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"Rangergirl sounds good. There needs to be an eighth day of the week specifically dedicated to reading. Readday, I guess.
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| Rookie cop Kevin Kearns witnesses a child abduction and gets his ass handed to him by the perp, one Vernon Slocum. The girl winds up dead a short time later and Kearns finds himself the scapegoat. When a retired cop with a history of his own with Slo...more | |
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"Anthony wrote: "Take it you got that ARC, huh?"
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Dan Schwent
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"Terry wrote: "Arthur Curry, King of Atlantis!"
There is only one sea king and his name is Namor! Namoooooooooor! " |
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"Wasn't Will Friedle also the voice of Nightwing on Batman the Animated Series at some point?
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“The story so far:
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
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
“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”
― Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors
― Neil Gaiman, Smoke and Mirrors
“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa
― Frank Zappa
“I hadn't the heart to touch my breakfast. I told Jeeves to drink it himself.”
― P.G. Wodehouse
― P.G. Wodehouse
Ongoing Security Question Experiment. (Humor)
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updated May 17, 2013 04:48am
Description:
I have a security question on my profile in order to weed out people who are too lazy to type. Whenever I feel the urge, I will change my security question and report the answers I get. Some will be mundane but I have no doubt others will be hilarious.
Goodreads Team-Up (Humor)
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updated May 13, 2013 07:06am
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Whenever I meet another Goodreader in meatspace, I'll document the event for entertainment purposes.
Dan's 12 Award-Winning Books of 2012 (Select)
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updated Dec 14, 2012 10:39am
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It's that magical time of year when I invent a number of awards and slap them on books in the interest of entertaining and whoring for votes.
Dan's 11 Award Winning Books of 2011 (Nonfiction)
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updated May 24, 2012 04:45am
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Yes, I am dishing out eleven awards to eleven books in 2011. Yes, there will be twelve in 2012, and, unless my figuring is off, thirteen in 2013.
Fishhead Babies (unedited fragment) (Horror)
More of Dan’s writing…
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updated Jan 18, 2012 11:00am
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This is the unedited first chapter of something I may not finish. I spent the last of my writing juices on it at the end of NaNoWriMo.
Hard Case Crime
— 271 members
— last activity Nov 10, 2012 03:26am
"They do write 'em like they used to." —Publishers Weekly on Fade to Blonde Look for a similar group on Facebook
Wodehouse cracks me up
— 220 members
— last activity May 10, 2013 08:47pm
All Wodehouse, all the time. From Psmith to Blandings, from Uncle Fred to the incomparable Jeeves. Step right up, you'll be Right Ho-ing and stealing...more
The Magnificent Seven (New Bizarro Author Series 2010-11)
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— last activity May 31, 2012 07:10am
We are the second class of Eraserhead Press's New Bizarro Author Series. We're awesome.
Dark Tower
— 264 members
— last activity May 09, 2013 10:45am
We seek the Dark Tower, and will travel with Roland throughout the year, reading the Seven as well as Related Holy Texts.
Roger Zelazny's Books
— 156 members
— last activity 5 hours, 8 min ago
Roger Zelazny, Science Fiction & Fantasy author extraordinaire, wrote dozens of books & stories over the course of his too short career. Discuss him &...more
Book Hangout: Game of Thrones
Book club meeting, June 04, 2013 07:00PM — 183 people invited
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http://www.saclibrary.org/About-Us/News/2013/May/Game-of-Thrones-Ha...
Book club meeting, June 04, 2013 07:00PM — 183 people invited
Google+, YouTube, Goodreads, Facebook, and Twitter, US
http://www.saclibrary.org/About-Us/News/2013/May/Game-of-Thrones-Ha...
Join us for an online Game of Thrones panel discussion Thursday, June 4, at 7 p....more
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completed his goal of reading 170 books for the 2011 Reading Challenge!
Dan Schwent has
completed his goal of reading 130 books for the 2012 Reading Challenge!
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