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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:52:50 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[An absolute monster of a novel.  I'd argue it's one of the top 15 or 20 novels of the 20th century.  It's mix of gothic and magical realism styles, along with its heavy social message rank it right up there with the best work of Faulkner, O'Connor, and Welty.  It's dense, certainly not a weekend or ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81184499">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:43:54 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I thought this was an adequate book, certainly a decent history of Pink Floyd from the band's origins up to about the mid-80s, but I felt the whole thing was skewed by the fact that Schaffner clearly has an overdeveloped hero worship of Syd Barrett and writes the whole book as a sort of tribute to w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81183934">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:38:00 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Certainly not my favorite King story, but a super fun read, and a good collaborative effort on the part of King and Straub.  It's a sort of twisted Narnia/Wizard of Oz story, in which the main character, a ten year old boy on a quest to find the powerful talisman that can save his dying mother, can ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81183357">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:06:40 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Great artwork, but a story line that tried with little success (in my humble opinion) to hybridize War of the Worlds, The Island of Dr. Moreau, the Sherlock Holmes storyline, and the storylines of the major players (Mr. Hyde, Invisible Man, Mina Harker ffrom Dracula, etc).  I love Alan Moore, really...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72441606">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:17:06 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Currently my bathroom reading, but a lightning quick read, a must for ANY fan of the zombie genre.  It pairs nicely with a viewing of Zombieland.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:58:48 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I read this because it's being challenged by a parent as a library book in our school's collection.  It's a powerful, arresting book about a fictional Columbine type school shooting.  It's done in a journalistic style, told in a series of short &quot;quotes&quot; from various people who were involve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75230966">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:14:37 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[No Wathcmen, but it's still Alan Moore so it's worth a read.  I was entertained, but certainly not blown away like I was with some of his other work.   ]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2239435.All_Star_Batman_Robin_the_Boy_Wonder_Volume_1">All-Star Batman &amp; Robin the Boy Wonder, Volume 1 (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15085.Frank_Miller">Frank Miller</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:12:02 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Frank Miller's imagining of the beginning of Batman and Robin's collaboration. Freakin' brilliant, and the artwork is absolutely gorgeous!]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:09:35 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Completing the trifecta of Loeb/Sale Batman graphic novels...as good as I remember, and an awesome look at the origin of Batman's association with Robin.]]></body>
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 3 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/106859.Superman_for_All_Seasons">Superman for All Seasons (Hardcover)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/32594.Jeph_Loeb">Jeph Loeb</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:16:35 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Finished this in about an hour, and really enjoyed it.  Superman's never been my favorite, but this is a pretty good reimagining of the origin story.  I love Loeb and Sale's collaborations, and the artwork, while different from a lot of Sale's other work, is well done.  The story itself really gets ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53366246">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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