false 7 100 92 true 5632182 read 2 true 342902 currently-reading 6 true 342901 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75089100 to: The Savage Detectives (Hardcover) by Roberto Bolaño
A series of diaries and vignettes of the "viceral realists", a bunch of want-to-be poets from the 1970s. Characters have clear voices, and they're fun to read, but the novel doesn't engage you. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/event/show/33548-april-book-club-meeting John said "maybe" to attending the event: April Book Club Meeting.
date: April 15, 2009 08:00PM
location: Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, 9th and Wilshire, Santa Monica, CA, The United States
description: Book club meeting! If you can't make this, but want to participate, let me know and we might come up with a second day. Don't forget to vote for a book by March 13.
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40538407 to: Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone (Hardcover) by Deborah Madison
bookshelves: currently-reading
Very clear, dense but readable writing style. Tons of great information on every single page. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40538281 to: Planet of the Apes (Mass Market Paperback) by Pierre Boulle
Fun and very fast read. It has more depth and interest than the movie. A bit surreal, with a lot of satirical ideas. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40538216 to: Two Years before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea (Paperback) by Richard Henry Dana Jr.
Real life account of sailing to the wilds of California(!) in 1830. Awesome, if a bit stilted.
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34842088 to: Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*! (Hardcover) by Art Spiegelman
Best collection of very odd multilayered comics. Each story, each panel, sometimes each line has many simultaneous meanings.

Note that these aren't story-comics as such. Each work is often more about comics rather than telling a specific narrative. The pieces are *completely* different from anything else out there, and reward multiple readings.

This collection has been out of print for quite a while, so it's good to see.
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34842054 to: Comic Books As History: The Narrative Art of Jack Jackson, Art Spiegelman, and Harvey Pekar (Studies in Popular Culture) by Joseph Witek
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34842037 to: Raw 2 (RAW) by Art Spiegelman
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34842034 to: Raw 1: Open Wounds from the Cutting Edge of Commix (RAW) by Art Spiegelman
]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34842018 to: The Wild Party: The Lost Classic by Joseph Moncure March (Paperback) by Joseph Moncure March
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