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148 books
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85 voters
Mike Williams
https://www.goodreads.com/mikelamar
“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
― The Garden of Eden
― The Garden of Eden
“In the shop we buy and sell them, but in truth books have no owner. Every book you see here has been somebody’s best friend.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
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“After a while it occurred to me that between the covers of each of those books lay a boundless universe waiting to be discovered while beyond those walls, in the outside world, people allowed life to pass by in afternoons of football and radio soaps, content to do little more than gaze at their navels.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
Mike’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mike’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
110 books
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3,240 friends
127 books
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75 books
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1 book
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100 books
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65 friends
562 books
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166 friends
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