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Mert Can mertcandgn — Another one of my favorite boks. You need an open mind and an open bottle of wine to fully experience this novel.

Mafalda Marques mafaldapinto — This book gives us Hornblower's first outing as a full Master & Commander of his own vessel, as a commander assigned to a sloop of war in the channel blockade. The novel takes place after the peace between England and France has broken down and Napoleon is preparing for an invasion of England. The book does a great job of showing not only the hopelessness of this prospect (there was no way to get an army across the channel in the face of England's naval superiority) but also the precariousness of the English position. Whilst at sea they were the superior, one bad storm leaving a break in their blockage could have allowed the French army an opportunity to dash across the channel and make landful. After this, as Hornblower puts it, "the tricolour flag would fly over the tower of London". After the last novel, Lieutenant Hornblower, we're used to seeing the title character from the eyes of others (in that case, Mr. Bush). We know he is intelligent, dashing, daring and all the rest, what we see in this book is how wildly insecure he is. This becomes irritating at times, but it does help to flesh out a very real character of whom we wish to read more, despite his all too human faults. Much is also made in this novel of the system of "Prize" money given to captains during the Napoleonic wars and the disdain Hornblower has for it. I think this is perhaps overstated somewhat and starts to feel a bit preachy, particularly towards the end when Hornblower gives up a chance at hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of prize to do the "right thing" and engage a frigate with his severely underpowered and outmatched sloop. The idea that he would do this is not at issue, it was the right thing to do for the war effort, however the book does have a tendency to paint those receiving prize money as opportunistic and corrupt officers, uncaring of the overall war effort and interested simply in lining their own pockets; which in this case was most patently untrue given that the capture of the treasure fleet was a major objective of the war effort, if only to keep the money out of Napoleons hands. Overall, an entertaining book that paints a very human picture of a naval captain striving to do what he considers his duty and struggling with the fear that he is not up to the task that is required of him, whilst others watch the actions he considers simply "necessary" and see a remarkable and heroic man.

Shaun Redsar redsar — Thomas Pynchon's short story "Entropy" is what kick started my interest in modern (well, post-modern) literature and it's a little odd to see it again, not quite as good as I remembered it (though still good) and ripped to shreds by the author in the preface. So what is there to say? Some of these stories are just good, some are pretty darned good and some are outright wonderful. It is a collection of short stories that I would recommend for those too tentative to dive right into V. or are not quite sure who this Pynchon fellow is. I mean, it worked for me.

Kevon Cronin kevoncronin — Turkish independence and WWII as seen from a small, village.

Ian Smart iansmart — A series you can recommend

Vishwas Pethe vishwaspethe — I first came across American Born Chinese at Giant Robot in San Francisco and ran into it again at a publisher's booth at the midwinter meeting of the American Library Association. At that meeting, it won a major award for young adult literature -- the first graphic novel to receive this award! I read it a few weeks later and loved it. The story is interesting, with one of three plots coming straight from a Chinese legend, and it skillfully explores difficult issues surrounding identity, alienation, racism, and the true meaning of the Transformers. What stands out, for me, is its use of color. The faces of the characters are expressive and the line work is beautiful, but in this book, the lush colors are amazing. Other sections of the book are even prettier than this excerpt available online here: [http://www.firstsecondbooks.com/abc/a...]