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couldn't get into this book. i don't prefer "light reads" and felt this reminded me too much of chick lit. maybe if i'd kept at it i'd get into it but i'm following Nancy Pearl's advice, if you're not grabbed by page 50 put it down, too many other bo
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"not into this book for some reason..can't seem to get into it." — Oct 27, 2009 11:18AM
"not into this book for some reason..can't seem to get into it." — Oct 27, 2009 11:18AM
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“People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.”
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“Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”
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