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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32831.The_Mysterious_Island?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Mysterious Island (Modern Library Classics)" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168393887m/32831.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32831.The_Mysterious_Island?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Mysterious Island</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/696805.Jules_Verne">Jules Verne</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20077628?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>The Mysterious Island is an indirect sequel to "Twenty Thousand Leagues". While I did find the story, at times, to be a bit unbelievable (how could an Civil War engineer know EVERYTHING about almost EVERY branch of science out there?), I also found it gripping. It's like a mature version of Gilligan's Island. Minus the hot women, of course. <br/> <br/>Be sure you read "Twenty Thousand Leagues" first, as this does bring up things that happened in that novel. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/978727?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>