Matt's bookshelf: all en-US Thu, 15 May 2025 18:55:59 -0700 60 Matt's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Long Walk 12074735 Only death can keep you from the finish line - in the ultimate competition of the all-too-near future...

Every year, on the first day of May, one hundred teenage boys meet for an event known throughout the country as "The Long Walk." Among this year's chosen crop is sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty. He knows the rules: that warnings are issued if you fall under speed, stumble, sit down. That after three warnings... you get your ticket. And what happens then serves as a chilling reminder that there can be only one winner in the Walk - the one that survives...]]> 370 Richard Bachman Matt 5 fiction, horror 4.03 1978 The Long Walk
author: Richard Bachman
name: Matt
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1978
rating: 5
read at: 2014/09/19
date added: 2025/05/15
shelves: fiction, horror
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How has this not been made into a movie yet?! This quickly turned into one of my favorite King/Bachman books, and that's saying a lot. I love the simplicity of this one. A group of young men join a competition where either you walk, or you die. Just like the participants, the brutal reality of it doesn't hit you right away. It creeps up on you. Before long, the walkers go from admiring the Major (the man responsible for the competition) to absolutely hating him. The way King describes things, you start to feel the pain in each step they take, the fear they have of dying, and the doubts they have of ever surviving. You start to feel like another character in the story. That to me is a sign of a great story teller. That's why I give this 5 stars.
]]> War in Heaven 13509126 This an alternate cover for 0802812198 / 9780802812193

A battle over the most sacred object in Christendom...

In the tiny English village of Fardles, a practitioner of black magic has located the Holy Graal in the sacristy of the local Anglican church. Intent on possessing it so as to amplify his own nefarious powers, he tries to trick its guardian into donating it. When that fails, he resorts to theft.

Thus begins a tug-of-war between powers infernal and celestial, between a magician who would use the Sacred as an instrument of his own will, and an Archdeacon who seeks to protect and preserve what is sacramental and holy.

Along the way, Williams reveals the tug-of-war within us all � the interplay of desire and Desire, the polarity of possession and sacrifice...and the significant gray areas in between.

War in Heaven is the first novel Williams published, and also the most comic. It is everything you’ve come to expect from a Williams novel � suspense, supernatural danger, and a mysticism so real, good, and terrible that nothing can stand against it.]]> 256 Charles Williams Matt 0 3.86 War in Heaven
author: Charles Williams
name: Matt
average rating: 3.86
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]]> Wolverine 59992 96 Chris Claremont 087135277X Matt 4 graphic-novel 3.95 1989 Wolverine
author: Chris Claremont
name: Matt
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[E.T. The Book of the Green Planet]]> 1891753 245 William Kotzwinkle 0399130632 Matt 2 science-fiction, fiction
While I liked the concepts of seeing things from ET's perspective and seeing what it was like on his home planet, the gimmick wore off fairly quick for me.

My other issue with this book is how little Elliot seemed to care about ET after he'd gone. The whole fascination with the first movie was that this boy had an extremely rare opportunity to befriend an alien, something people (including the scientist in the movie) have dreamed of for countless years. Elliot seems to have gotten over the whole experience, while ET (who turns out to be several hundred years old and has traveled across planets/dimensions) is still desperately trying to keep in touch with Elliot. How does a young boy forget so easily what had such a profound effect on an alien who's experienced so many years and planets?

Overall, it was worth the read, but not something I'd likely read again.]]> 3.30 E.T. The Book of the Green Planet
author: William Kotzwinkle
name: Matt
average rating: 3.30
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rating: 2
read at: 2014/08/14
date added: 2024/06/10
shelves: science-fiction, fiction
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I bought this book at a used book store while visiting my friend in Grand Rapids, MI. I didn't initially have much desire to read it, but it was too bizarre of a find to pass up. More of a "Bet you didn't know this existed" type of purchase than anything. Eventually, after watching the movie again, I decided to see what this book had to offer.

While I liked the concepts of seeing things from ET's perspective and seeing what it was like on his home planet, the gimmick wore off fairly quick for me.

My other issue with this book is how little Elliot seemed to care about ET after he'd gone. The whole fascination with the first movie was that this boy had an extremely rare opportunity to befriend an alien, something people (including the scientist in the movie) have dreamed of for countless years. Elliot seems to have gotten over the whole experience, while ET (who turns out to be several hundred years old and has traveled across planets/dimensions) is still desperately trying to keep in touch with Elliot. How does a young boy forget so easily what had such a profound effect on an alien who's experienced so many years and planets?

Overall, it was worth the read, but not something I'd likely read again.
]]> <![CDATA[The Hobbit, or There and Back Again]]> 437049
"If you care for journeys there and back, out of the comfortable Western world, over the edge of the Wild, and home again, and can take an interest in a humble hero (blessed with a little wisdom and a little courage and considerable good luck), here is a record of such a journey and such a traveler. The period is the ancient time between the age of Faerie and the dominion of men, when the famous forest of Mirkwood was still standing, and the mountains were full of danger. In following the path of this humble adventurer, you will learn by the way (as he did) - if you do not already know all about these things - much about trolls, goblins, dwarves, and elves, and get some glimpses into the history and politics of a neglected but important period."

"For Mr. Bilbo Baggins visited various notable persons; conversed with the dragon, Smaug the Magnificent; and was present, rather unwillingly, at the Battle of the Five Armies. This is all the more remarkable, since he was a hobbit. Hobbits have hitherto been passed over in history and legend, perhaps because they as a rule preferred comfort to excitement. But this account, based on his personal memoirs, of the one exciting year in the otherwise quiet life of Mr. Baggins will give you a fair idea of the estimable people now (it is said) becoming rather rare. They do not like noise."

Description from back cover]]> 275 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618002219 Matt 5 fantasy 4.36 1937 The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Matt
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1937
rating: 5
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One of my all time favorites. A classic telling of a character who stops playing it safe for a change to discover that he's far more courageous than he'd ever imagined. Definitely recommended.
]]> <![CDATA[Prince Caspian (The Chronicles of Narnia, #2)]]> 317501 The four Pevensies help Caspian battle Miraz and ascend his rightful throne.

NARNIA... the land between the lamp-post and the castle of Cair Paravel, where animals talk, where magical things happen... and where the adventure begins.

Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are returning to boarding school when they are summoned from the dreary train station (by Susan's own magic horn) to return to the land of Narnia—the land where they had ruled as kings and queens and where their help is desperately needed.]]> 216 C.S. Lewis 0020442408 Matt 4 christian, fantasy, fiction 3.94 1951 Prince Caspian (The Chronicles of Narnia, #2)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Matt
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1951
rating: 4
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date added: 2022/07/29
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]]> The Children of Húrin 7445179 An alternate cover edition can be found here.

Long before the One Ring was forged in the fires of Mount Doom, one man—Húrin—dared to defy Morgoth, the first and greatest of the dark lords to plague Middle-earth. Thus did he and his children, Túrin and Niënor, earn the enmity of a merciless foe that would shape the destiny of all the ages to come.

Only J.R.R. Tolkien, the undisputed master of the fantastic, could have conceived this magical tale of Elves and Men united against a brutal foe. And only Christopher Tolkien, the master’s son and literary heir, could have fit the pieces of his father’s unfinished work together with such deep understanding and consummate artistry. With an introduction and appendiCes by Christopher Tolkien, who has also contributed maps and genealogy tables, and eight stunning paintings and twenty-five pencil drawings by Oscar-winning artist Alan Lee, The Children of Húrin at last takes its proper place as the very cornerstone of J.R.R. Tolkien’s immortal achievement.]]> 313 J.R.R. Tolkien 0345518845 Matt 0 to-read 4.16 2007 The Children of Húrin
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> The Colour Out of Space 382724 219 H.P. Lovecraft 0515045128 Matt 0 4.17 1927 The Colour Out of Space
author: H.P. Lovecraft
name: Matt
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1927
rating: 0
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]]> Kill River 27259367
In the summer of 1983, thirteen-year-old Cyndi and her three new-found friends Stacy, Zack, and Brad decide to sneak away from their summer camp in the middle of the night by rafting down the nearby rivers. After spending a tense night lost in the woods, the four teenagers stumble into a mysterious water park that appears to be completely empty.

At first, they are thrilled to have the rides all to themselves, at least until one of them disappears. Soon they discover that they are trapped in the park, and a dark figure is stalking them from the shadows, picking them off one by one. Once night falls, Cyndi will have to fight to escape the park, a masked maniac, and a living nightmare.

Kill River is a wild water park ride filled with blood, gore, and '80s nostalgia. Slasher fans rejoice, old-school horror is back!]]> 348 Cameron Roubique 0692463666 Matt 0 currently-reading 3.70 2015 Kill River
author: Cameron Roubique
name: Matt
average rating: 3.70
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]]> <![CDATA[I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa]]> 934378
Sheeran learned to kill in the U.S. Army, where he saw an astonishing 411 days of active combat duty in Italy during World War II. After returning home he became a hustler and hit man, working for legendary crime boss Russell Bufalino. Eventually he would rise to a position of such prominence that in a RICO suit then-U.S. Attorney Rudy Giuliani would name him as one of only two non-Italians on a list of 26 top mob figures. When Bufalino ordered Sheeran to kill Hoffa, he did the deed, knowing that if he had refused he would have been killed himself.

Sheeran's important and fascinating story includes new information on other famous murders, and provides rare insight to a chapter in American history. Charles Brandt has written a page-turner that is destined to become a true crime classic.]]> 309 Charles Brandt 1586420895 Matt 0 4.05 2004 I Heard You Paint Houses: Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran & Closing the Case on Jimmy Hoffa
author: Charles Brandt
name: Matt
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2004
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Invasion of the Body Snatchers]]> 879534 219 Jack Finney 0440143179 Matt 0 3.82 1955 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
author: Jack Finney
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average rating: 3.82
book published: 1955
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]]> Starship Troopers 50864
Juan Rico signed up with the Federal Reserve on a lark, but despite the hardships and rigorous training, he finds himself determined to make it as a cap trooper. In boot camp he learns how to become a soldier, but it is in war that he will learn why.

Many consider this Hugo Award-winning book to be Heinlein's best. Forget the battle scenes and the high-tech weapons; this is Heinlein in his element, talking people and politics.]]> 208 Robert A. Heinlein 0425037878 Matt 0 currently-reading 3.81 1959 Starship Troopers
author: Robert A. Heinlein
name: Matt
average rating: 3.81
book published: 1959
rating: 0
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]]> The Grizzly King 15806219 145 James Oliver Curwood Matt 0 4.16 1915 The Grizzly King
author: James Oliver Curwood
name: Matt
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1915
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1]]> 25152 208 Junji Ito 1569317143 Matt 0 4.45 1998 Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror, Vol. 1
author: Junji Ito
name: Matt
average rating: 4.45
book published: 1998
rating: 0
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]]> The Punisher: Born 106981 112 Garth Ennis 0785110259 Matt 0 4.19 The Punisher: Born
author: Garth Ennis
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]]> The Princess and the Goblin 444381 241 George MacDonald 0140367462 Matt 0 to-read 4.02 1872 The Princess and the Goblin
author: George MacDonald
name: Matt
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1872
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]]> Till We Have Faces 17343
Set against the backdrop of Glome, a barbaric, pre-Christian world, the struggles between sacred and profane love are illuminated as Orual learns that we cannot understand the intent of the gods "till we have faces" and sincerity in our souls and selves.]]> 313 C.S. Lewis Matt 0 to-read 4.19 1956 Till We Have Faces
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Matt
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1956
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]]> Out Behind the Barn 42114180
"She got someone!"

Both children grinned and settled in their beds, eyes fixed to the ceiling.

This was family growth.
]]> 125 John Boden 1727414020 Matt 0 to-read 3.94 2018 Out Behind the Barn
author: John Boden
name: Matt
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2018
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]]> <![CDATA[Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell]]> 21413663 Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make hasty corrections, but seems never to have considered its publication.

This edition is twofold, for there exists an illuminating commentary on the text of the poem by the translator himself, in the written form of a series of lectures given at Oxford in the 1930s; and from these lectures a substantial selection has been made, to form also a commentary on the translation in this book.

From his creative attention to detail in these lectures there arises a sense of the immediacy and clarity of his vision. It is as if he entered into the imagined past: standing beside Beowulf and his men shaking out their mail-shirts as they beached their ship on the coast of Denmark, listening to the rising anger of Beowulf at the taunting of Unferth, or looking up in amazement at Grendel’s terrible hand set under the roof of Heorot.

But the commentary in this book includes also much from those lectures in which, while always anchored in the text, he expressed his wider perceptions. He looks closely at the dragon that would slay Beowulf "snuffling in baffled rage and injured greed when he discovers the theft of the cup"; but he rebuts the notion that this is "a mere treasure story", "just another dragon tale". He turns to the lines that tell of the burying of the golden things long ago, and observes that it is "the feeling for the treasure itself, this sad history" that raises it to another level. "The whole thing is sombre, tragic, sinister, curiously real. The ‘treasure� is not just some lucky wealth that will enable the finder to have a good time, or marry the princess. It is laden with history, leading back into the dark heathen ages beyond the memory of song, but not beyond the reach of imagination."

Sellic spell, a "marvellous tale", is a story written by Tolkien suggesting what might have been the form and style of an Old English folk-tale of Beowulf, in which there was no association with the "historical legends" of the Northern kingdoms.]]> 425 Unknown 0544442784 Matt 0 to-read 3.71 2014 Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell
author: Unknown
name: Matt
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2014
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]]> Messy Spirituality 1345973 187 Mike Yaconelli 0310277302 Matt 4 christian 4.15 2001 Messy Spirituality
author: Mike Yaconelli
name: Matt
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2001
rating: 4
read at: 2013/07/01
date added: 2018/01/21
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]]> <![CDATA[Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)]]> 18077752
Meanwhile, Acceptance tunnels ever deeper into the circumstances surrounding the creation of Area X—what initiated this unnatural upheaval? Among the many who have tried, who has gotten close to understanding Area X—and who may have been corrupted by it?

In this last installment of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, the mysteries of Area X may be solved, but their consequences and implications are no less profound—or terrifying.]]> 341 Jeff VanderMeer 0374104115 Matt 0 to-read 3.66 2014 Acceptance (Southern Reach, #3)
author: Jeff VanderMeer
name: Matt
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2014
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]]> <![CDATA[Authority (Southern Reach, #2)]]> 18077769 The bone-chilling, hair-raising second installment of the Southern Reach Trilogy

After thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X—a seemingly malevolent landscape surrounded by an invisible border and mysteriously wiped clean of all signs of civilization—has been a series of expeditions overseen by a government agency so secret it has almost been forgotten: the Southern Reach. Following the tumultuous twelfth expedition chronicled in Annihilation, the agency is in complete disarray.

John Rodríguez (aka "Control") is the Southern Reach's newly appointed head. Working with a distrustful but desperate team, a series of frustrating interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, Control begins to penetrate the secrets of Area X. But with each discovery he must confront disturbing truths about himself and the agency he's pledged to serve.

In Authority, the second volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, Area X's most disturbing questions are answered . . . but the answers are far from reassuring.]]> 341 Jeff VanderMeer 0374104107 Matt 0 to-read 3.54 2014 Authority (Southern Reach, #2)
author: Jeff VanderMeer
name: Matt
average rating: 3.54
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)]]> 17934530 Annihilation, the first volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach Trilogy, we join the twelfth expedition.

The group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain, record all observations of their surroundings and of one another, and, above all, avoid being contaminated by Area X itself.

They arrive expecting the unexpected, and Area X delivers—but it’s the surprises that came across the border with them and the secrets the expedition members are keeping from one another that change everything.]]> 195 Jeff VanderMeer 0374104093 Matt 4 3.80 2014 Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
author: Jeff VanderMeer
name: Matt
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> It 830502
It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real ...

They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name.]]> 1184 Stephen King 0450411435 Matt 0 4.28 1986 It
author: Stephen King
name: Matt
average rating: 4.28
book published: 1986
rating: 0
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]]> Spill Zone (Spill Zone, #1) 23532871 224 Scott Westerfeld Matt 0 to-read 4.02 2017 Spill Zone (Spill Zone, #1)
author: Scott Westerfeld
name: Matt
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Fighter's Heart: One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting]]> 76400 320 Sam Sheridan 0871139502 Matt 0 sports 4.02 2006 A Fighter's Heart: One Man's Journey Through the World of Fighting
author: Sam Sheridan
name: Matt
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> First Blood 113110 From New York Times bestselling author, David Morrell, comes a classic thriller that introduced the character of Rambo, one of the most iconic action heroes of the twentieth century.

Called "the father of the modern action novel," First Blood changed the genre. Although the book and the film adaptation have similarities, they are very different, especially its unexpected ending and its greater intensity. If you've only experienced the film, you're in for a surprise.

Once they were soldiers. Rambo, the ragged kid whose presence in town is considered a threat. And Teasle, the Chief of Police of Madison, Kentucky. Both have been trained to kill: Rambo in Vietnam, Teasle in Korea. They learned different military tactics, different ways of death and survival in two different wars.

Now, without warning, they are enemies in a civilian combat that becomes a chase through the woods and mountains and caves above the town. As we follow them, we understand that once a man has been trained as a killer, perhaps he is changed forever.

Award-winning First Blood was published in 1972, was translated into 26 languages, and has never been out of print. It was one of the first novels to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder.

David's novelizations for Rambo (First Blood Part II) and Rambo III are available as e-books. They're quite different from the films and include revealing introductions. See also David's Rambo and Me: The Story Behind the Story.

Critical reactions:

"A fine novel. . . . When Johnny comes marching home this time, watch out." �The New York Times Sunday Book Review

"A first-rate thriller." �Newsweek

"One of the finest chase novels you will ever read." �Minneapolis Tribune

"A terrific thriller." �Saturday Review

"One hell of a hard, fast novel." —John D. MacDonald]]> 320 David Morrell 0446364401 Matt 0 fiction 4.02 1972 First Blood
author: David Morrell
name: Matt
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1972
rating: 0
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]]> Who Goes There? 6468870 This Wildside Press edition is the only ebook version of this classic story authorized by the Campbell estate.]]> 161 John W. Campbell Jr. 0982332203 Matt 0 to-read 3.78 1938 Who Goes There?
author: John W. Campbell Jr.
name: Matt
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1938
rating: 0
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]]> Wytches, Volume 1 25243735
Collecting: Wytches 1-6]]> 192 Scott Snyder 1632153807 Matt 0 graphic-novel 3.79 2014 Wytches, Volume 1
author: Scott Snyder
name: Matt
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2014
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]> 7082 244 Philip K. Dick Matt 0 to-read 4.08 1968 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
author: Philip K. Dick
name: Matt
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1968
rating: 0
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]]> Aliens Dead Orbit 34413316
Collects issues #1-#4 of the thrilling and claustrophobic Aliens story: Dead Orbit, penned by Orc Stain creator James Stokoe!]]> 104 James Stokoe 150670333X Matt 0 3.56 2018 Aliens Dead Orbit
author: James Stokoe
name: Matt
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2018
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]]> <![CDATA[Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit (Ishmael, #1)]]> 227265 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

TEACHER SEEKS PUPIL.
Must have an earnest desire to
save the world. Apply in person.

It was just a three-line ad in the personals section, but it launched the adventure of a lifetime...

So begins Ishmael, an utterly unique and captivating novel that has earned a large and passionate following among readers and critics alike—one of the most beloved and bestselling novels of spiritual adventure ever published.]]> 266 Daniel Quinn 0553375407 Matt 0 fiction, to-read 3.99 1992 Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit (Ishmael, #1)
author: Daniel Quinn
name: Matt
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1992
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]]> Hinds' Feet on High Places 821056 Hinds� Feet on High Places remains Hannah Hurnard’s best known and most beloved book: a timeless allegory dramatizing the yearning of God’s children to be led to new heights of love, joy, and victory. In this moving tale, follow Much-Afraid on her spiritual journey as she overcomes many dangers and mounts at last to the High Places. There she gains a new name and is transformed by her union with the loving Shepherd. Included in this special edition (February 2009 release) is Hannah Hurnard’s own account of the circumstances that led her to write Hinds� Feet, and a brief autobiography. Special edition also features a new cover design.]]> 320 Hannah Hurnard 0842314296 Matt 0 to-read 4.32 1955 Hinds' Feet on High Places
author: Hannah Hurnard
name: Matt
average rating: 4.32
book published: 1955
rating: 0
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]]> City 222093 Librarian's Note: Alternate cover edition available here.

Simak's City is a series of connected stories, a series of legends, myths, and campfire stories told by Dogs about the end of human civilization, centering on the Webster family, who, among their other accomplishments, designed the ships that took Men to the stars and gave Dogs the gift of speech and robots to be their hands.]]> 251 Clifford D. Simak 188296828X Matt 0 science-fiction, to-read 4.08 1952 City
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name: Matt
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1952
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gray Wolf and Other Stories]]> 349562
The gray wolf.--
The cruel painter.--
The broken swords.--
The wow o'Rivven.--
Uncle Cornelius, his story.--
The butcher's bills.--
Birth, dreaming, death]]> 196 George MacDonald 0802818625 Matt 0 3.90 1871 The Gray Wolf and Other Stories
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name: Matt
average rating: 3.90
book published: 1871
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]]> <![CDATA[It's Not What You Think: Why Christianity is About So Much More Than Going to Heaven When You Die]]> 25801129 E-Book includes a special behind-the-scenes interview with Jefferson Bethke as he shares personal experiences and insights that inspired the writing of It s Not What You Think.

New York Times best-selling author of Jesus > Religion challenges the accepted thinking of contemporary Christianity with the world-changing message Jesus actually brought.

Jesus was most upset at people for seeing but not seeing. For missing it. For succumbing to the danger and idolatry of forcing God into preconceived ideals. What if there were a better way? What if Jesus came not to help people escape the world but rather to restore it? Best-selling author and spoken word artist Jefferson Bethke says that Christians have the greatest story ever told but we aren t telling it. So in this new book, Bethke tells that story anew, presenting God s truths from the Old and the New Testaments as the challenging and compelling story that it is a grand narrative with God at the center. And in doing so, Bethke reminds readers of the life-changing message of Jesus that turned the world upside-down, a world that God is putting back together.





"]]> 214 Jefferson Bethke 1400205417 Matt 4 christian 4.23 2015 It's Not What You Think: Why Christianity is About So Much More Than Going to Heaven When You Die
author: Jefferson Bethke
name: Matt
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2016/04/09
date added: 2016/04/09
shelves: christian
review:

]]> No Country for Old Men 12497 Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN 9780375706677

In his blistering new novel, Cormac McCarthy returns to the Texas-Mexico border, the setting of his famed Border Trilogy. The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug-runners and small towns have become free-fire zones.

One day, Llewellyn Moss finds a pickup truck surrounded by a bodyguard of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law–in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell–can contain.

As Moss tries to evade his pursuers–in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives–McCarthy simultaneously strips down the American crime novel and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning’s headlines.
No Country for Old Men is a triumph.]]> 309 Cormac McCarthy Matt 0 fiction 4.15 2005 No Country for Old Men
author: Cormac McCarthy
name: Matt
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2005
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/03/19
shelves: fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[Space Riders, Volumen Uno: Vengeful Universe (Space Riders, #1)]]> 26527324 112 Fabian Rangel Jr. 1628751096 Matt 0 graphic-novel 4.00 2015 Space Riders, Volumen Uno: Vengeful Universe (Space Riders, #1)
author: Fabian Rangel Jr.
name: Matt
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2015
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2016/02/24
shelves: graphic-novel
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]]> American Psycho 28676 American Psycho is a bleak, bitter, black comedy about a world we all recognize but do not wish to confront.]]> 399 Bret Easton Ellis 0679735771 Matt 2 3.82 1991 American Psycho
author: Bret Easton Ellis
name: Matt
average rating: 3.82
book published: 1991
rating: 2
read at: 2016/02/13
date added: 2016/02/13
shelves:
review:

]]> Rules for a Knight 25241473
A knight, fearing he may not return from battle, writes a letter to his children in an attempt to leave a record of all he knows. In a series of ruminations on solitude, humility, forgiveness, honesty, courage, grace, pride, and patience, he draws on the ancient teachings of Eastern and Western philosophy, and on the great spiritual and political writings of our time. His intent: to give his children a compass for a journey they will have to make alone, a short guide to what gives life meaning and beauty. ]]> 175 Ethan Hawke 0307962334 Matt 5 fiction 4.18 2015 Rules for a Knight
author: Ethan Hawke
name: Matt
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2016/02/13
date added: 2016/02/13
shelves: fiction
review:
Such a good book. I'd read Ethan Hawke's other book, The Hottest State, and that was decently good, but this is bit of a departure from that, and in a good way. The concept is great (knight on the brink of death writes a letter of advice for his young children before going to war) and for such a quick read, there's a lot of heart to it. It's also great that 100% of the royalties from the book are being donated to children overcome learning disabilities. If I ever have kids, this will most definitely be a book i share with them.
]]> The Outsiders 16090806
Over forty years after it was first published, The Outsiders still carries the same frightening and unifying messages for teens (and readers of all ages). The ruthlessly realistic and violent story of the Greasers and the Socs, rival gangs from very different sides of the railroad tracks, is narrated by Ponyboy Curtis, a smart, sensitive kid who has grown to become one of the most recognizable figures in the history of young adult literature. Any teen who has ever felt isolated or different can identify with Ponyboy, a kid forced to be tough on the outside, but who underneath is just as scared and needy as anyone. Hinton herself has said that she has never written a character as close to her own self as Ponyboy is. Young Adult fiction was shaped and defined by Susan Eloise Hinton, and the realism she attached to the genre became the norm, enabling later writers like Robert Cormier and Judy Blume to find characters and voices that actually spoke to adolescents. Since 1967, Ponyboy has become the hero for countless teenagers nationwide as The Outsiders stands to influence an entire new legion of adolescents who need Ponyboy as much as ever.]]> 156 S.E. Hinton Matt 4 fiction 4.22 1967 The Outsiders
author: S.E. Hinton
name: Matt
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1967
rating: 4
read at: 2016/02/09
date added: 2016/02/09
shelves: fiction
review:

]]> Marvels 7235155 248 Kurt Busiek 078514286X Matt 0 to-read, graphic-novel 4.23 1993 Marvels
author: Kurt Busiek
name: Matt
average rating: 4.23
book published: 1993
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/12/22
shelves: to-read, graphic-novel
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]]> Double Star 5899411 128 Robert A. Heinlein 0451036697 Matt 0 to-read 3.70 1956 Double Star
author: Robert A. Heinlein
name: Matt
average rating: 3.70
book published: 1956
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/12/02
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> Descender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars 25546167 160 Jeff Lemire 1632154269 Matt 4 graphic-novel 4.08 2015 Descender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars
author: Jeff Lemire
name: Matt
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2015/11/28
date added: 2015/11/28
shelves: graphic-novel
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]]> The Phantom of the Opera 62099 The Phantom of the Opera is a riveting story that revolves around the young, Swedish Christine Daaé. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. After a time at the opera house, she begins hearing a voice, who eventually teaches her how to sing beautifully. All goes well until Christine's childhood friend Raoul comes to visit his parents, who are patrons of the opera, and he sees Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage. The voice, who is the deformed, murderous 'ghost' of the opera house named Erik, however, grows violent in his terrible jealousy, until Christine suddenly disappears. The phantom is in love, but it can only spell disaster.

Leroux's work, with characters ranging from the spoiled prima donna Carlotta to the mysterious Persian from Erik's past, has been immortalized by memorable adaptations. Despite this, it remains a remarkable piece of Gothic horror literature in and of itself, deeper and darker than any version that follows.]]> 368 Gaston Leroux 0060812346 Matt 3 horror 3.78 1910 The Phantom of the Opera
author: Gaston Leroux
name: Matt
average rating: 3.78
book published: 1910
rating: 3
read at: 2015/11/23
date added: 2015/11/23
shelves: horror
review:

]]> Saga of the Swamp Thing 13280885
It breathes. It eats. And, at night, beneath a crawling ground fog with the luster of vaporized pearl, it dreams: dreams while tiny predators stage a nightmare ballet in the sharp black grass. It is a living thing. It has a soul. It has a face.

At night you can almost see it.

At night you can almost imagine what it might look like if the Swamp where boiled down to its essence and distilled into corporeal form; if all the muck, all the forgotten muskrat bones, and all the luscious decay would rise up and wade on two legs through the shallows; if the Swamp had a spirit and that spirit walked like a man...

At night, you can almost imagine.

You can stare into those paces where the evening has pooled beneath the distant trees, and glimpse an ambiguous shifting of the darkness; something large, large and slow, its movements solemn and inevitable, heavy with the clotted, sodden weed that forms its flesh. Its skeleton of tortured root creaks with each funereal pace, protesting at the damp and sullen weight. Within their sockets its eyes float like blood-poppies in puddles of ink.

You can inhale through flared nostrils, drinking in its musk, green and pungent. There is the delicate scent of mosses and lichens adorning its flanks. There is the dry and acrid aftertaste of the pinmold that spreads across its shoulders, fanning out in a dull, grey rash.

You can stand alone in the blind darkness and know that were you to raise your arm, reaching out to its fullest extremity, your fingertips would brush with something wet, something supple and resilient.

Something moving.

You shouldn't have come here.

This is the place.

This is the story.

Saga of the Swamp Thing.]]> 175 Alan Moore Matt 4 graphic-novel 4.50 1983 Saga of the Swamp Thing
author: Alan Moore
name: Matt
average rating: 4.50
book published: 1983
rating: 4
read at: 2015/11/23
date added: 2015/11/23
shelves: graphic-novel
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]]> Tommysaurus Rex 80252 112 Doug TenNapel 1582403953 Matt 0 graphic-novel 3.87 2004 Tommysaurus Rex
author: Doug TenNapel
name: Matt
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2004
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2015/10/29
shelves: graphic-novel
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]]> The Revenant 22836957
Rocky Mountains, 1823. The trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. Hugh Glass is one of the most respected men in the company, an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker.But when a scouting mission puts Glass face-to-face with a grizzly bear, he is viciously mauled and not expected to survive. Two men from the company are ordered to remain with him until his inevitable death. But, fearing an imminent attack, they abandon Glass, stripping him of his prized rifle and hatchet.

As Glass watches the men flee, he is driven to survive by one all-consuming desire: revenge. With shocking grit and determination, he sets out on a three-thousand-mile journey across the harsh American frontier, to seek revenge on the men who betrayed him.

The Revenant is a remarkable tale of obsession and the lengths that one man will go to for retribution.

The novel that inspired the epic new movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy. ]]> 262 Michael Punke 125006662X Matt 5 historic-fiction 3.94 2002 The Revenant
author: Michael Punke
name: Matt
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2002
rating: 5
read at: 2015/10/07
date added: 2015/10/07
shelves: historic-fiction
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Battling Boy (Battling Boy, 1)]]> 17210469 The adventure begins.

Monsters roam through Acropolis, swallowing children into the horrors of their shadowy underworld. Only one man is a match for them--the genius vigilante Haggard West.

Unfortunately Haggard West is dead.

Acropolis is desperate, but when its salvation comes in the form of a twelve-year-old demigod, nobody is more surprised than Battling Boy himself.]]> 202 Paul Pope 1596431458 Matt 4 graphic-novel
I'm glad I picked it up. It's a fun read and I can see it translating into a fun movie too. It's pretty straight forward stuff, yet still has it's fair share of strange and unique qualities. It also doesn't seem to take itself too seriously, which is kind of a refreshing thing to experience in comics lately.

I guess my only issue with it was that it seemed to end right as everything was starting to take off. I understand there's apparently more to come though, so we'll see where it goes next.]]> 3.69 2013 Battling Boy (Battling Boy, 1)
author: Paul Pope
name: Matt
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2015/10/01
date added: 2015/10/01
shelves: graphic-novel
review:
Saw this one at a used book store in Ann Arbor for about half the price it usually goes for new. I'd heard a lot about it and also heard that they're planning to make a movie of it, so I figured with the low price, why not see what the fuss is about?

I'm glad I picked it up. It's a fun read and I can see it translating into a fun movie too. It's pretty straight forward stuff, yet still has it's fair share of strange and unique qualities. It also doesn't seem to take itself too seriously, which is kind of a refreshing thing to experience in comics lately.

I guess my only issue with it was that it seemed to end right as everything was starting to take off. I understand there's apparently more to come though, so we'll see where it goes next.
]]> <![CDATA[The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner]]> 87580 272 James Hogg 0192835904 Matt 0 to-read 3.69 1824 The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
author: James Hogg
name: Matt
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1824
rating: 0
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]]> Dandelion Wine 873420 Book by Bradbury, Ray 239 Ray Bradbury 0553252364 Matt 5 4.18 1957 Dandelion Wine
author: Ray Bradbury
name: Matt
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1957
rating: 5
read at: 2015/09/16
date added: 2015/09/16
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review:
Bradbury just had a style of writing that made the most mundane things seem magical. He's one of my favorite authors, and this book is a prime example of why.
]]> <![CDATA[Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Vol. 1]]> 23241659
Collects issues #0�4.]]> 152 Tom Scioli 1631401904 Matt 3 graphic-novel 3.59 2014 Transformers vs. G.I. Joe, Vol. 1
author: Tom Scioli
name: Matt
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2015/07/15
date added: 2015/09/10
shelves: graphic-novel
review:
The retro, Jack Kirby style art was fantastic, and the reason I bought it in the first place. But the story was just alright. I appreciated the idea that it played out like something from a young hyperactive boy's imagination, but it wore off after a while, and once you get past that (for me anyway)...there's not much substance to the story at all. Worth a read though. Really, I'd say a 3.5 if I could.
]]> <![CDATA[It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God]]> 380742
From the back cover:
What does it mean to be a creative individual who is a follower of the creative God? It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God strives to answer that question through a series of essays which offer theoretical and practical insights into artmaking from a Christian perspective.

A Christian looks at the world through the eyes of one who has a restored relationship with the Creator, and receives a new vision affecting every area of life—including the creative process. The Christian worldview is foundational to the approach a believer in Christ takes to making art and may even be found thematically in the resulting work.

Artmaking inevitably raises difficult questions for artists. This book offers aid in developing some of the internal tools needed to work through those questions, and so to glorify and enjoy God while trying to speak with a clear and relevant voice to a fallen world.]]> 355 Ned Bustard 0978509714 Matt 0 to-read 4.04 2000 It Was Good: Making Art to the Glory of God
author: Ned Bustard
name: Matt
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2000
rating: 0
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shelves: to-read
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]]> The Martian Chronicles 76778
The Martian Chronicles tells the story of humanity’s repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease they called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a fist. They felt they had never been born. Those few that survived found no welcome on Mars. The shape-changing Martians thought they were native lunatics and duly locked them up.

But more rockets arrived from Earth, and more, piercing the hallucinations projected by the Martians. People brought their old prejudices with them � and their desires and fantasies, tainted dreams. These were soon inhabited by the strange native beings, with their caged flowers and birds of flame.

Contents:
Rocket Summer
Ylla
The Summer Night
The Earth Men
The Taxpayer
The Third Expedition
-And the Moon Be Still As Bright
The Settlers
The Green Morning
The Locusts
Night Meeting
The Shore
Interim
The Musicians
Way in the Middle of the Air
The Naming of Names
Usher II
The Old Ones
The Martian
The Luggage Store
The Off Season
The Watchers
The Silent Towns
The Long Years
There Will Come Soft Rains
The Million Year Picnic]]> 182 Ray Bradbury 0553278223 Matt 0 science-fiction, to-read 4.16 1950 The Martian Chronicles
author: Ray Bradbury
name: Matt
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1950
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/08/27
shelves: science-fiction, to-read
review:

]]> <![CDATA[Tough Guy: My Life on the Edge]]> 9484905 272 Bob Probert 160078562X Matt 0 sports, to-read 3.97 2010 Tough Guy: My Life on the Edge
author: Bob Probert
name: Matt
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2010
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/08/27
shelves: sports, to-read
review:

]]> The Brothers Karamazov 260852 (back cover)]]> 897 Fyodor Dostoevsky 0451530608 Matt 4 fiction 4.42 1880 The Brothers Karamazov
author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
name: Matt
average rating: 4.42
book published: 1880
rating: 4
read at: 2015/07/06
date added: 2015/08/11
shelves: fiction
review:

]]> Tron: Betrayal 8519910
Tron: Betrayal serves as a prequel to TRON: Legacy, the Walt Disney Pictures' high-tech adventure film, which hits U.S. theaters in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D on December 17, 2010.

----------

The Grid is in danger! Created by Kevin Flynn to be a place where the only limit was his imagination, the Grid evolved into more than Flynn could have conceived. As the world of the Grid and the real world change around him, Flynn finds that what was once his digital playground is growing into a dark and dangerous place. He'll have to make a decision that affects the lives of not only Tron and the other programs on the Grid, but the people in his life as well. Flynn's going to have to learn how to be in two places at once, and even that may not be enough!

Tron: Betrayal serves as a prequel to TRON: Legacy, the Walt Disney Pictures' high-tech adventure film, which hits U.S. theaters in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D on December 17, 2010.]]> 127 Jai Nitz 142313463X Matt 3 graphic-novel 3.70 2010 Tron: Betrayal
author: Jai Nitz
name: Matt
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2015/08/11
date added: 2015/08/11
shelves: graphic-novel
review:

]]> Moby-Dick 2402216 544 Herman Melville 0451512391 Matt 0 to-read 3.55 1851 Moby-Dick
author: Herman Melville
name: Matt
average rating: 3.55
book published: 1851
rating: 0
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date added: 2015/08/03
shelves: to-read
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]]> The Wind in the Willows 5659 “All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered.�

For more than a century, The Wind in the Willows and its endearing protagonists—Mole, Water Rat, Badger, and, of course, the incorrigible Toad—have enchanted children of all ages. Whether the four friends are setting forth on an exciting adventure, engaging in a comic caper, or simply relaxing by the River Thames, their stories will surprise and captivate you.

Hailed as one of the most enduringly popular works of the twentieth century, this story is a classic of magical fancy and enchanting wit. Penned in lyrical prose, the adventures and misadventures of the book’s intrepid quartet of heroes raise fantasy to the level of myth. Reflecting the freshness of childhood wonder, it still offers adults endless sophistication, substance, and depth.

The animals� world embodies the author’s wry, whimsical, and unfailingly inventive imagination. It is a world that succeeding generations of both adult and young readers have found irresistible. But why say more? To use the words of the estimable Mr. Toad himself: “Travel, change, interest, excitement!...Come inside.�]]> 197 Kenneth Grahame 0143039091 Matt 5 fiction 4.02 1908 The Wind in the Willows
author: Kenneth Grahame
name: Matt
average rating: 4.02
book published: 1908
rating: 5
read at: 2015/08/03
date added: 2015/08/03
shelves: fiction
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]]> <![CDATA[All-New Ghost Rider, Vol. 2: Legend]]> 23017878
COLLECTING: All -New Ghost Rider 6-12]]> 160 Felipe Smith 0785154566 Matt 4 graphic-novel 3.34 2015 All-New Ghost Rider, Vol. 2: Legend
author: Felipe Smith
name: Matt
average rating: 3.34
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2015/07/28
date added: 2015/07/28
shelves: graphic-novel
review:
Maybe a slight drop off because Tradd Moore is no longer doing the art, and he just fit perfectly. But the story is still interesting. It's nice to see a new take on Ghost Rider.
]]> <![CDATA[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]> 732562 "Day after day, day after day,
We stuck, nor breath nor motion;
As idle as a painted ship
Upon a painted ocean.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere") is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written circa 1797 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. Modern editions use a later revised version printed in 1817 and featuring a gloss. Along with other poems in Lyrical Ballads, it was a signal shift to modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature.

It relates the events experienced by a mariner who has returned from a long sea voyage. The Mariner stops a man on his way to a wedding ceremony and begins to narrate a story. The Wedding-Guest's reaction turns from bemusement to impatience, fear, and fascination as the Mariner's story progresses, as can be seen in the language style: for example, the use of narrative techniques such as personification and repetition to create a sense of danger, or the supernatural, or serenity, depending on the mood each different part of the poem.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772�1834) was an English poet, critic and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England, and one of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' (1792) and 'Kubla Khan' (1816), as well as his major prose work 'Biographia Literaria' (1817).]]> 77 Samuel Taylor Coleridge 0486223051 Matt 4 poetry 3.95 1798 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
name: Matt
average rating: 3.95
book published: 1798
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Waste Land and Other Poems]]> 400412 Librarian Note: Also available as an Alternate Cover Edition.

“And I will show you something different from either
Your shadow at morning striding behind you
Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you
I will show you fear in a handful of dust�

When The Waste Land was published in 1922, initial reaction to the poem was decidedly negative. Critics attacked the poem's "kaleidoscopic" design, and nearly everyone disagreed furiously about its meaning. The poem was even rumored to a hoax. Eventually, though, The Waste Land went on to become what many regard as the most influential poem written in English in the twentieth century.

"In ten years' time," wrote Edmund Wilson in Axel's Castle (1931), "Elliot has left upon English poetry a mark more unmistakable than that of any other poet writing in English." In 1948, T.S. Eliot was awarded the Nobel Price "for his work as a trail-blazing pioneer of modern poetry."

In addition to the title poem, this selection includes "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," "Geronition," "Ash-Wednesday," and other poems from Eliot's early and middle work.

Includes:
- The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
- Preludes
- Gerontion
- Sweeney Among the Nightingales
- The Waste Land:
I. The Burial of the Dead
II. A Game of Chess
III. The Fire Sermon
IV. Death by Water
V. What the Thunder Said
Notes on 'The Waste Land'
- Ash-Wednesday
-J ourney of the Magi
- Marina
- Landscapes:
I. New Hampshire
II. Virginia
III. USK
- Two Choruses from 'The Rock']]> 88 T.S. Eliot Matt 4 poetry 4.24 1922 The Waste Land and Other Poems
author: T.S. Eliot
name: Matt
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1922
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The New Avengers, Vol. 2: The Sentry]]> 105910
In this volume, the New Avengers try to help the most powerful super-hero in the world figure out who he is and where he came from. But will this knowledge destroy the man they are trying to help?

Collecting: The New Avengers 7-10, Most Wanted Files]]> 104 Brian Michael Bendis 0785116729 Matt 4 graphic-novel 3.76 2006 The New Avengers, Vol. 2: The Sentry
author: Brian Michael Bendis
name: Matt
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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date added: 2015/07/15
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]]> Level Up 9630403 From Gene Luen Yang, the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and author of American Born Chinese, comes a magical realist coming-of-age tale, by turns whimsical and deadly serious.

Dennis Ouyang has always struggled in the shadow of his parents' expectations. His path is laid out for him: stay focused in high school, become a gastroenterologist. It may be hard work, but it isn't complicated--until suddenly it is. Between his father's death, his academic burnout, and his deep (and distracting) love of video games, Dennis is nowhere near where his family wanted him to be. In fact, he's just been kicked out of college.

And that's when things get� weird.

Four adorable--and bossy--angels, straight out of a sappy greeting card, appear and take charge of Dennis's life, and Dennis finds himself herded back onto the straight and narrow: the path to gastroenterology. But nothing is ever what it seems when life, magic, and video games collide.]]> 160 Gene Luen Yang 1596432357 Matt 3 graphic-novel 3.75 2011 Level Up
author: Gene Luen Yang
name: Matt
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2011
rating: 3
read at: 2012/03/01
date added: 2015/07/15
shelves: graphic-novel
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]]> <![CDATA[Big Trouble in Little China, Vol. 1]]> 23492424
Jack Burton, a macho, truck-driving adventurer, finds a stowaway demon hiding on his rig, The Pork Chop Express, but that soon becomes the least of his troubles. He helped his best friend Wang save his fiance from the clutches of an ancient sorcerer, but now the wedding has been invaded by more evil forces with one thing on their minds: revenge against Jack Burton! Director John Carpenter returns with Eric Powell (THE GOON) and artist Brian Churilla (SECRET HISTORY OF D.B. COOPER) in the continuing adventures of Jack Burton, taking place mere moments after the ending to the cult-classic. Collecting the first four issues of the critically acclaimed series.]]> 128 Eric Powell 1608867161 Matt 4 graphic-novel 3.72 2015 Big Trouble in Little China, Vol. 1
author: Eric Powell
name: Matt
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2015
rating: 4
read at: 2015/07/15
date added: 2015/07/15
shelves: graphic-novel
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]]> <![CDATA[The New Avengers, Vol. 1: Breakout]]> 105961
How does Cap, Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Wolverine sound? Fate has brought them together, and now Captain America wants to make it permanent. Who will take his hand and join the new Avengers? And will they be strong enough to fight the mysterious forces at play around them?

Collecting: The New Avengers 1-6]]> 160 Brian Michael Bendis 0785118144 Matt 4 graphic-novel 4.07 2005 The New Avengers, Vol. 1: Breakout
author: Brian Michael Bendis
name: Matt
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2015/07/08
date added: 2015/07/08
shelves: graphic-novel
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]]> <![CDATA[Captain America, Vol. 3: Loose Nuke]]> 18360008
Collecting: Captain America 11-15]]> 136 Rick Remender 0785189513 Matt 3 graphic-novel 3.37 2014 Captain America, Vol. 3: Loose Nuke
author: Rick Remender
name: Matt
average rating: 3.37
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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date added: 2015/07/03
shelves: graphic-novel
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]]> Marvel 1985 6060267 172 Mark Millar 1846534062 Matt 4 graphic-novel 3.73 2009 Marvel 1985
author: Mark Millar
name: Matt
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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date added: 2015/07/03
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]]> <![CDATA[Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time]]> 1011834 219 Rob Sheffield 1400083036 Matt 4 music 3.92 2007 Love Is a Mix Tape: Life and Loss, One Song at a Time
author: Rob Sheffield
name: Matt
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2007
rating: 4
read at: 2014/11/11
date added: 2015/07/03
shelves: music
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]]> Avengers: Disassembled 105969 Avengers sunt atacați de ai lor și cad unul după altul. Captain America și tovarășii lui nu știu cine e trădătorul, dar sunt loviți de cineva care le cunoaște toate secretele și punctele slabe... Va fi oare sfârșitul pentru Avengers?

Descoperiți în acest volum fascinant, scris de Brian M. Bendis (House of M) și ilustrat de David Finch (New Avengers), precum și de mai mulți ilustratori invitați.

ALBUMUL CONȚINE EPISOADELE AVENGERS (1963) 500-503 ȘI AVENGERS FINALE (2005).]]> 176 Brian Michael Bendis 0785114823 Matt 4 graphic-novel 3.95 2006 Avengers: Disassembled
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average rating: 3.95
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rating: 4
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]]> Punisher Noir 7527261 112 Frank Tieri 0785139435 Matt 4 graphic-novel 3.53 2010 Punisher Noir
author: Frank Tieri
name: Matt
average rating: 3.53
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> The Infinity Gauntlet 398916 256 Jim Starlin 0785123490 Matt 4 graphic-novel 4.09 1991 The Infinity Gauntlet
author: Jim Starlin
name: Matt
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1991
rating: 4
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]]> The Road 1221381 The searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son’s fight to survive.

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don’t know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.

The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, “each the other’s world entire,� are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.]]> 287 Cormac McCarthy Matt 5 fiction 3.92 2006 The Road
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rating: 5
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A great story about a man and his child trying to survive in a very bleak world. On the surface, it seems like your average post apocalyptic novel, but what makes this one stand out is the questions it raises. How do you teach someone you love how to remain hopeful in an essentially dying world without selling them a lie? And which is more important for survival, trust or caution?
]]> 1984 5477 Brave New World and George Orwell's 1984 are the great modern classics of "Negative Utopia"—not dramas of what life might be... but nightmares of what it is becoming.

The world of 1984 is one in which eternal warfare is the price of bleak prosperity, in which the Party keeps itself in power by complete action over man's actions and his thoughts. As the lovers Winston Smith and Julia learn when they try to evade the Thought Polic, and then join the underground opposition, the Party can smash the last impulse of love, the last flicker of individuality.

But let the reader beware: 1984 is more than a satire of totalitarian barbarism. "It means us, too," says Erich Fromm in his Afterword. It is no merely a political novel but also a diagnosis of the deepest alienation in the mind of Organization Man.

George Orwell writes with a swift clean style that has come down from Defoe. Like Defoe, he creates an imaginary world that is completely convincing—from the first sentence to the last four words... words which might stand as the epitaph of the twentieth century.]]> 268 George Orwell 0451516753 Matt 0 to-read 4.09 1949 1984
author: George Orwell
name: Matt
average rating: 4.09
book published: 1949
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)]]> 76620 Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN13 9780380395866 here.

Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale of adventure, courage and survival follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of friends, they journey forth from their native Sandleford Warren through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, to a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.]]> 478 Richard Adams 038039586X Matt 5 4.08 1972 Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
author: Richard Adams
name: Matt
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1972
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Captain America, Vol. 2: Castaway in Dimension Z, Book Two]]> 17899542
Collecting: Captain America 6-10]]> 136 Rick Remender 0785168273 Matt 4 graphic-novel 3.67 2013 Captain America, Vol. 2: Castaway in Dimension Z, Book Two
author: Rick Remender
name: Matt
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Captain America, Vol. 1: Castaway in Dimension Z, Book One]]> 17251110
Collecting: Captain America 1-5]]> 136 Rick Remender 0785168265 Matt 4 graphic-novel 3.78 2013 Captain America, Vol. 1: Castaway in Dimension Z, Book One
author: Rick Remender
name: Matt
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> Godzilla: Awakening 20697506
Delve into an incredible mystery, generations in the making. At the dawn of the atomic age, humanity awakens lifeforms beyond imagination, unleashing monumental forces of nature. This explosive, larger-than-life adventure is the perfect way for fans to experience the new Godzilla before seeing it in theaters.]]> 7 Max Borenstein 1401250351 Matt 3 graphic-novel 3.57 2014 Godzilla: Awakening
author: Max Borenstein
name: Matt
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> Batman: The Killing Joke 96358
After shooting and permanently paralyzing his daughter Barbara (a.k.a. Batgirl), the Joker kidnaps the commissioner and attacks his mind in hopes of breaking the man.

But refusing to give up, Gordon maintains his sanity with the help of Batman in an effort to beset the madman.]]> 50 Alan Moore 0930289455 Matt 4 graphic-novel 4.37 1988 Batman: The Killing Joke
author: Alan Moore
name: Matt
average rating: 4.37
book published: 1988
rating: 4
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]]> The Pearl 581697 126 John Steinbeck 0553239740 Matt 0 to-read 3.48 1947 The Pearl
author: John Steinbeck
name: Matt
average rating: 3.48
book published: 1947
rating: 0
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]]> Ghost Rider: Resurrected 129359 192 Howard Mackie 0871358034 Matt 3 graphic-novel 3.69 1991 Ghost Rider: Resurrected
author: Howard Mackie
name: Matt
average rating: 3.69
book published: 1991
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch]]> 22571515 304 Jonathan Gottschall 1594205639 Matt 0 to-read 3.75 2015 The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch
author: Jonathan Gottschall
name: Matt
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Bless You Boys: Diary of the Detroit Tigers' 1984 Season]]> 744214 263 Sparky Anderson 0809252457 Matt 4 non-fiction, sports 4.25 1984 Bless You Boys: Diary of the Detroit Tigers' 1984 Season
author: Sparky Anderson
name: Matt
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1984
rating: 4
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date added: 2015/05/05
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A cool look into one of the best seasons my favorite baseball team has ever produced. Easy and recommended summer read.
]]> <![CDATA[The Punisher, Vol. 1: Welcome Back, Frank]]> 664149 288 Garth Ennis 078510982X Matt 4 graphic-novel 4.22 2001 The Punisher, Vol. 1: Welcome Back, Frank
author: Garth Ennis
name: Matt
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham]]> 1018117
Farmer Giles of Ham first published in 1949. Smith of Wootton Major was first published in November 1965.]]> 156 J.R.R. Tolkien 0345320190 Matt 4 3.99 1949 Smith of Wootton Major and Farmer Giles of Ham
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Matt
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1949
rating: 4
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]]> Evenor - Three Tales 2867571 Mass-market paperback 210 George MacDonald 0345028740 Matt 0 to-read 3.87 Evenor - Three Tales
author: George MacDonald
name: Matt
average rating: 3.87
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]]> <![CDATA[A Symphony in Sand (Symphony Trilogy, #2)]]> 491849 144 Calvin Miller 0849906881 Matt 0 christian, fiction, to-read 4.15 1990 A Symphony in Sand (Symphony Trilogy, #2)
author: Calvin Miller
name: Matt
average rating: 4.15
book published: 1990
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Magician’s Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia, #6)]]> 317519 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe will be delighted to find that the sixth volume in the series is actually the first in the sequence—and a step back in time. In this unforgettable story, British schoolchildren Polly and Digory inadvertently tumble into the Wood Between the Worlds, where they meet the evil Queen Jadis and, ultimately, the great, mysterious King Aslan. We witness the birth of Narnia and discover the legendary source of all the adventures that are to follow in the seven books that comprise the series.

This edition follows the original numbering scheme. More recently, publishers have renumbered the volumes so that the events in the books are ordered chronologically. Other editions number this book as #1.]]> 186 C.S. Lewis 0020442300 Matt 5 4.08 1955 The Magician’s Nephew (The Chronicles of Narnia, #6)
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name: Matt
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1955
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia, #5)]]> 317518 The Horse and his Boy is a stirring and dramatic fantasy story that finds a young boy named Shasta on the run from his homeland with the talking horse, Bree. When the pair discover a deadly plot by the Calormen people to conquer the land of Narnia, the race is on to warn the inhabitants of the impending danger and to rescue them all from certain death.]]> 217 C.S. Lewis Matt 5 3.92 1954 The Horse and His Boy (The Chronicles of Narnia, #5)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Matt
average rating: 3.92
book published: 1954
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Silver Chair (The Chronicles of Narnia, #4)]]> 317517 217 C.S. Lewis 0020442505 Matt 5 3.96 1953 The Silver Chair (The Chronicles of Narnia, #4)
author: C.S. Lewis
name: Matt
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1953
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)]]> 104107
2001: A Space Odysey was developed concurrently with Stanley Kubrick's film version and published after the release of the film.]]> 221 Arthur C. Clarke 0451077652 Matt 4 fiction, science-fiction 4.20 1968 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
author: Arthur C. Clarke
name: Matt
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1968
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)]]> 979598 That Hideous Strength is the third volume, stands alongside such works as Albert Camus's The Plague and George Orwell's 1984 as a timely parable that has become timeless, beloved by succeeding generations as much for the sheer wonder of its storytelling as for the significance of its moral concerns. For the trilogy's central figure, C. S. Lewis created perhaps the most memorable character of his career, the brilliant, clear-eyed, and fiercely brave philologist Dr. Elwin Ransom. Appropriately, Lewis modeled Dr. Ransom on his dear friend J. R. R. Tolkien, for in the scope of its imaginative achievement and the totality of its vision of not one but two imaginary worlds, the Space Trilogy is rivaled in this century only by Tolkien's trilogy The Lord of the Rings. Readers who fall in love with Lewis's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia as children unfailingly cherish his Space Trilogy as adults; it, too, brings to life strange and magical realms in which epic battles are fought between the forces of light and those of darkness. But in the many layers of its allegory, and the sophistication and piercing brilliance of its insights into the human condition, it occupies a place among the English language's most extraordinary works for any age, and for all time.

In That Hideous Strength, the final installment of the Space Trilogy, the dark forces that have been repulsed in Out of the Silent Planet and Perelandra are massed for an assault on the planet Earth itself. Word is on the wind that the mighty wizard Merlin has come back to the land of the living after many centuries, holding the key to ultimate power for the force that can find him and bend him to its will. A sinister technocratic organization that is gaining force throughout England, N.I.C.E. (the National Institute of Coordinated Experiments), secretly controlled by humanity's mortal enemies, plans to use Merlin in their plot to "recondition" society. Dr. Ransom forms a countervailing group, Logres, in opposition, and the two groups struggle to a climactic resolution that brings the Space Trilogy to a magnificent, crashing close.

]]> 382 C.S. Lewis 0020869207 Matt 5 3.94 1945 That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy, #3)
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name: Matt
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1945
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Love within Limits: Realizing Selfless Love in a Selfish World]]> 414158 160 Lewis B. Smedes 080281753X Matt 4 4.10 1978 Love within Limits: Realizing Selfless Love in a Selfish World
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name: Matt
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1978
rating: 4
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]]> The War of the Worlds 8909
Inspiring films, radio dramas, comic-book adaptations, television series and sequels,The War of the Worlds is a prototypical work of science fiction which has influenced every alien story that has come since, and is unsurpassed in its ability to thrill, well over a century since it was first published.]]> 192 H.G. Wells 0375759239 Matt 4 3.84 1898 The War of the Worlds
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name: Matt
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1898
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)]]> 18131
It was a dark and stormy night.

Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry house and beckons Meg, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin O'Keefe on a most dangerous and extraordinary adventure—one that will threaten their lives and our universe.

A Wrinkle in Time is the first book in Madeleine L'Engle's classic Time Quintet.]]> 211 Madeleine L'Engle 0440498058 Matt 4 4.04 1962 A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
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name: Matt
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1962
rating: 4
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]]> Dracula 17245 You can find an alternative cover edition for this ISBN here and here.

When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes a series of horrific discoveries about his client. Soon afterwards, various bizarre incidents unfold in England: an apparently unmanned ship is wrecked off the coast of Whitby; a young woman discovers strange puncture marks on her neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the 'Master' and his imminent arrival.

In Dracula, Bram Stoker created one of the great masterpieces of the horror genre, brilliantly evoking a nightmare world of vampires and vampire hunters and also illuminating the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire.

This Norton Critical Edition includes a rich selection of background and source materials in three areas: Contexts includes probable inspirations for Dracula in the earlier works of James Malcolm Rymer and Emily Gerard. Also included are a discussion of Stoker's working notes for the novel and "Dracula's Guest," the original opening chapter to Dracula. Reviews and Reactions reprints five early reviews of the novel. "Dramatic and Film Variations" focuses on theater and film adaptations of Dracula, two indications of the novel's unwavering appeal. David J. Skal, Gregory A. Waller, and Nina Auerbach offer their varied perspectives. Checklists of both dramatic and film adaptations are included.

Criticism collects seven theoretical interpretations of Dracula by Phyllis A. Roth, Carol A. Senf, Franco Moretti, Christopher Craft, Bram Dijkstra, Stephen D. Arata, and Talia Schaffer.

A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.]]> 488 Bram Stoker 0393970124 Matt 4 fiction, horror 4.03 1897 Dracula
author: Bram Stoker
name: Matt
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1897
rating: 4
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You have to respect this book for the amount of influence it's had and continues to have on pop culture over the years. It's a classic for good reason, and it was great to read what's basically considered the grand daddy of them all in vampire tales. It definitely had it's share of unnerving parts (and some surprises for those who think of the Legosi image when Dracula is mentioned). There were a few times where I felt like some of the journal entries didn't contribute much to the story though. It could've probably been about a hundred pages shorter. But overall a really good read, especially during Halloween season.
]]> God Is Disappointed in You 17689005 God Is Disappointed in You is for people who would like to read the Bible... if it would just cut to the chase. Stripped of its arcane language and its interminable passages of poetry, genealogy, and law, every book of the Bible is condensed down to its core message, in no more than a few pages each. Written by Mark Russell with cartoons by New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler, God Is Disappointed in You is a frequently hilarious, often shocking, but always accurate retelling of the Bible, including the parts selectively left out by Sunday School teachers and church sermons. Irreverent yet faithful, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to see past the fog of religious agendas and cultural debates to discover what the Bible really says.]]> 223 Mark Russell 1603090983 Matt 4 humor 4.20 2011 God Is Disappointed in You
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name: Matt
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle]]> 509094 83 Washington Irving 0893753483 Matt 3 horror, fiction 3.86 1819 Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle
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name: Matt
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1819
rating: 3
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]]> The Great Divorce 1387600 128 C.S. Lewis 0020868901 Matt 5 fiction, christian 4.18 1946 The Great Divorce
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name: Matt
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1946
rating: 5
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]]> Planet of the Apes 1650178
First published more than thirty-five years ago, Pierre Boulle’s chilling novel launched one of the greatest science fiction sagas in motion picture history, from the classic 1968 movie starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowell, through four sequels and two television series . . . and now the newest film adaptation directed by Tim Burton.

In the not-too-distant future, three astronauts land on what appears to be a planet just like Earth, with lush forests, a temperate climate, and breathable air. But while it appears to be a paradise, nothing is what it seems.

They soon discover the terrifying On this world humans are savage beasts, and apes rule as their civilized masters. In an ironic novel of nonstop action and breathless intrigue, one man struggles to unlock the secret of a terrifying civilization, all the while Will he become the savior of the human race, or the final witness to its damnation? In a shocking climax that rivals that of the original movie, Boulle delivers the answer in a masterpiece of adventure, satire, and suspense.

First edition in English here.]]> 128 Pierre Boulle 0451160169 Matt 4 fiction, science-fiction 3.79 1963 Planet of the Apes
author: Pierre Boulle
name: Matt
average rating: 3.79
book published: 1963
rating: 4
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date added: 2014/10/09
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