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160 pages in, I'm loving this story of 2 magicians who bring magic back to England in the early 1800s. A bit frustrated/disturbed by the footnotes-- it's a clever tactic, but I don't want to feel guilty for skimming/skipping them, and I don't want to miss anything if there's good...
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Pacific Mexico
by lz in Reading Archive on 23Apr2005
Focusing right now on pages 364-474, since I'm going to Zihuatanejo next month. I can see this book getting a lot of future use as well. *** Putting the book down now, post-Mexico. The Zihua section was not particularly good. Short on information and maps. As for my own trip,...
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Max was born old and gets younger as he lives his life. Set in San Francisco, the writing is tolerable, but the storyline starts to grate on me. I probably should have finished this one before starting Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, which was so bright and shiny that Max...
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More death all around. Saul Bellow checks out....
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