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Leonard is currently reading

	07/08 Leonard is currently reading: Superpowers: A Novel (Paperback) by David J. Schwartz (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: currently-reading, fiction	my rating:
	Leonard said: "The new novel by my imaginary internet pal David Schwartz. Will it get the coveted "four stars to be upgraded to five if you buy me drinks" rating? TIME WILL TELL! " see all 1 comments
	07/02 Leonard is currently reading: The World Without Us (Hardcover) by Alan Weisman bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
	Leonard said: "Fascinating naturalist thought experiment about what the world would be like if humans completely disappeared. " add a comment

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July 22
	Leonard gave to: The Stand (Hardcover) by Stephen King bookshelves: fiction	my rating:
	Leonard said: "Oh, like you've never read any bestsellers. Anyway, this is actually a pretty good book -- one of King's best, and one of the few where his ambition doesn't outstrip his talent. This is a good one to read if you want to understand why the guy is an...more " add a comment
July 08
	Leonard marked as to-read: Everybody Talks About the Weather: We Don't, the Writings of Ulrike Meinhof (Paperback) by Ulrike Meinhof bookshelves: essays, to-read	my rating:
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	Leonard gave to: In the Gravest Extreme Role of the Firearm in Personal Protection (Paperback) by Massad F. Ayoob bookshelves: sports	my rating:
	Leonard said: "Extremely grim and predictably reactionary book on gun laws and practical methods and approaches to using handguns for personal defense. Despite the pretty gross tone it takes, it's full of extremely useful advice with no sugarcoating. By the way, ...more " add a comment
	Leonard is currently reading: Superpowers: A Novel (Paperback) by David J. Schwartz (Goodreads author!) bookshelves: currently-reading, fiction	my rating:
	Leonard said: "The new novel by my imaginary internet pal David Schwartz. Will it get the coveted "four stars to be upgraded to five if you buy me drinks" rating? TIME WILL TELL! " see all 1 comments
July 07
	Leonard gave to: The Thurber Carnival (Harper Colophon Books) by James Thurber bookshelves: humor	my rating:
	Leonard said: "Thurber is one of the best humorists of his era, and this is my favorite collection of his stuff, containing lots of good short fiction, humorous essays, his bizarre little cartoons, and "The Pet Department", which remains one of the funnie...more " add a comment
	Leonard gave to: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book) by Jon Stewart bookshelves: humor	my rating:
	Leonard said: "Surprisingly effective distilation of the Daily Show aesthetic benefits from not hitting the current-events approach too hard and focusing instead on a historical/social approach. Quite good for what it is. " add a comment
	Leonard gave to: Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life (Hardcover) by Amy Krouse Rosenthal bookshelves: memoir	my rating:
	Leonard said: "From the time I read early, skeletal versions of the entries in the book, to the time I heard bits of it read aloud by the author, to the time I finally got my own copy of the whole thing, I've been enchanted with this lovely little book. Every time...more " add a comment
	Leonard gave to: Look at My Striped Shirt!: Confessions of the People You Love to Hate (Paperback) by The Phat Phree bookshelves: humor	my rating:
	Leonard said: "Wildly inconsistent but occasionally quite hilarious book of 'types' from the folks at the Phat Phree. " add a comment
	Leonard gave to: Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source (Paperback) by Editors of The Onion, Scott Dikkers, Mike Loew bookshelves: humor	my rating:
	Leonard said: "The purest and best distillation of the Onion's approach to humor. They give themselves a wide enough pallette to work with that for every joke that doesn't work, there's a dozen that do. Outstanding. " add a comment
	Leonard gave to: The National Lampoon Encyclopedia of Humor (Paperback) by Michael O'Donoghue bookshelves: humor	my rating:
	Leonard said: "I was never as big a fan of the NatLamp style, with its sort of frat-boy entitlement that presaged SNL and stood in sharp contrast to the erudite, understated stuff from the Harvard Lampoon, as were some of my friends. Still, in concentrated form li...more " add a comment

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