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Hal Leonard Guitar M... 12/30 Shawn is currently reading:
Hal Leonard Guitar Method, - Complete Edition: Books 1, 2 and 3 Bound Together in One Easy-to-Use Volume! (Plastic Comb)
by Will Schmid
bookshelves: currently-reading
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Shawn Shawn said: "Look at me! I'm learning to play a real guitar! With strings! No Guitar Hero for me! "
War and Peace 12/23 Shawn is currently reading:
War and Peace (paper)
by Leo Tolstoy
bookshelves: classics, currently-reading
my rating:
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read in December, 2008

Shawn Shawn said: "Reading this out loud to my son. I started about 6 months ago or so. I'll probably finish when he's around 4 years old, give or take. "

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  (page 201 of 1392)
"1200 pages to go!" 03/02/2009 03:51PM
The Crossing 09/18 Shawn is currently reading:
The Crossing (Border Trilogy, Vol 2)
by Cormac McCarthy
bookshelves: currently-reading
my rating:
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June 25
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Shawn made a comment on Dana's review of Twilight (Twilight, #1)
292640 Shawn wrote: "But 5 stars? Old Man and the Sea - 5 stars. Twilight - 5 stars??? It's one of the best books that...more "

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May 23
Cosmicomics Shawn gave 5 of 5 stars to:
Cosmicomics (Paperback)
by Italo Calvino
my rating:
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read in May, 2009

Shawn Shawn said: "I know, I know, another Calvino book. I'm on a roll, what can I say? This was my favorite recently read Calvino book. Maybe not as good as the Knight or the Baron, but it's right up there at the top. I would give this 4.5 stars because the high q...more "
May 14
Shawn 

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Shawn is on page 125 of 168 of Cosmicomics
May 08
Severance: Stories Shawn gave 2 of 5 stars to:
Severance: Stories (Hardcover)
by Robert Olen Butler
my rating:
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read in May, 2009

Shawn Shawn said: ""It was ok" is the definition of 2 stars, and that's about right. This book is a bunch of short stories that represent the last thoughts of people who were decapitated. A "schtick" book. The problem is I found myself thinking n...more "
April 29
The Tale of Saigyo: Shawn gave 5 of 5 stars to:
The Tale of Saigyo: (Saigyo Monogatari) (Michigan Papers in Japanese Studies)
by Saigyo
bookshelves: japaneselit
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read in April, 2009

Shawn Shawn said: "A translation of the story of Saigyo's life as it was written shortly after he died. It's not all true, but even the parts that didn't happen give a window onto a society almost 900 years ago. "
April 03
Chess Secrets: The G... Shawn gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy: Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch (Paperback)
by Neil McDonald
my rating:
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read in April, 2009
March 31
Watchmen Shawn gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Watchmen (Paperback)
by Alan Moore
bookshelves: graphic_novel
my rating:
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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read in March, 2009

Shawn Shawn said: "Let me begin by saying that I've never been able to get comics or graphic novels. Everyone swore by Sandman, so I tried it. Ugh, what a piece of c*#p. Sandman? That's the best that comics/graphic novels can do? That's the epitome of western comi...more "
March 17
Winning Chess Strate... Shawn gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Winning Chess Strategies, revised (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess)
by Yasser Seirawan
my rating:
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read in March, 2009
March 12
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Shawn made a comment on J's review of Beginning PHP5, Apache, and MySQL Web Development (Programmer to Programmer)
292640 Shawn wrote: "Maybe I should start reading a book on marketing. ;) "

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March 02
Shawn 

  is on page 201 of Wa...
Shawn is on page 201 of 1392 of War and Peace

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