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Michael is Currently Reading

Michael is currently reading

Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story

by Bono

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Oct 12, 2025 07:34PM

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Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well

by Gabrielle Lyon

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Sep 25, 2025 10:56AM

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Powers of Evil: A Biblical Study of Satan and Demons

by Sydney H. T. Page

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Michael’s Quotes

“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”
― Tom Clancy

tags: life

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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

tags: food, happiness

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“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”
― Thomas Pynchon, Gravity’s Rainbow

tags: paranoia, proverbs, wit

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“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”
― Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

tags: philosophy

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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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Michael’s Groups

Turn of a Page — 2921 members — last activity 24 minutes ago
Welcome! We are a challenge group. We offer new challenges monthly, readathons, buddy reads, BOTM, SOTM, and a badge system we call Buttons!

The History Book Club — 25563 members — last activity 6 hours, 24 min ago
"Interested in history - then you have found the right group". The History Book Club is the largest history and nonfiction group on Goodread ...more

The Bookworm Challenge — 271 members — last activity Oct 19, 2025 03:48PM
A bunch of challenges to rev your literary engine. Vroom Vroom. To make things interesting you can earn points.

THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP — 2646 members — last activity 9 hours, 29 min ago
A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more

101 Books to Read Before You Die — 273 members — last activity Oct 19, 2025 05:38AM
This is a group where we meet online to discuss books from the 101 books to read before you die list. We read one book from the list per month. To com ...more

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