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Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters for everyone! :D

Bahahahaha!

Ugh, that made my head spin.

I'll be reading some Agatha Christie sometime soon. Maybe I'll be able to put up a good review here. It's definitely good reading, or at least the first books of this series are.

If Comic books count in this thread, I am under the impression that the world needs to devour Saga by Brian Vaughan and Fiona Staples.

I would say that they do. I already put up Watchmen, as well as Arrival which is entirely illustrated with no words at all.

I think I know of Saga. That the one with the pair of outcasts of sorts? If I recall, one of them has horns. (Thinking of the illustrations, because I don't recall what it was actually about.)

Yes, its about two people on opposing sides that meet, fall in love and unlike Romeo and Juliet actually live long enough to have a child. The story has an interesting cast of characters even if the premise is very simple.

I read book five of 'Saga' the other day. I really wish they'd put ratings on more things. *felt a need of brain bleach*

Saw an issue sitting on the "look here!" table at my bookstore and leafed through it. Not really sure how I feel about maybe reading it since the art, while really good, I'm a little sheepish of, I think. I'm not much of a comic person though. Reading something in my head I can imagine as much or as little as I like.

This was the display table too.

Dear me, I forgot to update this thing!

We're on number 39 now. I could suggest something but my current good book is already up there and it's big. Might be a while before something else comes to mind.

So what else to people think others should read?

'The Victorian City' by Judith Flanders. It's a history book about London in Dickons' time, and I've learnt a lot from it.

Whipping Boy: Search For My 12 Year Old Bully by Allen Kurtzweil

He tells a compelling story about his family and how he was bullied at a Switzerland school.

Updated!

I could put something here myself but I'm still on the same book, and the one's I've read recently aren't what I'd call awesome.

41. Death By Video Game (Simon Parkin)

Okay, I'm only half way through actually, but I am so far very much enjoying this book from an academic perspective, as well as from that of a gamer. The book begin with the story of how a young man was found dead in an internet cafe, but the focus of the book is not how it is that people actually do die from playing video games but from what it is about games that puts us in a position that we risk our own health to such a degree. The tone of the book is neutral, and so far it's fascinating. It's still new enough to reference some things like Gamergate and early development of No Man's Sky, but the extra couple years of time that's passed (book was written in 2015) allow for a window to consider how the points made apply to the newest game releases.

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'reMIND', by Jason Brubaker. He's the guy who did illustration work on movies like 'Kung Fu Panda', and this story is the work that got him the job. It's funny, light hearted, serious, and REALLY well drawn in an interesting cartoony way.

43. "Puddle Pug" - Kim Norman

It's so cute!

That's it. That's the only reason why. We're done here.



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44. Good Omens- Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
The best book I've ever read and I've read some bangers. If you love stories about the apocalypse, the spanish inquisition, sarcasm, and an angel and a demon having a drunken existential crisis, this is the book for you!