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Old 11-23-2012, 12:43 AM   #1
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Heh, I though my intro was fairly comprehensive ...

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Here are two things other people said about me on the internet this week:

- Only thing I'll never read again is ******* by Mark Lawrence. I'm not usually that affected by what I read but there was a passage in there involving **** that left me literally shaking and crying. I will never read anything by him again, it was just too much.

- I've read over 10,000 novels in my 78 yrs, mostly fantasy, Nothing & no one beats *******.

So, opinions vary!
I have no idea how to respond to this, lol. I am curious about the censored words though...
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Just two book titles and one spoiler. Didn't want to start spamming my work on my 2nd ever post.
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