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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
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Haze
I haven't read such an enjoyable book in a long time. It was fresh and unique, and I really like all the different elements of the story.

It feels like some kind of historical novel when you first start the story and enter the old bookstore, a mystery with the puzzle solving and members of a secret society, then it becomes somewhat sci-fi with all the talk about Google and immortality, and then comes fantasy with the heroes trying to save the mission; the rogue, the wizard, and the warrior. I lo
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Vickie
This was so much fun to read! I hated to have to put it down, but it was my bedtime book and I do get sleepy and need sleep especially this week so I can heal. Feeling so much better and finished this wonderful book this morning.
A 24-hour bookstore?! Heck yeah! But it's not just that. There was a nifty secret society, a code that needed to be broken, a view into the life of Google....
I enjoyed all of the characters, and there were a crappe-tonne of them. The story moved along at a nifty pace an
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