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Simon James Wood

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South Africa

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My first love has to be the movies, but I'm never without a book, so reading is still right up there. Joined Goodreads as part of promoting my first novel 'BENEATH' - https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_...
- which is now available through Kindle, but also found that I enjoy the site as a way of venting about the books I read and for finding out what others think.
My second book 'WITHIN THE DARK' -https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_... - is also now available through Kindle. ...more

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Average rating: 4.5 · 14 ratings · 8 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Beneath 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Within the Dark it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Memories of Ice (Malazan Book of the Fallen, #3)

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