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Journal Entry 1 by tqd from Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Monday, January 09, 2012
 When Jon Campelli's father dies suddenly, he's faced with his inheritance of the family's rare books dealership. A duty that he never wanted, one that he ran away from. But as he gets more involved in his father's business and friends, he finds out that there is far more to the shop than just books, and also far more to himself.
This book annoyed me on very many levels. The writing (or the translations) was clunky, so I spent much of my time re-writing it in my head. Why are books translated from the Scandinavian languages always so clunky? Are they really written this poorly in their original language?
And then the plot was just stupid, and it was so annoying the way things just kept falling into place at just the right time, and people behaved in just the right way to tell Jon more, and people kept on jumping to conclusions that were always, incredibly, correct. I know I was reading this for brain-candy, but it failed because I was never able to suspend my disbelief in it all.
Note that some people really enjoyed this book, I just didn't.
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Journal Entry 2 by tqd at Crown Hotel, Elizabeth St in Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Monday, January 09, 2012
Released 4 mos ago (1/10/2012 UTC) at Crown Hotel, Elizabeth St in Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia WILD RELEASE NOTES:
Releasing at bookdrinks tonight.
Happy hunting/reading!
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Journal Entry 4 by markmcg at Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Caught at Meetup. Looking forward to reading it after I finish off a few others that are in the queue.
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Journal Entry 5 by markmcg at Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
I enjoyed the start of the book but by the time I was done I felt as though I had just watched Indianna Jones and the Temple of Doom. The cover says that it was 'The International Bestseller' ... hmmm. I will release it at a future Sydney Meetup.
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Journal Entry 6 by markmcg at Sydney, New South Wales Australia on Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Released 1 mo ago (4/10/2012 UTC) at Sydney, New South Wales Australia CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
At Meetup at the Crown Hotel.
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The Library of Shadows
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