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Persuader is Book 21 of the year. Lee Child wrote it. The main character is Reacher. Jack Reacher. He thinks and talks in very short sentences, and he’s extremely good at killing people. That was rather a long sentence. For Jack.
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Ah, Sookie Stackhouse. What on Earth is wrong with this woman? Why is she still hanging around here? She already knows that half of the Werewolf, Vampire, Faerie, Werepanther and representatives of pretty much every other supernatural social clique has some strange fixation with her. Why has she not skipped town and moved to somewhere – anywhere – else? It’s as if she she lacks any sense of self preservation.
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The final paperback Temeraire book – there’s another out there in hardcover, but I haven’t read it yet. Once again, this is going to be a tough book to write about without giving away huge chunks of the plot. If you don’t want spoilers, don’t click on the ‘more’ link…
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Book 18 of the Books 2010 Initiative is yet another out-of-copyright Kindle book. Did you ever wonder what happens when you take one of the most famous stories of deception, lust and betrayal and sterilize it for a Victorian mindset? You get Sir James Knowles version of the Arthurian legends.
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Onward to the fourth installment of the Temeraire series! It’s tough to discuss the plot of this without giving major spoilers, so I’m going to just gloss over the major events and try to address some of the overarching themes without ruining any surprises.
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