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So I am waiting for IT to come off Overdrive Holds, so here’s the books I’ve been tiding myself over with

September 20, 2017 by vel veeter 1 Comment

The Lost Symbol – Dan Brown 3/5 Let’s get this out of the way. This is big dumb weird book that is far up its own ass and pompous and pretentious and also big and dumb. Also, I love it. There’s a version of me, you’ve probably met him….for me, he was a senior in college and he carved his entire existence out of resisting mass culture….except you know…the right kind of mass culture….and loved jokes that the Family Guy mad about Dan Brown. But […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: dan brown, Jesse Andrews, john corey whalen, me and earl and the dying girl, noggin, the lost symbol

vel veeter's CBR9 Review No:381 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: dan brown, Jesse Andrews, john corey whalen, me and earl and the dying girl, noggin, the lost symbol ·
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