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Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age | James Essinger

I've been more of a lurker than a poster lately because it's been such a busy period at work for me, but I have read books and ticked off some prompts, and I'm pretty much on track with the #52bookclub24 challenge.
(Further comments and links to books in comments.)

eeclayton (4) Women in STEM -- What a fascinating story, and what a disappointing book. For much of the book, Ada fades into the background. Also, the edition I read had been poorly written, poorly edited, poorly translated, or a combination of all three. I wish more effort had been put into the project.

Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age

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eeclayton (20) A revenge story -- A re-read with fellow Littens #NoPlaceLikeHolmes I found the character studies way more enjoyable than the mystery in this one.

A Study in Scarlet

3mo

eeclayton (30) Picked without reading the blurb -- A mixed bag: some sections were focused and informative, others a bit all-over-the-place, as if the author couldn't resist including each fact and anecdote that he'd come across. I enjoyed those chapters the most where I went in with some prior knowledge about the leader being discussed.

Leadership in War: Essential Lessons from Those Who Made History

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eeclayton (44) Includes a wedding -- The second book in Cornwell's Warlord Chronicles trilogy (a retelling of the Arthurian legend). Happily it fits a prompt, but I would have read it anyway 😄

Enemy of God: A Novel of Arthur

3mo

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BarbaraBB You‘re definitely on track! Great choices for the prompts! 3mo

Librarybelle A nice mix of topics and prompts! 3mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo

eeclayton @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle @TheAromaofBooks Thanks ☺️ 3mo

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ImperfectCJ

The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, Book 1) | Jordan Stratford

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This is a cute middle-grade mystery imagining the mischief Ada Byron Lovelace and Mary Godwin Shelley could have gotten into had they been contemporaries. With a supporting cast that includes Charles Dickens and Percy Shelley, this novel is an homage of sorts to the greatest creative minds of 19th-century England. A little silly and a little too modern in thinking for the time period, this is still a fun intro to the genre for young readers.

ImperfectCJ This is my #bookspin for April 12mo

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erzascarletbookgasm

The Case of the Missing Moonstone (The Wollstonecraft Detective Agency, Book 1) | Jordan Stratford

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Such a fun and entertaining story. The author introduces us to Ada (Lovelace), daughter of Lord Byron, and Mary, daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft, who formed a detective agency together. Though some aspects are not historically accurate, like the girls are actually aged 18 yrs apart in history, the historical bits are enjoyable. The mystery itself is not very clever, but I loved the appearance..

#serieslove2023
#middlegrademarch

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erzascarletbookgasm …of several historical figures, and references to books. Hopefully the next instalment has a more exciting mystery. 14mo

Andrew65 Sounds a great series. Well done 👏👏👏 14mo

TheSpineView Sounds like a good series! 14mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer | Sydney Padua

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What a wonderful experience. Extraordinary art, the mix of incredible detail and adorable cartooniness which itself is a reflection of the text, the amount of facts packed in, sprinkled amongst such playful humour. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality Probably the first time I didn't wish something graphic novel-like was done up in full colour, as the setting is a specific (alternate?) historical time period, the somewhat non-fiction-minded nature of the work, the intricate shading and depth in the backgrounds reads better in black and white. 2/? 1y

Robotswithpersonality I had to rely on exposition and footnotes to figure out the significance of many of them, but I appreciated how many historical figures the author-artist managed to pack into this 'pocket universe'. She also managed to sneak a lot of knowledge and history into those footnotes/end notes. Why couldn't more school text books take this tack? I'll admit to my own biases, I was more drawn to the footnotes on the history than the mathematics. 3/? 1y

Robotswithpersonality I love that even the footnotes may be played with the so that images basically barge in, obscure, obliterate or reshape them.
Major respect for the commitment to seeking out primary source material. Speaking of which, the incredibly sweet epilogue is hiding AFTER the two appendices sections, don't miss it! 4/4 1y

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