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Jennifer Government 10/01 Chris gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Jennifer Government (Paperback)
by Max Barry
bookshelves: currently-reading, sci-fi
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Death Masks 09/30 Chris is currently reading:
Death Masks (The Dresden Files, Book 5)
by Jim Butcher
bookshelves: alternate-fantasy, currently-reading
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October 01
The Graveyard Book Chris marked as to-read:
The Graveyard Book (Hardcover)
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author!)
bookshelves: to-read
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The Accidental Sorce... Chris marked as to-read:
The Accidental Sorcerer (Rogue Agent)
by Karen Miller
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Hammer of God Chris marked as to-read:
Hammer of God (Godspeaker Trilogy)
by Karen Miller
bookshelves: to-read
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The Way of Shadows Chris gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, Book 1)
by Brent Weeks
bookshelves: fantasy
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read in October, 2008

Chris Chris said: "At first I had trouble with this book. The gaps in the beginning of the story were frustrating. Parts of the story were left out, glossed over or trivialized by the characters. Once I got through the first few chapters it didn't happen, so I thought...more "
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  is on page 592 of Th... Chris is on page 592 of The Way of Shadows
September 29
Wraeththu Chris gave 3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars to:
Wraeththu (Paperback)
by Storm Constantine
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Chris Chris said: "I really struggled with this book. Not that it isn't a great piece of work, but It was just a hard read. I found myself wondering if it was just a graphic display or outlandish setting. I tried to work through it and finally worked through it. It is ...more "
September 28
51-yzl74hnl New comment on Kerry's review of The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, Book 1)
811874 Chris wrote: "I wonder why I see some many people complaining about characters names (And not specific to this boo...more "

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September 27
Down and Out in the... Chris marked as to-read:
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (Hardcover)
by Cory Doctorow
bookshelves: to-read
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September 25
Anathem Chris gave 5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars to:
Anathem (Hardcover)
by Neal Stephenson
bookshelves: sci-fi
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read in September, 2008

Chris Chris said: "This book was amazing. I was worried about the subject of math and science. I was told that it might be a hard read, yet as I read it I found nothing extremely complicated to get through.

Stephenson has once again taken us to a new height in writi...more
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September 20
Eastern Standard Tri... Chris gave 4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars to:
Eastern Standard Tribe (Paperback)
by Cory Doctorow
bookshelves: cyber-punk
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read in August, 2008

Chris Chris said: "I liked many aspects of this book. One was the use of the character dialog, both internal and relating in a past tense. This takes a lot of skill and mastery over the English language to do it right.

Doctorow has crafted a decent story here. Stron...more
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"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
Douglas Adams (The Restaurant at the End of the Universe)

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"I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve."
J.R.R. Tolkien (The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1))

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"The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet."
William Gibson




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from Ilyn
23 days ago, 05:31PM

1321941 Hello Chris,

How are you? Thank you for accepting my friend-request.

Please visit these groups when you have a chance: “Happy & Brainy Group” and “To the Glory of Man”.

Have a wonderful weekend. Warmest regards.


















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