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The story was a little too meandering for my tastes and I don't really get why so many people were obsessed with cracking this weird code. But I do like the idea of a 24-Hour Book Store and the characters were interesting. The audio narration is solid, lightly voiced to nice effect.
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This book was so much fun. I haven't come across a book in so long that was a pleasure from beginning to end. It's not deep, by any means, but a wonderful adventure storytelling experience.
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Librarian's Choice Book Club, February 2015, New Canaan Library.
This story basically hit all my favorite things: Twitter and coding. The internet and google. Books and reading. Secret libraries. Secret societies. Fantasy epics. General nerdiness with a heart of gold. The audiobook was also fabulous-- the narrator was able to inject so much personality into Clay's voice that I could SEE him and feel his geeky glee over the quest to decode the mysteries of the Unbroken Spine. I laughed out loud m ...more
This story basically hit all my favorite things: Twitter and coding. The internet and google. Books and reading. Secret libraries. Secret societies. Fantasy epics. General nerdiness with a heart of gold. The audiobook was also fabulous-- the narrator was able to inject so much personality into Clay's voice that I could SEE him and feel his geeky glee over the quest to decode the mysteries of the Unbroken Spine. I laughed out loud m ...more
Clay is newly unemployed and takes a job as graveyard-shift clerk at a bookstore. But it's not an ordinary bookstore. This bookstore has strange, old books that no one has seen before. As Clay uncovers the secrets of the bookstore and its books, he delves into a mystery involving secret societies, underground crypts, and a centuries-old leader.
3.5 stars. An interesting commentary on the digitization era of books. This was a fun story, yet it took me a really long time to read it, and it's under ...more
3.5 stars. An interesting commentary on the digitization era of books. This was a fun story, yet it took me a really long time to read it, and it's under ...more
A sweet adventure/mystery novel, this book reminded me of a grown-up set of characters living out the fantasies of one of my favourite childhood authors, Daniel Pinkwater. While DP's stories are set in a pre-internet world, where children can still sneak out to midnight movies and stumble upon excitement on their way, Sloan's story manages to keep some intrigue in a reality where most mysteries can be solved by calling a cell phone. I often find references to technology in these sorts of stories
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Combines writing, typeface and computers into a wonderful read about mortality.
This book blew my mind, from start to finish. Reamde meets The Magicians.
Oct 04, 2012
Nick
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Halsted Bernard
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