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Ellen Librarian
May 12, 2013 rated it it was ok
I was pretty disappointed in this book. For one thing, the author admitted he's not honest. He said right up front that names and people were fictionalized. And he kept bragging about lying and hustling. So I questioned the truth of a lot of what he said. Even worse, I felt like he didn't really have a story to tell. The author gets a job he doesn't really want, is good at it but has problems on the job. Does he quit? Get fired? Not only did I not care, it was hard to see how it ultimately matte ...more
Julie
Sep 12, 2012 rated it it was amazing
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Nov 02, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Nov 02, 2012 rated it liked it
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Dec 09, 2012 marked it as wishlist
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Sep 12, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Mar 29, 2014 rated it liked it
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Apr 11, 2015 marked it as to-read
Sk888888
Sep 28, 2016 rated it it was ok
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Jim
Feb 22, 2017 marked it as books-to-get
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Oct 31, 2017 marked it as to-read
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Dec 30, 2017 marked it as to-read
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Tammy Grimm
Jun 11, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Aug 04, 2019 marked it as to-read
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Nov 17, 2022 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition
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