Re: Sharing Knife: Passage

:: I visited 5 big bookstores in SF and LA in March.  None of them had
:: this book.  Very frustrating. 

: Which is why my wife is currently reading a copy from Amazon.  I
: suppose we could have driven into Denver to The Tattered Cover though. 

So... how long to wait before discussing the book
(as opposed to discussing how hard it is to get) ?

Conceivably spoilers, so...

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vg frrzf gb fhssre sebz gur fnzr fbeg bs pubccrq-va-unys-fgbel srryvat
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    "V unir zl ernfbaf."
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"gurl ner *fb* tbvat gb fraq bhg uvg fdhnqf", sbe inyhrf bs "gurz"
vapyhqvat, znlor...  whfg nobhg rirelobql.


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