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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)

Robin Sloan

Start date: May 22, 2013

Finish date: May 31, 2013

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What Members Thought

Sep 29, 2013 Jen Hill rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobook, 2015-books

I absolutely adored this book! It's almost indescrible. The weave of the story, the tone, the characters and the details - it made me happy. I smiled alot, I laughed, I was completely attached. Loved the outcome and very much can't wait to read more by this author. ...more

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Jun 23, 2014 Midu Hadi rated it liked it

Shelves: missing-shelf, read-in-july, romance, mysteries, humor, reviewed, science, really-ya, singles, bookstores

A cute book about books. Read it for a bookish challenge and found out that it is a good book to relax with on a lazy day. I’ll just say that it bogged down just a bit before the end. But it picked up its pace again quickly.

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Jun 07, 2013 Roseann rated it really liked it

Shelves: roseann-s-tower-challenge-team-b

A booklover's book for the Web 2.0 generation. Lots of fun.

Note: I am getting caught up on all of my reviews and challenges, so all books will be dated the same, but I did not finish them on the same day. ...more

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Aug 23, 2014 Morgan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, audiobook

Like so many others all I could think was 'hipster' in a lot of ways, but that's not a detraction.

I think this is a book I would have either left unfinished or maybe 2 starred if I had to read it for myself. But having it read *to* me was entertaining. Not only because of the narration, but because I actually listened to the story.

Books, words, letters and everything is right up my alley, so I liked the vague mystery of it as well as all of the various characters.

Enjoyable, but I definitely reco ...more

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