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Hahahaha...no.

I picked this book up because I was a huge dork in high school and middle school - the do...more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 13:14:35 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 16:23:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 09:32:47 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 09:32:47 -0800 2009
My feeling for this book is that the author, whi...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 20:07:55 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 20:29:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Oct 31 08:12:41 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 31 08:15:29 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 22:53:03 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 23:20:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 25 07:27:05 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 07:28:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 24 19:55:38 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 10:09:42 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 19:55:38 -0700 2009
Although there are some fundamental differences between myself and the author (I am a girl who came of age in the 1990's and have never played D&D, while he is a boy who came of age in 1970's and had no life outside of D&D), ultimately we h...more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 08:00:22 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 08:15:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 15:33:26 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 08:38:43 -0800 2009
My only criticism is below the spoiler line.

+++++...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 05:18:15 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 17:48:17 -0700 2009 On the Monday the school term began, and by the Tuesday the dark forces would take me. Family, friends, girls, food, everything would become as bright images receding into a void as I slipped into a shadow world from which I have never truly emerged. I would discover Dungeons and Dragons.

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"It's an odd fact of life that you don't really remember the good times all that well. I have only mental snapshots of birthday parties, skiing, beach holidays, my wedding. The bad times too are just impressions. I can see myself standing at the end of some bed while...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue May 12 20:16:59 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 20:39:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 13 18:09:36 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 11:50:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 01:26:02 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 01:38:48 -0700 2008
Having been (and possibly still am, at least in theory, but I'm trying not to think about that) a D&D type nerd of more or less the same generation as the author a lot of it was familiar to me. And there w...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 09:09:07 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 20:32:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 18:37:18 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 18:40:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1607816