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Matthew Flaming's Kingdom of Ohio was exciting, suspenseful, and fresh. True, the plot seemed a bit thin in parts, and yes, I was slightly irked by the been-there-done-that Danielewski-esque 'oo I'm a mysterious narrator talking to you in the footnotes, who knows if my sources are real' device, but overall the work was quite thrilling. I've been waiting for a piece like this! A successful mix of historical and science fiction, the descriptions of frontier life and old New York are not to be missed, nor are Flaming's philosophical musings toward the end. All sins are forgiven by the last chapter-- the author sent chills down my spine in rapid succession. Kudos, Mr. Flaming. I look forward to reading more from this author! ]]>
Sari
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"Just got the book from the FedEx guy. I am positively thrilled-- I'm on page 6 and am already hooked."
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Sari
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"Do you know that books smell like nutmeg or some spice from a foreign land? I loved to smell them when I was a boy. Lord, there were a lot of lovely books once, before we let them go." — Ray Bradbury
"Do you know that books smell like nutmeg or some spice from a foreign land? I loved to smell them when I was a boy. Lord, there were a lot of lovely books once, before we let them go." — Ray Bradbury
Sari
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"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." — Rainer Maria Rilke
"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." — Rainer Maria Rilke
by Stephenie Meyer
Hails, this is great to know!! I decided to pass over it when I read so many bad reviews on goodreads. Obviously, though, I think much more highly of your review than random people I don't know. Yay :-) ]]>
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