Monday, April 22, 2013

Jean Plaidy's ROYAL ROAD TO FOTHERINGAY #OneBookAtATime

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I've always preferred stories about Queen Elizabeth I to those of her cousin, Mary, Queen of Scots, and this novel did not change my m...
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Friday, April 19, 2013

Dorothy Dunnet's THE DISORDERLY KNIGHTS #OneBookAtATime

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Oh, Lymond, Lymond, how I do want to love thee . And every book you almost, almost talk me out of it. Every book you look guilty as hell o...
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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Matthew Hughes' THE DAMNED BUSTERS #OneBookAtATime

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First of all, just look at this cover! Angry Robot's design team knocked another one out of the park! And truly, it conveys pretty muc...
Monday, April 15, 2013

Winston Graham's ROSS POLDARK: A NOVEL OF CORNWALL

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I first encountered the romantic (and Romantic) figure of Ross Poldark , veteran of the British side of the American Revolutionary War, on...
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Friday, April 12, 2013

Jasper Fforde's WELL OF LOST PLOTS #OneBookAtATime

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I was told, when I started reading Jasper Fforde's silly books for smart people , the Thursday Next series, to stick with them after t...
Sunday, April 7, 2013

Joseph D'Lacey's BLACK FEATHERS #OneBookAtATime

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If you've ever wondered what the result would be like if Neil Gaiman wrote a post-apocalyptic fable that attempted to rehabilitate th...
Thursday, April 4, 2013

Paul R. Hardy's THE LAST MAN ON EARTH CLUB #OneBookAtATime

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The conceit behind  The Last Man on Earth Club   is without a doubt the most original idea for a science fiction novel I've come acros...
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