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     I should give a bit of a warning on this area;  I don't consider myself a reader of books.  I don't go out of my way to read all sorts of different books.  I probably should, but I don't.  That is why this list is different from the other two I've put up so far.  It not only includes the books that I HAVE read but also includes books and authors that I haven't read, but thought I should give myself a public mental note.  The list is broken up into the books I've read and the ones that I haven't.  The latter category also includes Authors and one type of literature that I should read at some point.

     To the right is the book I'm currently highlighting.  The book is a graphic novel by Frank Miller entitled, "The Big Fat Kill".  It is a very interesting read and is required reading for anyone that loves comic books or movies.  I highly recommend anyone that has seen the Sin City movie to read this book.

                                                                      -Joel

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Highlighted Book

Books I've read

Title	Talent Involved	Reason to Read
Sin City	Frank Miller and Lynn Varley	It's one of the pinnacles of graphic novels.
Watchmen	Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons	It's another pinnacle of graphic novels. It makes you think.
Hellboy	Mike Mignola	It's quirky supernatural detective work and action. It's good stuff.
Blade of the Immortal	Hiroaki Samura	Manga that features samurai, action, and a good tale to tell.
Bone	Jeff Smith	Comical, endearing, and wondrous. It has rat creatures that love quiche!
Green Arrow	Kevin Smith, Phil Hester, and Ande Parks	It made me love the Green Arrow character.
Akira	Katsuhiro Otomo	Akira is an iconic work of Japanese culture. A must-read.
Ghost in the Shell	Masamune Shirow	I liked the book over the first Ghost in the Shell movie. Still do I think. Let me put it like this, the TV show, Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex, is closer to what the book was like.
Dominion Tank Police	Masamune Shirow	Terribly amusing and more accessible than Ghost in the Shell.
Calvin & Hobbes	Bill Watterson	A modern-day classic. nuff said.
Far Side	Gary Larson	Darkly funny.
Fox Trot	Bill Amend	This is how families should work. lol
Ah! My Goddess	Kosuke Fujishima	Touching, heartwarming, and wildly humorous.

Authors / Books I Should Read But Haven't

Author / Title	Author	Reason to Read
Maus	Art Spiegelman	Visited the college I went to once, seemed like a cool man.
Mein Kampf	Adolf Hitler	To understand how a man could wreak on the world the things that Hitler did.
The 9/11 Commission Report	The 9/11 Commission	A de-mystification of the events of 9/11 written by members from both parties of the United States Congress.
Nietzche	Author	Just interested.
Robert Frost	Author	The Road Less Traveled. nuff said.
The Lord of the Rings	JRR Tolkien	A classic that I should read, but haven't.
The Chronicles of Narnia	C.S. Lewis	Come on it's The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe stories.
Emily Dickinson	Author	Wanna know what the fuss is about.
William Shakespeare	Author	Macbeth and the other tales he's scribed can be pretty interesting.
Edgar Allen Poe	Author	The Raven was kickin'.
The Diary of Anne Frank	Anne Frank	Morbidly curious, that's all.
Haiku	many individuals	It's nice poetry.