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last update: Motherfucking Sharks isn't on the ballot? This whole GR "Best Books" thing is a travesty.

— Nov 23, 2013 08:25PM Add a comment

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Motherfucking Sharks isn't on the ballot? This whole GR "Best Books" thing is a travesty.

— Nov 23, 2013 08:22PM Add a comment

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Like this status or I will burn this book:

— Nov 13, 2013 08:07AM 14 comments

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To Jimmy te intern: I am sorry you get to read all my reviews, man!

— Oct 14, 2013 04:37PM 5 comments

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Rough weekend. Feels like 15 years, not 2 days!

— Oct 14, 2013 11:32AM Add a comment

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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Turns out it's not a Nook!

— Oct 13, 2013 11:59AM 3 comments

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I clicked through to the Forbes article on Goodreads' top reviewers from a year ago, saw some comments on the importance of this site as a focus for readers, saw that of the 25 many have left, are leaving, have had reviews deleted... and saw this quote of the day from Malcolm Forbes: "Isn't it fortunate how selective our recollections usually are."

— Oct 12, 2013 10:05AM Add a comment

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http://www.humanclock.com/s/sm_fm.m4r

— Oct 10, 2013 09:09PM Add a comment

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The hell with star ratings.

— Oct 06, 2013 12:29PM 14 comments

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Excellent piece on the controversies and this site's mission: http://thedeadauthorsclub.wordpress.c...

— Sep 27, 2013 02:12PM Add a comment

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Otis contacted me again, letting me know that my "A-Number-One" reviews will be part of a live "crawling scroll" to run at the bottom of every user's front page. Exciting! He said there wouldn't be any riffraff allowed: only the top .000001%! He specifically said "and no Ceridwen."

— Aug 12, 2013 07:03PM 4 comments

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Otis just wrote again, to tell me I'm actually in the top .00001% of goodreaders, better than "most of these yokels." Did anyone else get that email?

— Jul 28, 2013 06:18AM 8 comments

M is 38% done with The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies

Well, hell yes. The Poe riff and the vampire reboot were both--and yet distinctly, differently--wonderful. This is shaping up to be the one of the best collections I've read since Maureen McHugh or Nathan Englander.

— Jun 29, 2013 04:02PM Add a comment

M is reading The Wide, Carnivorous Sky and Other Monstrous Geographies

Story one--"How the Day Runs Down"--is a mash-up of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" and the zombie apocalypse. And it is AMAZING. The wit and care of the pastiche would be sufficient pleasure, but there are moments (as in the play) where the spectacle of death and the fuzzy solace of some salvation (here or hereafter) are superseded by a deep, thoughtful, open-ended grief. Truly an outstanding story.

— Jun 29, 2013 06:24AM Add a comment

M is 20% done with The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/boo... -- a ways in, I have to say Garner's right. This is amazing.

— May 28, 2013 05:30PM Add a comment

The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America

M is on page 333 of 692 of NOS4A2

Holy crap--this is nerve-wracking.

— May 11, 2013 02:17PM Add a comment

M is on page 190 of 337 of The Antagonist

Holy cow, I'm loving this.

— Feb 24, 2013 04:07PM Add a comment

M is on page 138 of 430 of Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

SMERSH? The account of Hubbard's life defies belief.

— Jan 31, 2013 03:45AM Add a comment

Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief

M is on page 160 of 480 of The Hollow Man (Nick Belsey #1)

Pretty damn good!

— Sep 23, 2012 07:58PM Add a comment

M is on page 200 of 400 of The Broken Ones

It's like John Rebus stumbled into a horror novel. This quite a good read....

— Aug 12, 2012 08:48PM Add a comment

M is on page 150 of 412 of The Devil in Silver

jo, you will like this one, I'm pretty sure.

— Jun 12, 2012 06:08AM Add a comment

M is on page 150 of 478 of Angelmaker

This is a delight!

— Mar 25, 2012 01:23PM Add a comment

M is on page 80 of 261 of The Devil All the Time

Spider preaching.

— May 21, 2011 04:37AM Add a comment

M is on page 41 of 345 of Embassytown

Wow.

— Apr 29, 2011 08:49AM Add a comment

M is on page 250 of 328 of The Sisters Brothers

Pretty damn wonderful book.

— Mar 24, 2011 06:59AM Add a comment

M is on page 47 of 306 of Driving on the Rim

He still had the hands of a mill worker and occasionally drank wine with the air of someone either on a fabulously exotic mission or saluting the international community.

— Jan 22, 2011 06:33AM Add a comment