moore, Oklahoma. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Master's degree in English Education in 2024. In May 2024, James published his first novel, It Was Always You. He currently teaches high school English in Oklahoma City. James is the father to Brady, Nevaeh, and Hayden, and stepfather to Sage. He and his partner, Rachael, have a cat, Shadow, and 3 dogs, Harley, Alfred, and Drake. In his free time, James enjoys learning about free time and imagining what that would be like. ...more

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Average rating: 4.56 · 119 ratings · 91 reviews · 5 distinct works • Similar authors

	It Was Always You 4.53 avg rating — 91 ratings — 4 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
	It Was Always You, Marie 4.82 avg rating — 17 ratings — 3 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
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James Michael made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Book connected to wrong author topic " Please add these books (It Was Always You: Love is an Adventure; Uncle Mushroom) to my author account. Uncle Mushroom ...more "
Feb 17, 2026 08:39AM
James Michael and 1 other person liked Abby Moore's review of It Was Always You: "Absolutely amazing book 10 out of 10. Recommend!!"
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James Michael liked Crystal Sellers's review of It Was Always You: "4.5⭐️ Gosh this book. The “Dear reader” parts. They hit hard. Felt like they were directly to me. I loved the Oklahoma references. I knew them all! Nichols Hills, Moore, I’ve been to all of them. Live an hour away! Had my honeymoon at the same port be" Read more of this review »
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James Michael made a comment on Carrie Long’s review of It Was Always You " Thank you so much for reading! Perhaps one of the alternate-ending novellas will provide you the more satisfying ending :) Let me know if you would li ...more "
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James Michael liked Carrie Long's review of It Was Always You: "This was a highly recommended book, so I took a chance. I was coming off of a dark romance series and said, “Hey, let’s try this.” This book is sugary sweet. It is so sweet. You will get a toothache; however, I think it needs to be structured better." Read more of this review »
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James Michael and 1 other person liked Donna Edwards's review of It Was Always You: "In short, this book doesn't know what it wants to be, or at least won't own it. It's a barely veiled memoir that lacks perspective and the kind of mature self-reflection that makes memoirs like this satisfying. But it also lacks the kind of cohesive n" Read more of this review »
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James Michael made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Book connected to wrong author topic " This was mistakenly placed under another author of the same name. This is my book. Please correct. Thank you so much. "
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James Michael made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Book connected to wrong author topic " This is my book, and it was accidentally placed under another author's profile of the same name. ...more "
Feb 09, 2026 09:14AM
James Michael made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — It Was Always You, RaeLynn topic " My book, "It Was Always You, RaeLynn" (ISBN 9798990738591) is incorrectly put under another James Michael that appears to have around 80 books publish ...more "
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