Patrick Belair

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Patrick’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (207)
currently-reading‎ (0)
read‎ (312)
did-not-finish‎ (0)
political‎ (140)
military-history‎ (126)
european-history‎ (95)
ww2‎ (87)
american-history‎ (79)
fiction‎ (60)
biography‎ (52)

true-crime‎ (46)
religon‎ (45)
holocaust‎ (33)
middle-east‎ (29)
classical-fiction‎ (23)
war-on-terror‎ (23)
s-e-asia‎ (21)
autobiography‎ (19)
military-fiction‎ (17)
observations‎ (17)
ww1‎ (11)

africa‎ (10)
disasters-at-sea‎ (10)
american-revolution‎ (7)
mystery‎ (7)
civil-war‎ (6)
humor‎ (6)
sports‎ (6)
classics‎ (5)
vietnam‎ (5)
women-s-studies‎ (5)
american-west‎ (4)

cold-war‎ (4)
first-reads‎ (3)
sci-fi‎ (3)
childrens‎ (2)
motorsports‎ (2)
music‎ (2)
paranormal‎ (2)
poetry‎ (1)
s-w-asia‎ (1)

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Patrick’s Quotes

“In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.”
― Mortimer J. Adler

tags: books, reading

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“If you win, you need not have to explain...If you lose, you should not be there to explain!”
― Adolf Hitler

tags: philosophy, war

2619 likes

“A book is a gift you can open again and again.”
― Garrison Keillor

tags: books

904 likes

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
― Oscar Wilde

85486 likes

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

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More of Patrick’s quotes…

The History Book Club — 26590 members — last activity Oct 14, 2026 11:51AM
"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 WORLD WAR TWO GROUP — 2762 members — last activity 15 hours, 14 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

Holocaust and genocide — 676 members — last activity Sep 28, 2026 03:12PM
All books about the Holocaust and other genocides. Scholar books, memoires etc.

THE JAMES MASON COMMUNITY BOOK CLUB — 6699 members — last activity 3 hours, 34 min ago
ALL GENRE COMMUNITY OF BOOK LOVERS-Perfect for those interested in good books of any genre, film and lively discussion!- from current fiction, thrille ...more