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*record scratch* you’re probably wondering how I ended up in this situation

False Value by Ben Aaronovitch

February 11, 2021 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

well, not me per say- but DC Peter Grant. There was a good deal of magic AND non-magic kerfuffle at the end of Lies Sleeping. Peter, Lesley, Chorley, and the Nightingale himself were all thrown into the process of red tape and blue lines. I read Lies Sleeping back in September of last year, and then stopped dead in the ROL-iverse except for a short story here or there. False Value was available, but no way in hell was I about to mess up my matching set […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction Tagged With: Ada Lovelace, Ben Aaronovitch, dc peter grant, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, London, magic, paranormal, Peter Grant, police procedural, Rivers of London, Series, urban fantsasy

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR13 Review No:23 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Science Fiction · Tags: Ada Lovelace, Ben Aaronovitch, dc peter grant, hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy, London, magic, paranormal, Peter Grant, police procedural, Rivers of London, Series, urban fantsasy ·
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Oooh, you make me live (CBR12Bingo: Friendship)

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage by Sydney Padua

July 23, 2020 by octothorp Leave a Comment

I’m sure that tagging this as fiction and non fiction seems confusing to anyone who has not read this book. It’s a strange one, but a damn good one. The first dozen or so pages are 100% non-fiction, devoted to the life of Ada Lovelace, the daughter of the “mad, bad, and dangerous to know” Lord Byron and the absolute last person in the world who should have married him, a woman who then raised Ada alone and kept her from following in her father’s […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Ada Lovelace, cbr12bingo, Charles Babbage, friendship, Lord Byron, Sydney Padua

octothorp's CBR12 Review No:82 · Genres: Fanfiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Non-Fiction · Tags: Ada Lovelace, cbr12bingo, Charles Babbage, friendship, Lord Byron, Sydney Padua ·
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