Machiavelli - The Prince 8/10

I am now on to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Political Economy/The Social Contract.

Read a collection of Terry Laban's Eno and Plum comic strips. This early 90s comic strip is a what if Betty from Archie grew up and married the biggest slacker in the world. Plus how can you hate a comic with a great parody of the Cathy comic strip.

Read the Bat Boy comic strip collection from the Weekly World News over the past few days. For an actual book the last one I read was ring of hell. Up to 20 books so far this year. SO hitting my goal of 101 shouldnt be that hard.

Finished up the third Walking Dead novel. Was damn good and made up for how bad book 2 was.

I just read this french book called "The Opposing Shore". It is about two fictional countries that been in a 200 year old Cold War and this guy Aldo who is sent to a military fortress and starts stirring shit. Philosophically I didn't really understand it but the writing is sleepy and "atmospheric". I don't know, I liked it.

Been continuing with this...

Star Wars: Tattoine Ghost - A book that was written post-prequel trilogy but was written to fit chronologically in right after Courtship of Princess Leia. Mainly a Leia/Han book where they chase after a piece of art on Tattoine while Leia "comes to grips" with her past (incorporating her learning stuff from the prequel trilogy about Anakin and Anakin's mom)..... I'd say 6/10.... was not too hot on it, especially in light of the books that I read after it...


Which were....

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire
Star Wars: Dark Force Rising
Star Wars: The Last Command

Otherwise known as "The Thrawn Trilogy". I loved it.... each book just got better. 10/10 as a whole.... loved all the new characters, and it really felt like I could have been watching a new trilogy.

Life after Death by Damien Echoals

Grabbed this cheap a few days back. Decent read with a few slow points. Combination of his old journals and his diaries when he was in jail.

Hi everyone its me rad dggy dg and the last book I read was moby dick. It was really good. The whael is really big and crazy.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The Social Contract 7.5/10

Hi everony its rad dggy dg and the last book I read was chicken soup for the teenage soul. it was pretty good and inspirational but a bit long imo.

After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn

Decent superhero novel. Celica is the daughter of a superman and wonder woman stand ins. She has no powers and is tired of their villains always kidnapping her. But now she has a chance to help send their biggest threat to jail.

Worth the $2 I paid for it. 3.45 outta 5

Extinction Parade vol 1 by Max Brooks
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Good art but the story is lacking in this comic about vampires fighting zombies. 1.95 outta 5

Console Wars by Blake J Harris
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Ok book about the Sega vs Nintendo 16 bit console war.

2.15 outta 5

Nexus Archives Volume 2 by Mike Baron and Steve Rudehttp://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0OAbyrzD84...2Bvol%2B02.JPG

Nicely designed hardcover collection of 7 early issues of the 80s indy comic Nexus. 4.45 outta 5

My Life in Wrestling by Playboy Gary Harthttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7uncoTpVXJ...hart%2Bbio.jpg

After years of searching about 3 weeks ago I finally got a copy of what I believe to be the second best wrestler biography I have read.

4.75 outta 5

Whats numbero uno?

A three way tie between Foley's first book,Jericho's first book and Hardcore Holly's book.

The Sirens of Titan - Kurt Vonnegut
5/5
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Erasmus - Praise of Folly 7.5/10

Owen Jones - The Establishment: And How the Get Away With It 8.5/10

Every time I finished a chapter I felt angry, and usually that is a good sign, as few books I read elicit a strong emotion from me. I don't particularly follow politics as for the longest time I've just had the view that all politicians are self-serving hypocrites who whore themselves to the highest bidder, but the picture this book paints of the incestuous relationship between politicians, corporations, and the media just reveals the extent in which the Government is compromised.

This is an overtly left-wing book so I need to balance it out with some neo-liberal literature, but on the whole, I come away feeling that railways and utilities need to be renationalised, and big corporations need to be challenged and tempered. But, while both Labour and the Conservative politicians continue to have no qualms sucking on the neo-liberal teat, nothing is going to be done to change the disparity in British Society.

Crikey. This reads like some first year undergrad student ranting against the machine, but this book just left me angry.

who are you voting for garf?

No idea. I might just write on my ballot: "Fuck all of them!" and sign it with your name. ;)

They might wonder why that happened twice :'(

Finished reading Star Wars: Jedi Academy Trilogy

Consisting of "Jedi Search", "Dark Apprentice", and "Champions of the Force"

I'd rate it maybe 7.5/10...

Felt very "weird" because it tries to reconcile Thrawn trilogy with the "Dark Empire" comic books which felt like a "different take entirely" on what happens post-rotj. So trying to reconcile the two "takes"/"continuities" was very "messy"....

Still, there were some "cool moments" in the trilogy....

On the whole, though, felt that the "antagonists" were really weak in this... like they were just "there" and didn't really pose anything other than a "minor nuisance".... never felt like any of them were "major threats"....

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Found it difficult to put down once I started and i like how portrayed the day t o day activities of a mercenary in training.

Star Wars: I, Jedi - 7/10

Was a very weird book because it felt like two books, really.... First half of the book was basically a giant retcon, retconning this one character into the events of the previous book trilogy and retelling it from his POV. The second half was his further adventures. Overall pretty average.

Escape from Baghdad 8.5/10
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I thought it was hilarious.

"The Stock Market Cash Flow," ~ Andy Tanner.

Bin reading some books on personal development. Will Smith writes and speaks about motivation and his stuff is pretty good.

Was years ago, but

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8/10

Also years ago, but:
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8.75/10

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9.5/10

Mail order mysteries

This is about all the shit they use to sell in comic books. Stuff like sea monkeys,x-ray specs and other junk.

Neat book. But not worth cover price.

So, basically novelty/gag stuff that's mostly relegated to specialty boutique stores like Spencer's Gifts these days?

Yeah pretty much. But they also included stuff like how in the 50s and 60s you could order pet monkeys and other odd things.

Yeah, I gathered that. I guess it sounds like it could be sorta cool if you had nothing else worth reading, but probably not as much of a page-turner as one would think.

The price of salt 7/10

read this book called "nineteen minutes"... just insanely sad... had a little overdramatic hollywood style trial at the end, but still was just really fucked, liked it though, good read...

read the whole harry potter series over the past six months, first four get a fail.pass/pass.pass, last three get a pass.fail/pass.pass

I enjoyed it cause I remembered seeing most of the stuff in ads as a kid reading comics.

It isn't worth the cover price. But isn't hard to find cheap.