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The Surgeon's Mate by Patrick O'Brian (My Goodreads Review)

The Surgeon's Mate by Patrick O'Brian
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The Surgeon’s Mate is the 7th Aubrey/Maturin Royal Navy story set during the time of the Napoleonic Wars. It is 1812 and there is a new...



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Flawed Gods by Mrs Angela B Mortimer (My Goodreads Review)

Flawed Gods by Mrs Angela B Mortimer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A very entertaining sci-fi/fantasy story. It all starts off in the city of London. We are introduced to an office worker named Doella. She...



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Growing Interest for Gothic and Steampunk Style Science Fiction

Growing Interest for Gothic and Steampunk Style Science Fiction
Over the last few years to the last decade, there’s been a growing interest in different types of science fiction. Gothic and steampunk...



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Shadows Against the Empire by Ralph E. Vaughan (My Goodreads Review)

Shadows Against the Empire by Ralph E. Vaughan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Great Steampunk adventure set in an alternative British Empire with advanced steam-driven machinery and airships. We follow the...



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The Patmos Enigma by Ken Fry (My Goodreads Review)

The Patmos Enigma by Ken Fry
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A splendid biblical thriller entwined with religious myth and celestial occurrences etc. An archaeological team in Israel discover an ancient...



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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke. (My Goodreads Review)

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A strange and bizarre world of Britain during the Napoleonic period. Mr Norrell seems like a rather bland and boring man....



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Total Plucking Hell and Calamine Lotion for These Girls.

The Magic Vodka Wardrobe: Book 2 by Sheila Patel
My rating: 5 of 5 starsMad shenanigans again! An old caravan on a roundabout with traffic hooters and bright lights. It is how Rajeev dazzles a girl...



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The Bridge of Dead Things by Michael Gallagher (My Goodreads Review)

The Bridge of Dead Things by Michael   Gallagher
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This story is set in Victorian London of 1885. A 13-year-old girl named Lizzie Blaylock has fits. Just before her...



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A Peach of a Spy Story.

The Spanish Game by Charles Cumming
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I read the first Alec Milius novel, A Spy by Nature. I decided to go for the second novel of Milius because the first was very good. Well,...



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The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian (My Goodreads Review)

The Fortune of War by Patrick O'Brian


Once again, a spiffing read. I could not put this latest rendition of the Aubrey/Maturin seafarer’s sage down. This is the sixth story in the historical...



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