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“Let me just put it this way: I read this book all in one go. So there’s zero chance I missed anything or forgot details

“Let it be known: This is my grown-up rating. I’m above the intended age for this, below the intended maturity, so this one missed it

“Lemme ‘splain what made old comics great and bonkers. Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2010’s:A bunch of superpeople try and stop a superrobot who decides that

“Lately, I’ve learned that a good way to look at a work is to talk about the “opportunities.” Rather than saying something stinks, where are

“Lately, a lot of my book reviews have started with these “efforts”, let’s call them. Efforts are the things they’ll ask you to do if

“Last week I thought certainly that being at a library conference in Las Vegas, I would be the one to embarrass my colleagues. Maybe it

“Last night I went to do laundry at my apartment and all three washers were filled with fluid. I’m not calling it “liquid.” “Liquids” do

“Kyle Starks always kills it. The best part of this one: the parody of Jigsaw from Saw and when one of his victims points out,

“Kurt Busiek reminds me of this friend I had in high school. Not because he’s chunky and bearded and has glasses…although those descriptors also apply

“Krang is my favorite character from the old cartoons because, well, he’s really bitchy. He’s always complaining about not having his robot body, then he

“Klosterman has written some damn good stuff, and his last few have been awesome. Eating the Dinosaur was strong, and his novel, Downtown Owl, surprised

“Kinda lame, but kinda awesome. This is definitely from the period before Batgod, the time when Batman became not the ultimate man, not a masked

“Kinda hard to follow all this cosmic-ness. But I bump it up a star because, let’s face it, Silver Surfer being overly cosmic is the

“Kind of like one of those heist movies where the story comes together. I don’t like those movies very much. They can be fun. The

“Kind of an 80’s screwball comedy. But. It’s the but where I fall out of love a little. The 80’s nostalgia trip has ended for

“Kind of a slow story about a weird political alliance thing, but it’s aight. I DO hate that our main character is named Forever. Because

“Kind of a bland outing except for Starfox! Who is a vindictive jerk who really seems to annoy the shit out of a lot of

“Kids would love this, I reckon. I think I was probably in the worst generation for Star Wars fandom. I was too young to see

“Kicking off the new year right! You might be wondering about the capitalization choices in this book’s title. Don’t fret, it’s not a cheap, accidental

“Kentaro Miura draws excellent pirate scurvy teeth. Take notes, makers of pirate movies.”

“Just yesterday I declared myself The Goodreads I Didn’t Get It Guy. Which is convenient because I read this not 12 hours later. “

“Just the beginning of the story here, what we’re basically talking about is space diplomacy. Which is sort of like regular diplomacy except that it

“Just not really up my alley. Gotta say, Lincoln had a shit life. Or maybe everyone did back then. At one point he’s got a

“Just listened to the COMPLETE audiobook. Finally, finally it exists. I also happened on a very strange and heartbreaking story about this book. The story

“Just like the Tattoo Dictionary I read earlier this year, this book was a big letdown. For the same reason! I picked this up to

“Just fuckin’ read it. I am totally making a bold claim: Swartzwelder is the English language’s ONLY true comedy novelist. Other people write funny books,

“Just finished this volume. The interesting thing is that Hulk and Bruce Banner are separated. And it sort of turns out that maybe Bruce Banner

“Just finished this one, which is the last book I had left from season one of Boss Fight Books. I thought what might be useful

“Just circling back to confirm: book is better than the show by A LOT. it’s much weirder and moves much faster. This is the ticket.

“Junji Ito really is good at thinking up horrible ways to die. One of my favorites (not from this collection): You approach a stone wall,

“Junior Ito.”

“Junger has a theory regarding why people are not made happy by modern society, and like any theory, it’s got its interesting parts that make

“Jughead. Why read this? Because Chip Zdarsky, that’s why. Jughead wanting to date a giant hamburger? Great. Funny, fun, good readin’. If I had to

“Jonathan Hickman. On the one hand, I like how far his stories go. How different they are. On the other hand, I’d like him to

“Jonah Hex, and this volume, are a great example of what you can do when you’ve got a couple stories to tell and a character

“John Allison’s Bad Machinery is more my jam. I think it’s funnier. It’s a little bit less grounded, maybe, or engages in some wilder, weirder

“Jeff Smith is really awesome. Time travel is not awesome. And while this isn’t time travel, it has all those time travel hallmarks. Just didn’t

“Jeff Smith has a very clean, underrated art style, and he has a knack for making likable characters. I think it’s a shame that Bone

“Japanese horror comics are so fucking weird and I love it. “

“I’ve often wondered about whether or not it’s possible to make a movie that’s all comedy, no real plot or lesson. And now I’ve got

“I’ve never watched Rick and Morty, but I picked up the comics. Haha, just kidding. Is that how ANYONE ends up here!? From working in

“I’ve never rated any of my own books 5 stars before! But I’m feeling generous today. Look, this is available for free on my web

“I’ve got a music-related hypothetical question for you: You record an album. At the beginning of the album, you add in the distinct hiss/pop of

“I’ve fucked around with Deadpool comics on and off, and for the most part, it’s one of those rare exceptions where I’m like, Dude, the

“I’ve discovered something important about myself. Something that redeems my manhood. Uh, if you’re interested in the book review, it was alright. I THINK it

“I’ve decided to try a new thing here on Goodreads. Basically, unless I think something is a 5 or a 1, I won’t be giving

“I’ve come up with the definitive answer for the question: If you could time travel to any place, any time, where would you go? I’d

“I’ve been very worried about the cat I live with. The very thought that I might be living with a GAY!? Cat!? I mean, ME!?

“I’ve been talking a lot about syndromes that I’ve invented. Or not so much invented as noticed and name. I guess if I was inventing

“I’ve been reading this one first thing in the morning for several months now. Okay, confession, while I take a dump. The sections are short,

“I’ve been on Goodreads for a long time. I don’t mean to brag, but I’ve amassed a good number of friends. Mostly because I write

“I’ve been looking for some manga that would be great for folks who haven’t found a good entry point into the format. And I think

“It’s ya boy, LOBO! Why did DC do that really weird Lobo reboot? What a dumb idea. “This Lobo relied on his intellect and charm

“It’s weird how many stories of “it’s a video game, but the game turned real!” or “the TV show turned real!” or whatever have moved

“It’s very strange to me that this one seems to be liked so much more than Dark Knight pt. 2. I mean, I get why

“It’s sort of fun to see Jeff Smith nerd out about human evolution. I think that’s actually the best part of any person: Whatever they

“It’s sort of amazing how many “See blahblahblah miniseries” we’re already getting in this series. Good in some ways, it means a worldbuilding thing is

“It’s pretty dope, but the story is confusing as hell. Which should make sense when it’s a book about cats piloting mechs, but somehow I

“It’s not an unbelievable book that’ll blow your balls off, but what I like is that it’s a self-contained story. Beginning, middle, and end is

“It’s not a bad book, but it’s got a Star Wars problem. Allow me to explain. With a lot of remakes and expansions, we see

“It’s no Agent Cold Beer. It’s not even Agent Cold Beer On Assignment in Japan. You might look at this book and figure it’s got

“It’s hard to give a book like this a bad review because my feelings about the author and my personal feelings about this whole situation

“It’s Hallo-Spooka-Skelebones-A-Ween! And so, why not dive into this second BPRD series? Because where else can you find office drama occurring between a timeless old

“It’s great. Duh. Also, the longest book I’ve ever read. You might think you get it from the movie. But the first movie doesn’t do

“It’s great to finally get back to the classics. It’s been far too long since I read a book with careful intensity, noting throwaway lines

“It’s good, it’s all over the damn place, and in a good way. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, let’s talk about

“It’s funny to review this today because today I also read an interview with a literary agent. Here’s what he said in response to the

“It’s fucking volume 10. If you’re not already in at this point, then what am I going to tell you that will make you start

“It’s cute, it’s interesting, but I’m not sure if all the pieces come together. This is my rating a book, by the way, not my

“It’s been a couple years, but I’ll remember this as best I can. Macbeth is a cop. He’s the wild style cop, always shooting first,

“It’s back to school time! Guys. I hated school. Like to the point that I can’t even step foot in a Target between August and

“It’s an intriguing start, but I’ll admit it now: I thought this was based on the video game of the same name. So I kept

“It’s a return to the Essex County days for Lemire, but I think I’d rather be there than here. Also, the book looks HUGE, but

“It’s a quick read and a good laugh. Maybe like Hyperbole & a Half, but a bit more out there in terms of what happens

“It’s a prequel to Chew, and there are some things I do not like about prequels. I think these are the things some people appreciate

“It’s a lighter post(sort of)-apocalypse. There are some interesting elements to the book, for sure. The style of having a series of short stories that

“It’s a hell of a thing to write something so vulnerable. That comes from the sore place the way this does. The real strength of

“It’s a hard question to answer in the abstract: How do you know when a story is finished? But it’s an easy question to answer

“It’s a good book, especially if you focus on the pages from Barry’s class syllabuses. Syllabi? Isn’t that the oldest joke from college? “Hand out

“it’s 80 pages. me explaining it to you, you could be halfway done. so fuck it. “

“It’s my own fault for not paying attention and reading a graphic novel that adapts existing stories. I’m not a fan of that act because

“It’s kind of a policy to not leave star ratings on memoirs that have a center in sexual assault because, eh, it’s kind of hard

“It’s fine. I’m totally unsatisfied with the ratio of mystery to answers, but it’s fine. I trust jeff Lemire. Mostly. Maybe I should say that

“It’s a pretty funny book. The title story is the best for sure. But that might just be me because I feel like I’m in

“It would be pretty cool to come from France and run the NYC Marathon. That seems like a good way to explore the city. I’ve

“It was probably for the best that this series eventually left the DC Universe almost entirely. I don’t think we derived a lot of benefit

“It turns out, as Sam said in his review, that this was a 90’s Kevin Smith screenplay adapted into comic book form some 10 years

“It took me like a year to read this book, but I did it! You might be wondering why I would bother to read a

“It takes something willing to go pretty far to call it one of the most intense reads I’ve ever had. Among The Thugs makes it

“It should’ve ended on the story of the dude who’d been meeting Morpheus every 100 years. That was a much stronger ending. That dude was

“It only took 2 years. But I finished this bad boy. Although I suppose if you read these in real time as monthly issues it

“It must suck to be a funny lady putting out a memoir right after Tina Fey. It would be like me putting out a book

“It must be weird to bind 10-year-old work and put it out. But considering the age and that so much of Penny Arcade is pop

“It might seem like Max Brooks has returned to the well. But I’m not so sure. World War Z is a horror book, but it’s

“It looks like this book gets a lot of shit because of its similarity to the much-beloved Long Halloween. First off, it should be noted

“It has come to my attention that the best way to make money reviewing comics is to review a SHITLOAD and to make the easiest

“It had a promising premise and a sort of endorsement by Chuck Klosterman (“…Benjamin Nugent is just weird enough to be absolutely right.”) but it

“It feels weird to enjoy something but only give it three stars because I wanted it to be longer. In a way, it’s like, Maybe

“Is World War II the most interesting time in recorded history? I think it might be. It sorta seems like it. But I’m not totally

“Is the punk house a thing anymore?You know, the house a bunch of kids live in, and it’s disgusting and doesn’t really work, and eventually