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Old 06-22-2013, 07:07 AM   #16944
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However, I was an anti-fan of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. I think I got close to half way before I gave up on it - one of the few times that's ever happened to me with a novel.
Me too, I'm afraid. I tried it as an audiobook, and gave up about a quarter of the way in. It just didn't hold my interest, and that's equally unusual for me to give up on a book.

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I finished Odd Thomas last night...
I've read the whole series, and have now just started Deeply Odd, the latest release. I think as a whole the series is inconsistent, and hasn't really delivered on the promise of the first two or three books, veering off into rather strange territory particularly with the 5th one, Odd Apocalypse. Still, I am persevering
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