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Brian Michels

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For those who know love’s fire:
Each page a vow, each story a flame.
You, the dizzy dance of passion’s desire�
You are the turning wheel, the pulse, the flame.

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Brian Michels If you do anything routinely with the intention of being your best eventually you get purity, what you should be. It may not be perfect or great but i…mǰIf you do anything routinely with the intention of being your best eventually you get purity, what you should be. It may not be perfect or great but it'll be the real you. When that happens anything is possible.
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The Last Bar In NYC

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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions
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Love, Art, and the Power of the People

I received a message from a potential reader of my latest novel, Make Love Great Again, that really caught me off guard. She started by saying, "He (The Orange Man) is evil incarnate," and then went on to explain how she’d done everything in her power to avoid outright trashing the book—without ever having read a single page. Despite her attempts to remain polite, I could sense the weight of every Read more of this blog post »
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Houses of Detention by Jean Ende
"This story is about the Rosen family, a Jewish close-knit family from Poland living in America after WWII. They lived in an upper middle-class community in the Bronx where they practiced their faith and worked hard as business owners.

The story follo" Read more of this review »
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Hunger by Knut Hamsun
The sight of this infirm creature constantly in front of me, commenced to irritate me--his journey seemed endless; perhaps he had made up his mind to go to exactly the same place as I had, and I must needs have him before my eyes the whole way.
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Make Love Great Again by Brian Michels
"This is a good love story that will hold your interest. Definitely worth the read!"
Libra by Don DeLillo
" First off, I want to say that your reviews are consistently excellent. While no review is flawless, and I certainly understand that there might be nua ...more "
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Libra by Don DeLillo
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So, I like to read, and I want to fancy myself as a writer. After finishing Don DeLillo's Libra, I can honestly say that I am still a reader. If anything has changed in that department, maybe, I'd say I'm now a fl
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Make Love Great Again by Brian Michels
"We all have memories of someone special from our past; someone who we were very sure that we were going to build a life with. But situations change, and so do people. Yet we still go back to that special person and that special time; when life seemed" Read more of this review »
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The Real Anthony Fauci by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
" Your review sits before me, a strange fruit I pluck from the air. No—wait—I mean I am caught by how you peel back the book, its layers splitting open ...more "
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Ursula K. Le Guin
“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
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William Shakespeare
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep; the more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite.”
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Albert Einstein
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
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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.”
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message 19: by Susan

Susan Welcome friend! Stay safe!


message 18: by Sahara

Sahara Sanders

MERRY CHRISTMAS & Happy New Year to you and your family!
Let your cherished dreams come true in 2019 :-)
Sahara


message 17: by Donna

Donna Thank you for friending me on Good Reads, Brian.


message 16: by Brian

Brian Michels William wrote: "Thank you for the friendship, Brian."

Thank you.


message 15: by William

William Thank you for the friendship, Brian.


message 14: by Brian

Brian Michels Stacey wrote: "Thanks for the invite! The Last Bar in NYC is my kind of book. I can't wait to read it."

I hope you enjoy it :)


message 13: by Brian

Brian Michels Stacey wrote: "Thanks for the invite! The Last Bar in NYC is my kind of book. I can't wait to read it."

I hope you enjoy it :)


message 12: by Cheri

Cheri Hi Brian! As I told you, my best friend borrowed your book and has finished reading it. She loved it! As a former bartender she said she could relate to all of it and then some. It is now being passed on to her mother,lol! I intend to make sure it makes its rounds in my circle! Thank you again.....cheri


Emelia Stacey wrote: "Thanks for the invite! The Last Bar in NYC is my kind of book. I can't wait to read it."

You won't regret reading it. It is an incredible journey and one of the best books I have read in a while.


message 10: by Emelia (last edited Apr 18, 2017 01:12PM)

Emelia Still recovering from your book !
What a story !
You are an amazing writer and LBNYC was an amazing book !
It is one of those books that once read, it stays with you.
I suggest anyone who hasn't read it, to do so.
Just can't say enough about it.


message 9: by Brian

Brian Michels Ivonne wrote: "Thank you for the Friend request.
Cheers, Ivonne"


Thank you for accepting my friend request ;-)


Ivonne Rovira Thank you for the Friend request.
Cheers, Ivonne


Stacey Thanks for the invite! The Last Bar in NYC is my kind of book. I can't wait to read it.


Matthias Loved the rock-story, thanks!


message 5: by Brian

Brian Michels Stacy wrote: "I can't wait to read your next anwers! I enjoyed our conversation! It is rare to be able to talk seriously with just about anyone. Have a wonderful evening!"

I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation ;-)

I look forward to the additional questions. I am hoping to get to them before bed tonigh. If not, sometime over the weekend I'll get to it.


message 4: by Stacy

Stacy I can't wait to read your next anwers! I enjoyed our conversation! It is rare to be able to talk seriously with just about anyone. Have a wonderful evening!


message 3: by Sean

Sean Peters Thanks for asking me to be a friend.

Hope you will join my group

"A Good Thriller"


Orient Thank you for the frienvite :) Looking forward to chatting books with you:)


Majenta Hello, Brian! Thank you for contacting me. Congratulations on your book! Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Stay warm, drive safely, and Happy, HAPPY Holidays to you and yours. Blessings!

Best wishes from Majenta


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