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Deedee
The first 18 pages described the perfect house for a bibliophile. Yes! Walls that have bookshelves, floor to ceiling, filled with books, in every room --- perfection. I wanted to live there.

After page 18, the novel focussed on other areas. I wasn't pulled into the events post-page 18, but I was willing to give the novel some time to tell its story.

I tossed the novel when it began describing how our hero's brothers were birthed by his mother (around pages 35-40). It wasn't gross or anything lik
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Gary
Jun 11, 2008 rated it it was ok
Shelves: hardcopy
Megan
Apr 08, 2009 rated it really liked it
Soelo
Aug 05, 2012 marked it as to-read
Shelves: ebook
Cheryl
Jul 15, 2020 marked it as started-may-finish