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Michael is Currently Reading

Michael is currently reading

If only they could talk

by James Herriot

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Sep 06, 2025 02:54PM

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Powers of Evil: A Biblical Study of Satan and Demons

by Sydney H. T. Page

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Pagan Christianity?: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices

by Frank Viola (Goodreads Author)

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Michael’s Quotes

“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.”
― Tom Clancy

tags: life

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“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
― Alice Walker

tags: acceptance, friendship

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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

tags: inspirational

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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've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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Turn of a Page — 2830 members — last activity 20 minutes ago
Welcome! We are a challenge group. We offer new challenges monthly, readathons, buddy reads, BOTM, SOTM, and a badge system we call Buttons!

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The Bookworm Challenge — 271 members — last activity Aug 29, 2025 08:03PM
A bunch of challenges to rev your literary engine. Vroom Vroom. To make things interesting you can earn points.

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A chance to discuss books covering the Second World War, the battles, campaigns, leaders and weapons. Tantum librorum, tam brevi tempore (So many ...more

101 Books to Read Before You Die — 272 members — last activity 8 hours, 18 min ago
This is a group where we meet online to discuss books from the 101 books to read before you die list. We read one book from the list per month. To com ...more

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