Mike Deng

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Mike is Currently Reading

Mike Deng is currently reading

Problematic Summer Romance (Not in Love, #2)

by Ali Hazelwood (Goodreads Author)

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James

by Percival Everett

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Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)

by Rebecca Yarros (Goodreads Author)

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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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“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

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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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Mike’s Groups

Not Wasting My Twenties Book Club — 71 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 — 2487 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 — 169336 members — last activity 12 hours, 29 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 Jul 29, 2025 10:51AM
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