Brett Markham

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Brett is Currently Reading

Brett Markham is currently reading

Messalina: Empress, Adulteress, Libertine: The Story of the Most Notorious Woman of the Roman World

by Honor Cargill-Martin (Goodreads Author)

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Jan 03, 2026 03:09PM

Brett Markham is currently reading

Against the Wind: Edward Kennedy and the Rise of Conservatism, 1976-2009

by Neal Gabler (Goodreads Author)

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Nov 11, 2025 06:18PM

Brett’s Notes & Highlights

The Lilac People by Milo Todd

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“If it helps, I believe everyone is acting in one way or another in this world. We’re all afraid to be ourselves. And the saddest part is that fear is unnecessarily genuine.”

Brett’s Quotes

“I read a book one day and my whole life was changed.”
― Orhan Pamuk, The New Life

tags: books, orhan-pamuk, reading, the-new-life

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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“I'm the one that's got to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to.”
― Jimi Hendrix, The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis: Bold as Love | Guitar TAB Sheet Music Collection | Note-for-Note Transcriptions for Electric Guitar Players | Classic Psychedelic Rock Solos

tags: death, life

17161 likes

“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
― Anne Tyler

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European Royalty — 1561 members — last activity Dec 02, 2025 09:03AM
This is a group for anyone who enjoys fiction and non-fiction books about European royalty and history in general. We have a wide variety of discussio ...more

The History Book Club — 25843 members — last activity 19 hours, 0 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

Great War (1914-1918): The Society and Culture of the First World War — 481 members — last activity Dec 06, 2021 05:06AM
A place to discuss the cultural milieu of the Great War (also referred to as the First World War, World War I, WWI, World War One). The intent of this ...more

Ancient & Medieval Historical Fiction — 6139 members — last activity Jan 13, 2026 10:23AM
The focus of this group is historical fiction set in Ancient and Medieval eras(with some post Medieval), in any geographical location. Preference is g ...more