Levent Mollamustafaoglu
@leventmolla.bsky.social
Writer and Translator, Retired Industrial Engineer and Academician. Developed software and managed software projects for 45 years. Nowadays developing iOS software with SwiftUI and slowly writing historical novels.
Girl lives with foster parents in a remote location, has to take the throne while trying to stay alive until the coronation, first act is to violate the treaty with a hostile neighbour etc. However the storytelling is good, it is slightly above Young Adult level.
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The Queen of the Tearling (The Queen of the Tearling, #…
Magic, adventure, mystery, and romance combine in this …
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December 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Girl lives with foster parents in a remote location, has to take the throne while trying to stay alive until the coronation, first act is to violate the treaty with a hostile neighbour etc. However the storytelling is good, it is slightly above Young Adult level.
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William is scorned by his older brother who inherited his father’s estate, he has to work as a clerk for him, although he has had a much better education. Bearing his brother’s tyrannical approach for a while, he finally gives up and goes to Brussels as a teacher.
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The Professor
The Professor was the first novel by Charlotte Brontë. …
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December 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
William is scorned by his older brother who inherited his father’s estate, he has to work as a clerk for him, although he has had a much better education. Bearing his brother’s tyrannical approach for a while, he finally gives up and goes to Brussels as a teacher.
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The Doranen and the Olken are in a reluctant coexistence in a world leftover from the evil Morg and they think those days are behind them. However, things are not as they seem. More evil is lurking in the shadows and Lur is once more shaking to its foundations.
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The Prodigal Mage (Fisherman's Children, #1)
Many years have passed since the last great Mage War. I…
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December 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The Doranen and the Olken are in a reluctant coexistence in a world leftover from the evil Morg and they think those days are behind them. However, things are not as they seem. More evil is lurking in the shadows and Lur is once more shaking to its foundations.
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This book covers the subject of dramaturgy in three areas: Pre-production, Rehearsals and Production.
The book can not be taken as a full-fledged instruction in Dramaturgy but it gives a very good checklist of things a dramaturg would have to thrive for.
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The book can not be taken as a full-fledged instruction in Dramaturgy but it gives a very good checklist of things a dramaturg would have to thrive for.
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The Process of Dramaturgy: A Handbook
The Process of Dramaturgy: A Handbook is a guide to dra…
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December 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This book covers the subject of dramaturgy in three areas: Pre-production, Rehearsals and Production.
The book can not be taken as a full-fledged instruction in Dramaturgy but it gives a very good checklist of things a dramaturg would have to thrive for.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/85...
The book can not be taken as a full-fledged instruction in Dramaturgy but it gives a very good checklist of things a dramaturg would have to thrive for.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/85...
James Canterton is a young aristocrat and author who has taken to raising rare roses in his vast garden and his wife Gertrude can not pay any attention to what he is doing, since she is the busiest woman of all. Not a masterpiece but a reasonably enjoyable book.
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The Pride of Eve
This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur…
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December 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
James Canterton is a young aristocrat and author who has taken to raising rare roses in his vast garden and his wife Gertrude can not pay any attention to what he is doing, since she is the busiest woman of all. Not a masterpiece but a reasonably enjoyable book.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...
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The early days of the domestic use of robots where Andrew is the only member of a new series of robots designed to help people.
This is a moving, philosophically deep story. In a deeper level it is questioning what humanity is and what it means to be a human.
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This is a moving, philosophically deep story. In a deeper level it is questioning what humanity is and what it means to be a human.
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The Positronic Man (Robot, #0.6)
Powerful and haunting, The Positronic Man is an unforge…
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December 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The early days of the domestic use of robots where Andrew is the only member of a new series of robots designed to help people.
This is a moving, philosophically deep story. In a deeper level it is questioning what humanity is and what it means to be a human.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/65...
This is a moving, philosophically deep story. In a deeper level it is questioning what humanity is and what it means to be a human.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/65...
The story of Quentin Clark, a lawyer in 19th century Baltimore obsessed with bringing into light the mystery behind the death of Edgar Allan Poe, by finding out who was the inspiration for Dupin and also what was happening in Baltimore around the time Poe died.
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The Poe Shadow
Through the eyes of a Baltimore lawyer named Quentin Cl…
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December 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The story of Quentin Clark, a lawyer in 19th century Baltimore obsessed with bringing into light the mystery behind the death of Edgar Allan Poe, by finding out who was the inspiration for Dupin and also what was happening in Baltimore around the time Poe died.
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Stuart Spencer's book is faithful to its title, namely it is an unpretentious guidebook, trying to guide the aspiring playwright (or a student) to use the various techniques playwrights have accumulated over centuries and added to their arsenal.
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The Playwright's Guidebook: An Insightful Primer on the…
An accessible, contemporary guide to the art of dramati…
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December 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Stuart Spencer's book is faithful to its title, namely it is an unpretentious guidebook, trying to guide the aspiring playwright (or a student) to use the various techniques playwrights have accumulated over centuries and added to their arsenal.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...
This is about Philip K. Dick's infamous account of his "epiphany" he has gone through in 1974 and the events after that until his death in 1982.
Some of the essays are quite interesting, but some sound too much of conspiracy theory.
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Some of the essays are quite interesting, but some sound too much of conspiracy theory.
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The Palm Tree Garden of Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick was a science fiction writer whose most …
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December 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is about Philip K. Dick's infamous account of his "epiphany" he has gone through in 1974 and the events after that until his death in 1982.
Some of the essays are quite interesting, but some sound too much of conspiracy theory.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/82...
Some of the essays are quite interesting, but some sound too much of conspiracy theory.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/82...
When an atrocious crime is committed and all signs point to the school's baseball coach the whole town is shocked. The evidence seems to be tight but then there is further evidence that seems to show that the coach was somewhere else when the crime was committed.
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The Outsider (Holly Gibney #1)
An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a…
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December 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
When an atrocious crime is committed and all signs point to the school's baseball coach the whole town is shocked. The evidence seems to be tight but then there is further evidence that seems to show that the coach was somewhere else when the crime was committed.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/36...
This book covers the composition of an orchestra, the balance between the different instrument groups, the orchestration.
It has a lot of useful information, score samples to explain some of the concepts and very specific structural information for the orchestra.
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It has a lot of useful information, score samples to explain some of the concepts and very specific structural information for the orchestra.
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The Orchestra and Orchestral Music 1899 [Leather Bound]
Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf p…
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December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This book covers the composition of an orchestra, the balance between the different instrument groups, the orchestration.
It has a lot of useful information, score samples to explain some of the concepts and very specific structural information for the orchestra.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
It has a lot of useful information, score samples to explain some of the concepts and very specific structural information for the orchestra.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
It is a novel about the establishment of an utopian society, whilst following the personal development of a young politician. It turns out that the utopian element is non-existent and the development stays short of a proper Bildungsroman. Pretty disappointing…
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The New Machiavelli
This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur…
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December 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It is a novel about the establishment of an utopian society, whilst following the personal development of a young politician. It turns out that the utopian element is non-existent and the development stays short of a proper Bildungsroman. Pretty disappointing…
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Maerad is a common slave girl who discovers that she is a Bard (a sort of Mage) and is the sole survivor of the House of Pellinor. Pursued by the Dark, she runs from location to location meeting other Bards and trying to sort out friend from foe.
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The Naming (The Books of Pellinor, #1)
Maerad is a slave in a desperate and unforgiving settle…
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December 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Maerad is a common slave girl who discovers that she is a Bard (a sort of Mage) and is the sole survivor of the House of Pellinor. Pursued by the Dark, she runs from location to location meeting other Bards and trying to sort out friend from foe.
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Odelle is a young girl from Trinidad, trying to form a life in London in the 60's and trying to find a new job at an Art Institute as a typist.
Burton has improved the narrative since the debut novel and proves to be an author with a lot of potential.
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Burton has improved the narrative since the debut novel and proves to be an author with a lot of potential.
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The Muse
A picture hides a thousand words . . . On a hot July d…
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December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Odelle is a young girl from Trinidad, trying to form a life in London in the 60's and trying to find a new job at an Art Institute as a typist.
Burton has improved the narrative since the debut novel and proves to be an author with a lot of potential.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/27...
Burton has improved the narrative since the debut novel and proves to be an author with a lot of potential.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/27...
The 17th century, the prospering city of Amsterdam. 18-year old Petronella (aka Nella) is the daughter of a farmer in Assendelft. When her father dies and the family is in dire straits, a marriage is arranged and she gets married to a 40 year old wealthy merchant.
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The Miniaturist (The Miniaturist, #1)
Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam--a city ruled by g…
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December 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The 17th century, the prospering city of Amsterdam. 18-year old Petronella (aka Nella) is the daughter of a farmer in Assendelft. When her father dies and the family is in dire straits, a marriage is arranged and she gets married to a 40 year old wealthy merchant.
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Written in late 18th century, it describes the extraordinary events around a Monk and several female characters. These extraordinary events include rape, murder, ghosts, priests molesting young girls etc., which have caused a stir when the book was published.
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The Monk
'He now saw himself stained with the most loathed and m…
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November 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Written in late 18th century, it describes the extraordinary events around a Monk and several female characters. These extraordinary events include rape, murder, ghosts, priests molesting young girls etc., which have caused a stir when the book was published.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/93...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/93...
This is an interesting whodunit from Agatha Christie featuring Miss Marple. Miss Marple is my least favourite protagonist in Christie's books. This particular one is about a murder committed in a party for an American actress and the effort to find the culprit.
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The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (Miss Marple, #8)
One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbing on t…
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November 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is an interesting whodunit from Agatha Christie featuring Miss Marple. Miss Marple is my least favourite protagonist in Christie's books. This particular one is about a murder committed in a party for an American actress and the effort to find the culprit.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/16...
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Yapay Zeka olgusunu sosyalist/Marksist bir bakış açısından ele alan bu kitabın en büyük talihsizliği, 2023 yılından itibaren bu alanda gerçekleşen büyük değişimlerden önce yayımlanması ve Üretici Yapay Zeka alanını tümüyle kaçırması.
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Yapay Zeka ve Kapitalizmin Gelecegi Insandisi Bir Güc
Son yõllarda yapay zek‰ alanõnda ok bŸyŸk geli_meler ge…
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November 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Yapay Zeka olgusunu sosyalist/Marksist bir bakış açısından ele alan bu kitabın en büyük talihsizliği, 2023 yılından itibaren bu alanda gerçekleşen büyük değişimlerden önce yayımlanması ve Üretici Yapay Zeka alanını tümüyle kaçırması.
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Sam and his high-school friends are members of the Safety First Club. When Sam fires a gun he took from his father's gun rack without permission, he has a near-miss with the notorious Major Bates. Having not been detected, he stays silent for a while.
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In the Tennessee Mountains
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publicati…
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November 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Sam and his high-school friends are members of the Safety First Club. When Sam fires a gun he took from his father's gun rack without permission, he has a near-miss with the notorious Major Bates. Having not been detected, he stays silent for a while.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
A part of Algeria where French soldiers are stationed goes out into space when a comet hits the Earth at that region. This becomes a self-contained habitat and our protagonists try to survive and discover the facts about this new planetoid.
Not the best of Verne.
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Not the best of Verne.
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Hector Servadac
Hector Servadac is a science fiction novel written by J…
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November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A part of Algeria where French soldiers are stationed goes out into space when a comet hits the Earth at that region. This becomes a self-contained habitat and our protagonists try to survive and discover the facts about this new planetoid.
Not the best of Verne.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...
Not the best of Verne.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/14...
The story of how a prominent family is almost brought to ruins since the man who marries one of the family's daughters happens to be an octoroon (one having a black ancestor going three levels back).
Bah humbug!
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Bah humbug!
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Blood Will Tell: The Strange Story of a Son of Ham
"A screed about racial atavism dedicated 'to all Americ…
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November 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The story of how a prominent family is almost brought to ruins since the man who marries one of the family's daughters happens to be an octoroon (one having a black ancestor going three levels back).
Bah humbug!
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Bah humbug!
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A melodrama where intrigue and counter-intrigue follow each other and at the end all issues are resolved with a happy ending. The only credit for this cheap (dime?) book is that its narrative and language is not bad.
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Suffered in Vain: or, A Plaything of Fate
Suffered in Or, A Plaything of Fate by Bertha M. Clay …
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November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A melodrama where intrigue and counter-intrigue follow each other and at the end all issues are resolved with a happy ending. The only credit for this cheap (dime?) book is that its narrative and language is not bad.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
I finally had a chance to read the original novel inspiring the many Zorro films. Unfortunately, the story and the book are not really worth mentioning from a literary point of view and they do not really cover any interesting or inspiring events.
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www.goodreads.com/book/show/89...
The Mark of Zorro (Zorro, #1)
Old California, in a bygone era of sprawling haciendas …
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November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I finally had a chance to read the original novel inspiring the many Zorro films. Unfortunately, the story and the book are not really worth mentioning from a literary point of view and they do not really cover any interesting or inspiring events.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/89...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/89...
The Handmaid’s Tale, bu yıl sona eren başarılı bir Hulu dizisiydi. Bu yazıda, dizide kullanılan Margaret Atwood kitabını, diziyi ve uyarlanacak olan devam kitabı The Testaments’i ele alıyorum. #damızlıkkızınöyküsü #margaretatwood #ahitler #kadınhakları #teokrasi
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November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The Handmaid’s Tale, bu yıl sona eren başarılı bir Hulu dizisiydi. Bu yazıda, dizide kullanılan Margaret Atwood kitabını, diziyi ve uyarlanacak olan devam kitabı The Testaments’i ele alıyorum. #damızlıkkızınöyküsü #margaretatwood #ahitler #kadınhakları #teokrasi
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The topic of the book is again one of conspiracy, namely the role of Masons in the world and how they actually built the U.S.A. However, I found the "mystery" behind the plot quite lame.
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The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
What was lost... Will be found... Washington DC: Harva…
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November 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The topic of the book is again one of conspiracy, namely the role of Masons in the world and how they actually built the U.S.A. However, I found the "mystery" behind the plot quite lame.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/64...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/64...