Mike Deng

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Mike Deng is currently reading

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

by Jonathan Haidt

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Feb 18, 2026 11:12AM

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Courtroom Drama

by Neely Tubati Alexander (Goodreads Author)

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Feb 04, 2026 05:35PM

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The House of Doors

by Tan Twan Eng

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“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, obviously. But the most daring thing is to create stable communities in which the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage

tags: action, community, daring, loneliness, purpose, youth

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“Thomas Edison's last words were "It's very beautiful over there". I don't know where there is, but I believe it's somewhere, and I hope it's beautiful.”
― John Green, Looking for Alaska

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“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

tags: brain, brains, hope, inner-thoughts, mental-health, mental-illness, thoughts

588 likes

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Mike’s Groups

Not Wasting My Twenties Book Club — 70 members — last activity Apr 23, 2021 12:08PM
Welcome to the “Not Wasting My Twenties” official Book Club. Not Wasting My Twenties' mission is to build an honest group where 20-somethings are welc ...more

NerdFighters Book Club — 2479 members — last activity Nov 07, 2022 09:56AM
NerdFighters Book Club - Each month we read either a book recommended by John Green or we vote on a book recommended by one of our members - feel fr ...more

Reese's Book Club x Hello Sunshine — 173298 members — last activity 8 hours, 12 min ago
Hey Y’all, We’ve been reading together for awhile and we don’t know about you, but we’re ready to hear your thoughts and opinions. This group is a pl ...more

Chicago Aven Book Club — 56 members — last activity Feb 01, 2026 12:56PM
The Book Club of the Chicago AVEN (aka asexual and aromantic) group. Mainly created to keep track of potential reads, we meet roughly monthly. All mon ...more