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- If Chins Could Kill (40)
- Confessions of a B Movie Actor
- By Bruce Campbell
- Reading since Aug 26, 2008
  
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If Chins Could Kill

Wow!

I do NOT read these kinds of books as a general rule, mostly due to a lack of interest. This book stands out, though, as one of the most interesting nonfiction books I've ever read!
If you're at all a fan of Bruce Campbell, the Evil Dead movies, if you're an aspiring (or barely-working) actor, ... (continue)

I do NOT read these kinds of books as a general rule, mostly due to a lack of interest. This book stands out, though, as one of the most interesting nonfiction books I've ever read!
If you're at all a fan of Bruce Campbell, the Evil Dead movies, if you're an aspiring (or barely-working) actor, or if you're just interested in the business of TV and movies in general, you OWE it to yourself to read this book. You won't soon regret it!

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- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (734)
- A Novel
- By Susanna Clarke
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- C++ for Dummies (17)
- By Stephen Randy Davis
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- CSS, DHTML, and Ajax, Fourth Edition (5)
- (Visual QuickStart Guide)
- By Jason Cranford Teague
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- My Boring Ass Life (24)
- The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith
- By Kevin Smith
- Reading since Dec 25, 2007
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- The Princess Bride (290)
- (Ballantine Reader's Circle)
- By William Goldman
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- Mattimeo (44)
- (Redwall, Book 3)
- By Brian Jacques
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Mattimeo

Very good read

Definitely a worthy follow-up story to Redwall and Mossflower.

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- The Silmarillion (1234)
- By Christopher (EDT), J.R.R. Tolkien
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- The Lord of the Rings (2019)
- (Movie Art Cover)
- By J.R.R. Tolkien
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- Eldest (1778)
- (Inheritance, Book 2)
- By Christopher Paolini
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- Neverwhere (685)
- By Neil Gaiman
- Finished in 2008
  
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Neverwhere

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I love Neil Gaiman.

I feel sometimes like Gaiman is the best-kept secret in American/English fiction. This is the second Gaiman book I read, and I was not at all disappointed. He's quickly becoming my new favorite author.
Gaiman has a very English sensibility for comedy, and is not at all afraid to include fanta ... (continue)

I feel sometimes like Gaiman is the best-kept secret in American/English fiction. This is the second Gaiman book I read, and I was not at all disappointed. He's quickly becoming my new favorite author.
Gaiman has a very English sensibility for comedy, and is not at all afraid to include fantastic, dark events and places in his novels. He tends to write strikingly identifiable characters, too; he has a gift for the slightly dopey protagonist, too clumsy for his or her own good, with whom we fall in love by the middle of the story, and hang on for dear life while his/her grand destiny unfolds. In spite of the fantastic events they contain, his books seem extremely real; you don't read them so much as experience them.
You can tell that this book started its life as the script to a television miniseries, but don't let that steer you away. The type of writing it was early in life is probably responsible for giving the book a little more of a jerky feel than Gaiman's other stories (particularly the masterpiece "American Gods"), but all the elements of a great book are there. It's gripping, the characters all feel real and important (though I would love to see a few sequels set in this world, a la "Anansi Boys", to tell a bit more of their stories), the setting is well-illustrated enough to be enthralling, and the storyline has a lot in common with the much-cliched roller coaster, twisting and turning and delighting the reader throughout.
This is a great book. If you've never read Neil Gaiman before, go borrow something of his from the library, or purchase this or any other Gaiman book at any cost; he's amazing. If you're already a fan, this book will not disappoint, except if you're looking for something mirroring the grandiosity of "American Gods"; this book's not quite that large. But it's large enough, and great in its own right. Go get it!

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- Anansi Boys (556)
- By Neil Gaiman
- Finished on Aug 28, 2008
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- Slaughterhouse-Five (942)
- By Kurt Vonnegut
- Finished in 2007
  
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Slaughterhouse-Five

Very interesting book, I'm glad I read it.

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- Eragon (2247)
- By Christopher Paolini
- Finished in 2007
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- Eaters of the Dead (149)
- By Michael Crichton
- Finished in Sep 2007
  
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Eaters of the Dead

Very strange, for a Crichton book, but a fascinating read all the same.

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