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Watchmen

by Alan Moore

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Merrie said: "Someone once told me years ago about this book, I heard it was on some global think-tank's suggested reading list and it's not surprising. I loved this, am rereading it again. I used to be frustrated a movie version was delayed for years, but now tha...more "

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Merrie and 774 other people liked Liz S.'s review of The Time Traveler's Wife: " I recently read The Time-Traveler's Wife and was pretty disappointed---the author somehow manages to turn such an awesome premise (the dude actually time travels!) into something pretty flat and prosaic and dull. The first hundred pages really hoo... " Read more of this review »
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Merrie added The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) read in December, 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Great concept. Iffy on what the point of it is, though. Overwritten. Maybe slogging through it in one day enhanced this, but I really started to lose my patience by the last third of the book. If I read one more description of the process of making pa...more
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Merrie rated a book 4 of 5 stars Push by Sapphire	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Merrie made a comment on Chocolate_0124's review of Shopgirl "FYI, in terms of the autobiographical aspect, it's hinted at a lot that Steve Martin is Ray Porter. He really fits the bill, certainly according to wha...more "
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Merrie rated a book 4 of 5 stars Shopgirl: A Novella by Steve Martin read in January, 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I loved this book, and was very curious about its inspiration. Wish it hadn't been made into a movie. Something about the dynamic rung true with me and was cathartic for me personally to read. But I can see the appeal being narrow. Especially: 1) those...more
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Merrie rated a book 3 of 5 stars Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Merrie rated a book 5 of 5 stars Watchmen by Alan Moore read in January, 1998	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Someone once told me years ago about this book, I heard it was on some global think-tank's suggested reading list and it's not surprising. I loved this, am rereading it again. I used to be frustrated a movie version was delayed for years, but now tha...more
Aug 03, 2008 03:05pm · see review
Merrie rated a book 5 of 5 stars Vessels of Evil: American Slavery and the Holocaust by Laurence Mordekhai Thomas read in January, 1998	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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