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  <title><![CDATA[Calvin and Hobbes]]></title>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1987</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Bill Watterson]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 24 03:45:14 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 24 03:49:10 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book belongs to my son Marc. He left this on the stairs and needless to say I picked it up and started reading it. Couldn't stop!! I loved Calvin and Hobbes when I was a teen. Marc has loved it since I can remember. No wonder....he is Calvin!!!! I laughed out loud so many times and that is beca...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40816975">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone with a sense of humour]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[My dad]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jul 12 10:17:22 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 18 22:37:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh wow. I think these books might be longest-loved on my favorites list. My dad read these a long long time ago and gave them to me to read, I might have been six. <br/>I liked these books at first, but now I love them. I must have memorized a full book's worth of comic strips and was very disappoi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27041894">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Oct 15 12:20:35 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 15 12:25:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Whenever I'm having a rough day, Calvin and Hobbes can always make it better.  Calvin is a boy whose imagination takes him (and his best friend, a stuffed tiger named Hobbes) to incredible places.  And gets him into quite a bit of trouble, too.  <br/><br/>HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for the child in each o...]]></body>
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    <review id="67781048">
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  <date_added>Mon Aug 17 13:57:53 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 17 13:58:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Calvin and Hobbes is the BEST. Endlessly entertaining when I was a kid, and when I re-read them as an adult, I get just as much satisfaction. All these jokes that went right over my head when I was younger now make me laugh every time I read them.]]></body>
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    <review id="67235738">
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  <date_added>Thu Aug 13 08:58:48 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 13 09:00:15 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent counterpoint to all the heavy reading I've been doing lately. Also, Watterson effectively makes some of the same points as Jared Diamond in Collapse without the long, drawn-out prose. Very nice.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67235738]]></url>
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    <review id="17573054">
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    <name><![CDATA[Farhad]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Mar 11 23:21:30 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Mar 01 17:30:31 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can think of no other person on this planet whom I respect and admire their work more than Bill Watterson.  Calvin and Hobbes is not simply a comic strip; it is a philosophy, it is a road built with humor and sincerity, it is a sun-drenched monument of a man who loved what he did, who did not sell...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17573054">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39540205">
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  <date_added>Sun Dec 07 15:37:24 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Dec 07 15:39:16 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>dozens</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The original book.  Anyone who cannot find humor in this (and sit with tears from repressed laughter streaming down their faces) is a heartless wretch.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39540205]]></url>
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    <review id="61502251">
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Perfect. If I had only thought to lay out a tiger trap with a tuna fish sandwich, I could have had a Hobbes of my very own when I was a kid.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61502251]]></url>
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    <review id="39762185">
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  <read_at>Thu Dec 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 10 02:30:58 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 15 03:14:21 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[So cute!<br/><br/>I wanna be 6 again! <br/>The fantasy land is the most colorful and happy place ever. <br/>Who knows someday I get a tiger to be my best friend.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39762185]]></url>
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    <review id="73416096">
    <user id="1399449">
    <name><![CDATA[Mandy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Central Point, OR]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Oct 04 11:37:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Oct 04 11:43:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is the only comic book I will read again and again--and I'm not a huge comic person, but these are hilarious! I have laughed out loud so many times when I read these series. As far as I know--I've read them all! I would definitely recommend these to everyone. They are so GOOD! Calvin huge vocab...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73416096">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43666216">
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    <name><![CDATA[Kelsey]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Jan 19 22:06:22 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jan 19 22:06:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yes. I seriously read every single Calvin and Hobbes book mentioned below. :D &lt;3]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43666216]]></url>
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    <review id="41706852">
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  <date_added>Sat Jan 03 06:47:19 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 03 06:47:47 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This is more of a nod, since I've read every single one.  And own a few.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41706852]]></url>
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    <review id="78545021">
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  <date_added>Sat Nov 21 11:05:53 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 21 11:06:23 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I forgot how quickly Bill Watterson got into the swing of things.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78545021]]></url>
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    <review id="50995438">
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    <name><![CDATA[Andrew]]></name>
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  <date_added>Mon Mar 30 21:16:07 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Mar 30 21:16:40 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite comic strip growing up.  I wish I never had to.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50995438]]></url>
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    <review id="50383797">
    <user id="695344">
    <name><![CDATA[Sana]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I envy Calvin (or rather Watterson) for his geniusness! ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50383797]]></url>
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    <review id="72868068">
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  <date_updated>Tue Sep 29 05:08:27 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I love it- I learned that everybody has a sense of humor]]></body>
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    <review id="44127402">
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  <date_added>Fri Jan 23 19:29:57 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 23 19:30:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[    GOTTA LOVE IT, for anyone who raises kids.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri May 29 08:16:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson (1987)]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was really good. It was funny.]]></body>
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