Shawn Speakman's profile
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Shawn Speakman
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Acacia: The War with the Mein (Acacia, #1) by David Anthony Durham bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Shawn Speakman said:
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I am in the very middle of this book and it is fantastic. Just enthralling. I find Durham's style to be a bit dense at times -- probably because the man only believes in 20 sentence paragraphs -- but the world he has imagined and especially the won ...more
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Aug 04, 2009 06:40pm
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Shawn's recent updates
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Shawn Speakman is now friends with Shawn |
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Sep 06, 2010 01:22pm
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| August 10 | ||
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Shawn Speakman
and 27 other people
liked the interview with Terry Brooks
"The epic fantasy author of Bearers of the Black Staff shares his vast strategy for writing 1,000 years of elves, magic, and nuclear apocalypse." ...read it » | |
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Aug 10, 2010 08:55am
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Shawn Speakman
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Bearers of the Black Staff (Legends of Shannara, #1) by Terry Brooks (Goodreads Author)
read in July, 2009
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Shawn Speakman said:
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Bearers of the Black Staff is, quite simply, one of Terry's best books. The first part of a two-book set, Black Staff is set 500 years after the events in The Gypsy Morph, where the the descendants of civilization's demise re-emerge from their prote ...more
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May 23, 2010 04:17pm
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| October 04, 2009 | ||
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Shawn Speakman
marked as to-read:
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón bookshelves: to-read |
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Oct 04, 2009 04:47pm
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Oct 04, 2009 04:47pm
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Shawn Speakman
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Death Troopers (Star Wars) by Joe Schreiber
read in October, 2009
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Shawn Speakman said:
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The premise of Star Wars: Death Troopers is a simple one: Put a few lone survivors and zombies together in outer space in the Star Wars universe.
Fun, right? And it was. Joe Schreiber put together a quick-paced horror novel se ...more " |
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Oct 04, 2009 01:54pm
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Shawn Speakman
gave to:
Acacia: The War with the Mein (Acacia, #1) by David Anthony Durham bookshelves: currently-reading |
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Shawn Speakman said:
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I am in the very middle of this book and it is fantastic. Just enthralling. I find Durham's style to be a bit dense at times -- probably because the man only believes in 20 sentence paragraphs -- but the world he has imagined and especially the won ...more
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progress: — Aug 07, 2009 02:37pm |
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Aug 04, 2009 06:40pm
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see review
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| May 05, 2008 | ||
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Shawn Speakman
marked as to-read:
Victory of Eagles (Temeraire, #5) by Naomi Novik bookshelves: to-read
read in May, 2008
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Shawn Speakman said:
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The Signed Page at http://www.signedpage.com will be offering VICTORY OF EAGLES signed or personalized by Naomi Novik! I'm really looking forward to this book's release and anyone who enjoys well-written and unique historical fantasy should not miss ...more
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May 05, 2008 09:00pm
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| January 25, 2008 | ||
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Shawn Speakman
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The Shadow of the Wind: A Novel by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
read in January, 2006
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Shawn Speakman said:
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Very rarely do I come across a perfect contemporary book -- possibly only three times. This is one of the three.
Words fail to express my love of The Shadow of the Wind, although Carlos Ruiz Zafon makes it easy for me to merely tell you a ...more " |
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Jan 25, 2008 05:20pm
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Shawn Speakman
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A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam by Karen Armstrong
read in December, 2007
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Shawn Speakman said:
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Armstrong does a fantastic job in bringing centuries of religious evolution to the reader in an accessible way. Although much in the book is an outline and the barest of bones--religious history is more vast than a 400 page book can hold--she gives ...more
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Jan 25, 2008 05:06pm
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