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Category: Alternate History

Best Books of 2019

December 25, 2019December 24, 2019 ~ Kathryn Fletcher

These are the best YA, Fantasy, and Science Fiction books I read during 2019.

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Book Review: The Calculating Stars

November 15, 2019November 14, 2019 ~ Kathryn Fletcher ~ 1 Comment

Book Review: The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal. In 1952 a massive meteorite hits Earth destroying most of the east coast of the US including Washington DC. The climate changes from this will eventually make Earth uninhabitable so colonizing other planets gets moved higher on the priority list.

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Book Review: The Natural History of Dragons

September 13, 2019September 8, 2019 ~ Kathryn Fletcher

This has the word “Dragon” in it so of course I had to read it! I’ve heard some people say they hated it and some loved it. I’m in the loved it camp. It is not my typical read with tons of action, but I enjoyed it none the less.

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Rebel Mechanics

September 11, 2016July 11, 2018 ~ Kathryn Fletcher

The novel this week is an alternate history. If you are not familiar with these, they are stories that imagine a 'what if' question which alters historical events and writes the imagined result of that question.  In this case, what if the English nobility had magic in the 1700's when the colonies were supposed to … Continue reading Rebel Mechanics

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