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Michael Jackson “Extremely Well-Read,” Had 10,000 Books

July 2nd, 2009

Book Patrol – “The King of Pop a dweeby book lovin’ geek? Apparently so, and hooray. He was an avid reader who had an appropriately majestic library at Neverland that held 10,000 volumes on its shelves, according to two recent Los Angeles newspaper articles.

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3 COmments on “Michael Jackson “Extremely Well-Read,” Had 10,000 Books”

  1. Beth Starkey Says:

    Good for him. A different take on MJ. I’ve been a huge fan most of my 45 years, but I’m not sure how much more of this I can take. I do realize this is probably just the beginning because there’s the funeral which I’m sure will be a spectacle if Al Sharpton & Jesse Jackson can work out their differences and the fight(s) over the kids & his estate.

  2. Lucas Frost Says:

    a huge collection does not make an him avid reader, just like owning a camera does not make me a photographer, unfortunately.
    if that was the case libraries would not have to worry about readership since their collections are available to anyone…

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