Michael Mills

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Michael is Currently Reading

Michael Mills is currently reading

Doctor Who: The Pescatons

by Victor Pemberton

bookshelves: currently-reading, science-fiction

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Feb 09, 2026 04:58AM

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Lucky Jim

by Kingsley Amis

bookshelves: currently-reading, classics, fiction

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Between Two Worlds: The Weird Tales of Arthur Machen (Tales of Mystery & Supernatural)

by Arthur Machen

bookshelves: currently-reading, horror

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Michael’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Anno Dracula 1999: Daikaiju

Anno Dracula 1999: Daikaiju by Kim Newman

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Barely four years counted as an era in mediaeval Japan.

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Michael’s Quotes

“Painting is the silence of thought and the music of sight.”
― Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red

tags: painting

411 likes

“When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.”
― sun tzu, The Art of War

tags: business, strategy, war

566 likes

“As my father always used to tell me, 'You see, son, there's always someone in the world worse off than you.' And I always used to think, 'So?”
― Bill Bryson, The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America

tags: cynicism, humor

542 likes

“There's this saying: in an all-blue world, colour doesn't exist... If something seems strange, you question it; but if the outside world is too distant to use as a comparison then nothing seems strange.”
― Alex Garland, The Beach

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