Tag: Books
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Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, by C.S. Forester
This article is a review of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, the first in C.S. Forester’s popular series of high seas adventures. The story follows Horatio Hornblower, an “older” midshipman dealing with the trials and tribulations of life in the olde timey British Navy.
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Burton & Swinburne in “The Strange Affair of the Spring-heeled jack” by Mark Hodder
The post discusses a re-read of a steampunk novel featuring historical figure Richard Burton, tasked with investigating strange occurrences in London. The narrative intertwines three mysteries and showcases a diverse Victorian setting filled with unique inventions. The story delivers engaging twists and entertaining, controlled chaos.
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Gulp, by Mary Roach
This is a new direction for my reading this year. I don’t typically read much science. Science Fiction? Sure. But straight up science? Not so much. I have an English Degree. The closest I’ve come to real science is the BIO-101 course I took as junior, and the cadaver still shows up in my nightmares…
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Red Famine, by Anne Applebaum
I’ve had this book on my to-read list for a while. The timing wasn’t great, as things here in the States are about to get pretty grim for the next four years, but it’s a piece of history I knew very little about. For anyone unfamiliar with this book, it’s the history of what’s known…
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Central Station, by Lavie Tidhar
This past week, at a writers’ accountability meeting, a friend of mine recommended that I give this a read. I was asking about a concept that (for some reason) I struggle to describe in a succinct way: A book series with a set world but different casts of characters. Picture Middle Earth, but instead of…
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