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Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)* is on page 235 of 302
[...] Hana now received this tender art, his nails against the million cells of her skin, in his tent, in 1945, where their continents met in a hill town.

There are some truly beautiful moments in this story, however, unless Ondaatje pulls some very fancy footwork in the last leg of this book, it will likely not be enough to overshadow the more frequent moments of utter blandness.
Mar 20, 2015 02:33PM
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Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)*’s Previous Updates

Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)*
Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)* is on page 217 of 302
So, I have to admit that I quite like Kip (the bomb deactivating scenes are so interesting) BUT I'm not sure I get the overall story....

Mar 20, 2015 09:47AM
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Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)*
Karlyflower *The Vampire Ninja, Luminescent Monster & Wendigo Nerd Goddess of Canada (according to The Hulk)* is on page 100 of 302
She entered the story knowing she would emerge from it feeling she had been immersed in the lives of others, in plots that stretched back twenty years, her body full of sentences and moments, as if awaking from sleep with a heaviness caused by unremembered dreams p.12



Not bad...
Mar 18, 2015 09:05AM
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