2014-10-18

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2014-10-18 07:44 am

Falling behind

I have been falling behind on book reviews. Hence the deluge. Sorry.
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2014-10-18 07:44 am
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Book Review #63: The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra

Title: The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
Author: Helen Rappaport
Genre: Biography
Thingummies: 3

Synopsis: The world's richest princesses would have been so much happier if they were middle class.

Thoughts: So what did you think? )
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2014-10-18 07:47 am
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Book Review #64: Feed

Title: Feed
Author: M.T. Anderson
Genre: Science fiction
Thingummies: 5

Synopsis: In a hypercapitalist society in which the Internet lives in our skulls, a boy falls in love with a girl whose connection is dying.

Thoughts: So, what did you think? )
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2014-10-18 07:48 am
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Book Review #65: Thicker Than Water

Title: Thicker Than Water
Author: Mike Carey
Genre: Urban Fantasy (book 4 of a series, although stands alone well)
Thingummies: 3.5

Synopsis: Is it Constantine fan fiction when the author was a Hellblazer writer?

Thoughts: So, what did you think? )
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2014-10-18 07:50 am
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Book Review #66: The Cuckoo's Calling

Title: The Cuckoo's Calling
Author: Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling)
Genre: Mystery
Thingummies: 4

Synopsis: A down-on-his-luck private eye gets hired to look into the "suicide" of a superstar model.

Thoughts: So, what did you think? )
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2014-10-18 07:51 am
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Book Review #67: Cowboy Angels

Title: Cowboy Angels
Author: Paul McAuley
Genre: Alt-history world-walking
Thingummies: 2.5

Synopsis: Super-gung-ho America discovers other realities, decides to export "freedom" to them.

Thingummies: So, what did you think? )
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2014-10-18 08:13 am
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Book Review #68: The Jennifer Morgue

Title: The Jennifer Morgue
Author: Charles Stross
Genre: Urban fantasy
Thingummies: 5

Synopsis: Technomagic bureaucrat gets sent to play spy in the Caribbean. He's not actually very good at it. Which is a pity, because if he fails, the Old Ones are probably going to eat us all.

Thoughts: So, what did you think? )