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The Lies of Locke Lamora Readalong – Book IV Discussion

March 1, 2016

After 530 pages of intrigue, crime, brotherhood and a few broken hearts, thus my friends, our readalong is coming to a close… Before we get to the discussion, l...

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The Lies of Locke Lamora Readalong – Book III Discussion

February 22, 2016

Are you all as broken-hearted as me? Let’s all take a moment to gather our emotions… This week’s featured photo is from @epicbookclub whose photo wa...

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The Lies of Locke Lamora Readalong – Book II Discussion

February 15, 2016

Photo Credit: @Gemkarita   Scott LYNCH! How dare you play with my emotions like this! But before we get into all that… Today’s featured photo is by t...

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The Lies of Locke Lamora Readalong – Prologue & Book I Discussion

February 8, 2016

Photo credit: @thedarkestpartsofsnow Who was blown away by this first section? I know I was! It was a struggle to stop at the discussion point! Below are my tho...

The Lies of Lock Lamora
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The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch – Readalong introduction

January 31, 2016

#BabblingBooksRA Welcome to the second Babbling Books Read-along! This February we will be reading The Lies of Locke Lamora together. If you haven’t signe...

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