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Nana by Emile Zola
Nana
by Emile Zola
read in February, 2012
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this is the only Zola book i have read twice (and only because it was assigned in college). and since it's been twenty years since my first read, i thought i should, in fairness, read it again as i work my way through the Rougon-Macquart series.

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A Love Episode by Emile Zola
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someone has confused this novel with A Night of Love, which is a collection of short stories. i have attempted to begin to fix the combined editions, but there are so many jumbled here, it's very confusing. To be clear: A Love Episode is a single nov...more
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Notre Dame And The Civil War (In) by James M. Schmidt
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The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian
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Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian
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a bit disappointing return to aimlessness for O'Brian. this started off strong, had some really interesting things building, and then just sort of listed off the map once goal-fever set in on board. halfway through, Pullings got put ashore and someho...more
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The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian
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the opening of this book in the series is brilliant: Jack at home, domesticated, as it were, but pining for the sea; his poverty and family obligations bending--but not breaking him.

once we get on board and out to Mauritius, the story felt a bit m...more
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The Civil War by Stephen Sears
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H.M.S. 'Surprise' by Patrick O'Brian
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best so far of the series. stephen is much less weird and bitchy in this one (perhaps torture humbles him a bit), and it feels so much less all over the place than the previous two; there's an actual plot with some over-arching complications, and an ...more
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The Lost Fleet by Marc Songini
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Attack and Die by Grady McWhiney
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