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Kayleigh’s All-Time Favorite Graphic Novels – 5th choice

Posted on March 19, 2011 by

Watchmen by Alan Moore  741.5 M821w, 1987 There’s hardly any getting around this one; Watchmen is a classic, seminal work of the comics genre. I, of course, only heard of it when the movie was made a couple of years … Continue reading →

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Kayleigh’s All-Time Favorite Graphic Novels – 4th choice

Posted on March 17, 2011 by

Logicomix by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou 510.92 R961d, 2009 I took this one out on a total whim, and it seemed daunting so I put off reading it for ages. Once I got around to it, though, I was … Continue reading →

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Kayleigh’s All-Time Favorite Graphic Novels – 3rd choice

Posted on March 16, 2011 by

Ghost World by Daniel Clowes  741.5 C648, 1998 I saw the movie version of this graphic novel long before I read it, back in 2001 or so when it came out. The book was published in the nineties, and one … Continue reading →

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Kayleigh’s all time favorite Graphic Novels – 2nd choice

Posted on March 15, 2011 by

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi  955.054 S253, 2003 This is probably the first real graphic novel I ever read (because I’m not counting Archie Comics here). One Christmas I had a Chapters gift card and I used it to buy this … Continue reading →

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Kayleigh’s all time favorite Graphic Novels – 1st choice

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

Pyongyang by Guy Delisle  915.193 D354, 2005 I discovered Guy Delisle quite by accident. One day I was shelving books in the travel section and came across Pyongyang. “Ooh,” I said to myself. I love travel memoirs and I love … Continue reading →

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Kayleigh’s All Time Favorite NonFiction Books – Final choice

Posted on December 31, 2010 by

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot 616 L141s, 2010 I just finished this book last week, and it immediately made it onto my list of top non-fiction books. It’s probably the most recent of my selections and … Continue reading →

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Kayleigh’s All Time Favorite NonFiction Books – 4th choice

Posted on December 28, 2010 by

Lucy’s Legacy by Donald C. Johanson and Kate Wong 569.9 J65Lu, 2009 Aside from things like classical music, pop culture, and Carl Sagan, one of the things I’m passionately interested in is early humanity and human origins. When I was … Continue reading →

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Kayleigh’s All Time Favorite NonFiction Books – 3rd choice

Posted on December 23, 2010 by

Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium by Carl Sagan 500 S129, 1997 Some of the people who work with me will know that I’m a huge fan of this man. Some of … Continue reading →

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Kayleigh’s All Time Favorite Nonfiction Books – 2nd Choice

Posted on December 20, 2010 by

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King  92 K54, 2000 I know. I KNOW. Stephen King again. I can’t help it. I really do think this is one of my favourite nonfiction reads (and it totally counts … Continue reading →

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Kayleigh’s All Time Favorite Nonfiction Books – 1st Choice

Posted on December 16, 2010 by

  Body of Work by Christine Montross   611 M813, 2007 Having finished my top five novels, I really wanted to write a series on my favourite non-fiction books. I find that most people tend to read either one or the … Continue reading →

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