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"Rbaucom wrote: "Good review, loved the book."

Thanks! It really was a good book, I was so happy a print edition finally came out, It's nice to have it...more
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Invincible by Robert Kirkman
Invincible by Robert Kirkman
" At first glance, I took INVINCIBLE to be a super-hero parody, but really it's more tongue-in-cheek loving homage to the 80s and 90s comics writer Robert Kirkman was weaned on. If you're passionate about the genre, but spend enough time wearing big... "
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World War Z by Max Brooks
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
by Max Brooks (Goodreads Author)
read in May, 2013
Probably the most re-readable book I have ever read, and it is by far the single best zombie book out there.

This is my eighth read through the book and stills just as good as the first time I read it. It's not just the horror and suspense of the boo...more
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer
An amazing, incredible read. Nazi Germany and World War II are such an important and large event on our modern history I find most people don't have a decent view of it's history. I personally feel I know just enough to know I barely understand every...more
Autumn by David Moody
Autumn: Aftermath (Autumn, #5)
by David Moody (Goodreads Author)
read in May, 2013
David Moody's last few pages to his series are always the best part. You can just tell he's worked up that point and always leaves you with a bang that sums up the point of the story as well as leaving you with something to mentally chew on. "Afterma...more
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"I still feel confused by the end a bit. Do you think it was trying to imply the after math was the world getting to grow fresh without us, or that our...more "
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Laurie Halse Anderson
“You have to know what you stand for, not just what you stand against.”
Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

J.K. Rowling
“Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" Harry interrupted again.
"So he can sneak up on people," said Ron. "Sometimes he gets bored of running at them, flapping his arms and shrieking...”
J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Charles Bukowski
“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
Charles Bukowski

Søren Kierkegaard
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
Søren Kierkegaard

Isaac Asimov
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
Isaac Asimov


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Holden Attradies has read 62 books toward his goal of 200 books.
 
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