Re: OT Ask Umra Book Club

Nick Atty wrote: 
On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:07:50 +0100, neil h <neil_hopkins@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


American Gods by Neil Gaiman is excellent, and its sort-of-sequel Anansi Boys is due out shortly. 


I didn't really like that.  I like Neil Gaiman's work, and he's a nice
chap, but somehow this didn't work.

I think some of the problem was I've read so much Tom Holt I kept
expecting it to be funny.


Strange, that's what happened to me when I read Tom Holt.
.

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