76 books
—
431 voters
Boy Blue
https://www.goodreads.com/boyblue
to-read
(1860)
currently-reading (40)
read (1271)
did-not-finish (0)
lit-fic (474)
sci-fan (457)
lifeline (407)
pile-on-the-floor-next-to-the-bed (382)
phil-anth-soc (365)
2027-to-read (352)
phantasia (301)
australia (271)
currently-reading (40)
read (1271)
did-not-finish (0)
lit-fic (474)
sci-fan (457)
lifeline (407)
pile-on-the-floor-next-to-the-bed (382)
phil-anth-soc (365)
2027-to-read (352)
phantasia (301)
australia (271)
history
(231)
america (165)
sci-fi (165)
bio (163)
sci-non-fic (158)
2026-extras (137)
2028-to-read (135)
psuedo-pop-sci (130)
to-find-at-the-next-fair (130)
poetry (111)
sport (101)
big-boppers-and-door-stoppers (92)
america (165)
sci-fi (165)
bio (163)
sci-non-fic (158)
2026-extras (137)
2028-to-read (135)
psuedo-pop-sci (130)
to-find-at-the-next-fair (130)
poetry (111)
sport (101)
big-boppers-and-door-stoppers (92)
Boy Blue
is currently reading
by Joe Aston
bookshelves:
australia,
business,
lifeline,
lifeline-knox-haul-2025,
oz-history,
hitpiece,
2026-to-read,
currently-reading
Boy Blue
is currently reading
bookshelves:
america,
business,
behind-the-emerald-curtain,
cerebrum-dilatationem,
phil-anth-soc,
abberkinodym,
2027-to-read,
currently-reading
“In the Vilnius ghetto, the news of German setbacks in the Soviet Union in the opening weeks of 1943 resulted in an upsurge of grim humour, as Herman Kruk recorded in his diary: A German asks a Jew to lend him 20 roubles. The Jew immediately takes the sum out of his pocket and gives it to him. The German wonders: ‘How can this be? You don’t know me at all, and you trust me with such a sum?’ I have the fullest trust in the Germans,’ answers the Jew. ‘You took Stalingrad and gave it back; you took Kharkov and gave it back. I’m sure that you will give me back my 20 roubles.’ What is the difference between General Rommel and a watch? A watch goes tick-tock and goes forward; Rommel goes tock-tick and goes backward … What city is the largest in the world? Stalingrad, because it took the Germans months to get from the outskirts to the centre.6”
― Centuries Will Not Suffice: A History of the Lithuanian Holocaust
― Centuries Will Not Suffice: A History of the Lithuanian Holocaust
“The worst was yet to come, he knew. Already he could feel a world of trouble waiting for him behind the next door, but the worst that could have happened was also already behind him; the thing not done, which could have been – which he would have had to live with for the rest of his life.”
― Small Things Like These
― Small Things Like These
“This is not the position in life that I had hoped to fill. I want to be an obstetrician. Who quarrels with an obstetrician? Even the obstetrician who delivered Bugsy Siegel goes to bed at night with a clear conscience.”
― The Anatomy Lesson
― The Anatomy Lesson
“Is he the kind to talk in riddles, or love someone who would?”
― Metamorphica
― Metamorphica
“If you haven't read hundreds of books, you are functionally illiterate, and you will be incompetent, because your personal experiences alone aren't broad enough to sustain you.”
― Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
― Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead
Aussie Readers
— 6536 members
— last activity 9 minutes ago
A group for all Australian Goodreads members (and those interested in Australia), no matter what they read!
Language Learners and Polyglots
— 84 members
— last activity Feb 03, 2026 03:06PM
A place to share books read in foreign languages (for the purpose of culture and/or language study), books on learning languages, and books that inspi ...more
Boy’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Boy’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by Boy
Lists liked by Boy
































































