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	03/28 Jordan is currently reading: The Buddha Book (Paperback) by Abraham Rodriguez bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	03/28 Jordan is currently reading: Transmetropolitan Vol. 1: Back on the Street (Paperback) by Warren Ellis bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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	11/23 Jordan is currently reading: Primitive Mythology: The Masks of God 1 (paper) by Joseph Campbell bookshelves: currently-reading	my rating:
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March 28

Jordan is currently reading:
The Buddha Book (Paperback)
by Abraham Rodriguez
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Jordan said: "I found it at the Dollar Store. It's about kids making comics. It has a blurb from Junot Diaz on the back. Why not? "

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Jordan is currently reading:
Transmetropolitan Vol. 1: Back on the Street (Paperback)
by Warren Ellis
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Planetary Vol. 1: All Over the World and Other Stories (Hardcover)
by Warren Ellis
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read in March, 2009

Jordan said: "I'm finding myself sadly deficient on some of these latter-day "classics" I keep recommending to others but haven't read myself. So in an effort to feel less hypocritical, I'm diving in.

The idea behind this series is solid and ...more "

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Phenomenal Girl 5 (SHOMI)
by A.J. Menden
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read in March, 2009

Jordan said: "Strike one: This obviously wasn't written for my demographic.

Strike two: I am screamingly jealous of the author and can be a hyper-critical lit snob when confronted with someone more successful than myself in the publishing world.

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March 09

Jordan made a comment on Jordan's review of Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko

Jordan wrote: "Not that I don't love Squirrel Girl. She defeated Dr. Doom. With squirrels. But if her creation i...more "

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March 07

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X-Factor Visionaries - Peter David, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by Peter David
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read in February, 2009

Jordan said: "Rereading Peter David's run on this title wasn't quite the great time I remembered, but didn't horribly disappoint. A lot of the humor is groan-inducing (as are the costumes and hair styles), but also slyly subversive, poking holes in the angsty fee...more "

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Marvel Visionaries: Steve Ditko (Hardcover)
by Stan Lee
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read in February, 2009

Jordan said: "I've never held Ditko in the same regard as some of the other great "founding father" comic artists, but hoped this collection would change that or give me something new to appreciate. No such luck. Don't get me wrong, the three issue Spi...more "

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January 17

Jordan made a comment on Becky's review of Watchmen

Jordan wrote: "Thank you, dearie. Now if you fetch me my pocketbook there's a hard candy in it for you. "

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Jordan made a comment on Jordan's review of Watching the Watchmen

Jordan wrote: "Well, that's taken from the phrase "Who Watches the Watchmen?," which is a recurring thing in the bo...more "

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"The inclination to believe in the fantastic may strike some as a failure in logic, or gullibility, but it’s really a gift. A world that might have Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster is clearly superior to one that definitely does not."
— Chris Van Allsburg

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