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I remember I bought The Complete Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy boxset because my son had asked to read the book. He didn’t end up finishing, so it sat on our bookcase for some time before a series of random praises from unrelated internet searches made me question why I didn’t read it in high
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I needed something to take the weight of Arrival off my mind. Daryl Gregory’s Spoonbenders was a very effective and enjoyable salve. It’s Daryl’s clever observations about life and the poesy he wraps it in that makes Spoonbenders such potent medicine. When we are introduced to Teddy Telemachus, he is cruising for women in the
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Reading Rodney Dangerfield’s autobiography, It’s Not Easy Bein’ Me, was like listening to him do a long monologue on the Tonight Show couch. He starts off just like anyone else. He speaks casually, makes small talk. He seems sincere. He’s not angling for a punchline and then — Pow! Pow! Pow! He fires off a
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While not picture books in the traditional sense of stitched hardcovers, the Tiny Titans series by Art Baltazar and Franco should not be ignored. They are engaging, colorful, and “slapsticky” – making them an engaging way to sustain positive reading habits among emergent readers.
Vincent Young 