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fadedrose

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21. Finally finished this last night...
Wed Oct 24, 2012, 11:44 AM
Oct 2012

Long book, close to 500 pp.

Anyway, "steelworks" don't/doesn't really have anything to do with steel. It's a drink that could be made in a glass, or even poured into a flask if Kubu wants to take some somewhere. The glossary shows this definition:

Steelworks - Drink made from cola tonic, ginger beer, soda water, and bitters.

My confusion is in using "don't" or "doesn't," since there does not seem to be any case of singular steelwork used in the book.

Had a hard time starting the book. In the first 50 pp somewhere, they described how a diamond mine is configured, and the description put me to sleep everytime I started to read it. Finally, I decided to skip a couple of pages and the book went smoothly after that, especially after the first 100 pp. I like Kubu quite a bit and hope that some people I met in this book are in the ones to come...

I'll probably regret not paying more attention to diamond mine operation if in the future I decide to start one.

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