false 77427 36 1200332 1973 H.M.S. 'Surprise' (Aubrey/Maturin Book 3) total:1471|5:711|4:583|3:164|2:12|1:1| 1471 6404 1810 89 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 5 2 false Sat Nov 15 15:32:14 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 15 15:56:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1976 Sat Sep 12 01:43:21 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 01:53:02 -0700 2009
Patrick O'Brain's unparraled knowledge of the technical aspects of Royal Navy seafaring adds great interest to people who care about such things. Conversations about ...more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 5 0 false Sat Jul 04 05:36:39 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 07:00:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 5 1 false Sun Sep 02 15:33:33 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 08:27:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 4 1 true Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 18:37:13 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 19:10:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 4 0 false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 14:27:45 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 15 14:48:44 -0800 2009 His passages of description of Maturin's inner life, in pa...more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 3 0 false Mon Dec 15 17:00:08 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 04:53:40 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 17:00:08 -0800 2008
"Surprise!"

I actually wound up kinda liking this one. No real strong feelings, but ...more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 4 0 false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 08:00:19 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 08:10:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 5 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Thu Mar 19 12:14:54 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 14:40:08 -0700 2009
That Patrick O'Brian chose to place his characters on the sea in the not so distant past just raised the hurdle I had to leap to get to know this wonderful author.

I had never been enamored with sea stories, didn't much care for European history, ...more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 5 0 false Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 06:35:40 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 06:57:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 318590 0006499171 9780006499176 50 5 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173729450m/318590.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/318590.H_M_S_Surprise_ 5 1 true Wed Jan 16 07:42:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 16 02:23:26 -0700 2008

I just intended to skim the early chapters of HMS Surprise again for any mention of Jack serving at the blockade and of course ended up rereading whole passages, rolling around on my bed, laughing and sighing and squeaking at random intervals.
...more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 4 0 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 13:52:20 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 13:52:20 -0700 2007 Standard fare for Obrian: solid, well-researched, historical fiction set in the time of the Napoleonic wars that is fun to read. I did not grow up anywhere near the ocean and I certainly don't live in a time when there are wind powered vessels in any great num...more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 5 0 false Wed Oct 14 18:29:36 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 18:37:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 318590 0006499171 9780006499176 50 5 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173729450m/318590.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/318590.H_M_S_Surprise_ 5 0 false Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 11:31:13 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 17:54:14 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 3 0 false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 17:43:51 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 17:47:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 5 0 false Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sun Jun 10 21:45:20 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 21:11:56 -0800 2009 4
This one is particularly notable for the titul...more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 4 0 false Sun Jun 07 22:33:38 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 16:42:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 5 0 false Wed Feb 13 18:08:32 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 10:32:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 24 17:26:28 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 17:26:28 -0700 2009 77427 0393307611 9780393307610 1332 79 4.35 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255923714m/77427.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/77427.H_M_S_Surprise_ 4 0 false Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 29 09:49:03 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 03 21:33:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6168754