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Brett is Currently Reading

Brett Markham is currently reading

Then She Was Gone

by Lisa Jewell (Goodreads Author)

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Brett Markham is currently reading

The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV

by Helen Castor

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Aug 28, 2026 12:47PM

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'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

tags: death, life

17179 likes

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

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

136219 likes

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

5631 likes

“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

4721 likes

European Royalty — 1567 members — last activity May 07, 2026 07:33AM
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

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Great War (1914-1918): The Society and Culture of the First World War — 478 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 — 6225 members — last activity Sep 18, 2026 07:03AM
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