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	07/15 Ryan is currently reading: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Paperback) by Michael Lewis bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	07/15 Ryan is currently reading: Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories (Hardcover) by Steven Millhauser bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	07/07 Ryan is currently reading: The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (Hardcover) by Michael Chabon bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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July 30
	Ryan gave to: Doom Patrol Vol. 6: Planet Love (Paperback) by Grant Morrison, Richard Case	my rating:
	Ryan said: "At this point, Morrison was completely bored with Doom Patrol. I'd stake your first born child on it. Once the Candlemaker materializes, he becomes another boring villain wreaking a lot of havoc and making things get blowed up real good. Havin...more " add a comment
	Ryan gave to: Doom Patrol Vol. 5: Magic Bus (Paperback) by Grant Morrison	my rating:
	Ryan said: "I lied, I continued reading. I really disliked the first arc, which sees Mr. Nobody run for president. It's pretty repetitive. The Jack Kirby homage doesn't work. Neither does the Aenigma Regis chapter, which reminds me of Alan Moore's Blue H...more " add a comment
July 27
	Ryan gave to: Doom Patrol Vol. 4: Musclebound (Paperback) by Grant Morrison	my rating:
	Ryan said: "Here's where I'll probably stop reading. Morrison strings up a bunch of clever concepts but forgets to link them with a coherent narrative. Whoops! At this point, I'm totally alienated. The bright spot? Flex Mentallo, Man of Muscle Mystery! ...more " add a comment
	Ryan gave to: Doom Patrol Vol. 1: Crawling from the Wreckage (Paperback) by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Doug Braithwaite	my rating:
	Ryan said: "Doom Patrol: a group of misunderstood superheroes led by a dude in a wheelchair. Sound familiar? They actually premiered a few months before X-Men, but what Doom Patrol had going for them was the fact that they were completely and utterly weird. ...more " add a comment
	Ryan gave to: Doom Patrol Vol. 3: Down Paradise Way (Paperback) by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, Kim DeMulder	my rating:
	Ryan said: "Annnd now we begin to go downhill. The Doom Patrol in space. I'm sick of superheroes-in-space stories. They're such a chore to get through. The saving grace is that Morrison introduces Danny the Street, a sentient, transvestite strip of road. " add a comment
	Ryan gave to: Doom Patrol Vol. 2: The Painting That Ate Paris (Paperback) by Grant Morrison, Richard Case, John Nyberg	my rating:
	Ryan said: "Morrison introduces the supervillain group The Brotherhood of Dada--a splinter of the more traditional Doom Patrol villains Brotherhood of Evil. The Brotherhood of Dada reject the overly-broad notions of good and evil. Their members include The...more " add a comment
July 22
	Ryan gave to: DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore (Paperback) by Alan Moore	my rating:
	Ryan said: "When I was around 10, my uncle gave me three phonebooks each featuring the adventures of Batman, Superman, and Captain Marvel from the 30s to the 70s. I loved reading and re-reading the volumes, but the stories were meant for children and four years...more " add a comment
July 21
	Ryan gave to: Batman: Jekyll & Hyde (Batman (Graphic Novels)) by Paul Jenkins	my rating:
	Ryan said: "Jekyll & Hyde is to Two-Face as Killing Joke is to Joker. Except Jekyll & Hyde is boring. The literary allusion is shallow, forced, and obvious. This is particularly disappointing because I've liked Paul Jenkins's writing in the past. " add a comment
July 15
	Ryan is currently reading: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game (Paperback) by Michael Lewis bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	Ryan is currently reading: Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories (Hardcover) by Steven Millhauser bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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