{"id":2983,"date":"2012-06-05T16:02:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T20:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=2983"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:43:18","slug":"the-lies-of-locke-lamora-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2983","title":{"rendered":"The Lies of Locke Lamora"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lies of Locke Lamora<\/a><\/em> (2006) Scott Lynch<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a re-read. I remembered enjoying this book when I read it, and I bought the sequel, but both are in hardback, and I just dislike reading hardback book. So I broke down and bought both for the Kindle.<\/p>\n

I am pretty sure I devoured it just as quickly this time as I did the first time through, suffering from the dreaded, “just one more chapter” syndrome that keeps me from my needed sleep.<\/p>\n

Here is my previous review<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lies of Locke Lamora (2006) Scott Lynch This is a re-read. I remembered enjoying this book when I read it, and I bought the sequel, but both are in hardback, and I just dislike reading hardback book. So I broke down and bought both for the Kindle. I am pretty sure I devoured it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[292,2,653,41],"tags":[300],"class_list":["post-2983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebook","category-fantasy","category-nr","category-reread","tag-scott-lynch"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-M7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21774,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/21774","url_meta":{"origin":2983,"position":0},"title":"The Lies of Locke Lamora, Audio Edition","author":"Michelle","date":"March 26, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Lies of Locke Lamora (2009) Scott Lynch narrated by Michael Page (Gentleman Bastards) I read this in 2007, about a year after it was published. 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