false 20 20 14 true 5817803 read 4 true 84557 currently-reading 2 true 84556 to-read 8 false 84558 favorites 1 false 2412640 stopped-reading http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22086829 to: Batman: Haunted Knight (Paperback) by Jeph Loeb
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I love you, Batman. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/496897 to: Breakfast of Champions (Paperback) by Kurt Vonnegut
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This is one of the first books I read that I actually loved reading. Vonnegut's writing style deconstructs the novel format and completely rearranges it. It's a wonderful satire of working life, day-to-day minutia, married life, ego, and class (with a little bit of over-population criticism, since it's a Vonnegut book). Breakfast of Champions is one of my favorite books, and I recommend it to anyone. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/499573 A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback) by John Kennedy Toole
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I know I'm gonna take flack for this, but I did not enjoy this book. I read half of it, then put it down. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19465582 Adam's review of Post Office
by Charles Bukowski

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I read this because every time my someone found out that I used to work at the Post Office, they would tell me to read this book. So I did. Not that impressed. I kept going through it to find out what would happen, but not much did. Just a lot of working, drinking, and highly implausible sexual encounters. Maybe because this was written back in the 60's by a woman-hating alcoholic, that's why Henry Chinaski is able to lay every woman he comes across. The tedium of the job is there, but it's a lot different now.

I almost want to write the antidote to this book so I feel like I at least read it for a reason. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12584048 to: Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Mass Market Paperback) by Terry Pratchett
A really fun take on Armageddon, Good and Evil, Religion, Mythology, Adventure, and general Britishness. I was actually surprised to find out that this book was written back in 1990, save for the tape-player, the book does not feel dated at all S. Some of the jokes are a little clunky, but it is a very funny book. Well worht the read, even if you've not read anything by the authors previously. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11680938 to: Shopgirl: A Novella (Mass Market Paperback) by Steve Martin
A nice romance story, but it hasn't piqued my interest to re-read it. Definitely more exotic and emotional than the film. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11612889 to: Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (Hardcover) by Steve Martin
Steve Martin's memior of his stand-up career is a fascinating insight into not only the process of the man who used to be the world's most famous comedian, but also how a career can develop. The introduction is a little prententious in it's assertions and many incredible stories are glossed over in a few lines, but it does keep your attention all the way through the suprisingly short read.

By no means a primer for success, it does succeed at portraying stand-up and comedy itself as a real artform. The final few pages are really touching, though I felt they had to be to save my opinion of the author. Martin's first few pages, and several impersonable passages throughout, do nothing to foster a positive opinion. In the end, however, you feel for him. Even after he has become a sensation across the country, you can empathized with his flawed, lonely life.

I recommend this to all my comedy friends, and to anyone interested in how hard you have to work to be funny. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9095828 Diaries: The Python Years, 1969-1979 (Palin Diaries, #1) by Michael Palin
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