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.
Marie has a difficult life after she loses her father, working as a pianist in a music cafe in Vienna and has to endure the drunks and unruly characters while trying to make ends meet needs.
Predictable events, barely readable since it is a period novel.
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Predictable events, barely readable since it is a period novel.
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Mothers of Men
Excerpt from Mothers of Men Marie sat staring at the t…
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September 25, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Marie has a difficult life after she loses her father, working as a pianist in a music cafe in Vienna and has to endure the drunks and unruly characters while trying to make ends meet needs.
Predictable events, barely readable since it is a period novel.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/26...
Predictable events, barely readable since it is a period novel.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/26...
Bill Browder established an investment company in Russia. He benefited from the wild period in the early days of new Russia before Vladimir Putin came to power.
The book is written with an exciting narrative and from time to time reads like a thriller novel.
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The book is written with an exciting narrative and from time to time reads like a thriller novel.
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Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and O…
A real-life political thriller about an American financ…
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September 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Bill Browder established an investment company in Russia. He benefited from the wild period in the early days of new Russia before Vladimir Putin came to power.
The book is written with an exciting narrative and from time to time reads like a thriller novel.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
The book is written with an exciting narrative and from time to time reads like a thriller novel.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Yazmakta olduğum tarihi roman “Osmanlı Kulübü” yavaş da olsa ilerliyor. Kitaptaki karakterlerin tutarlı olarak anlatılabilmesi için hazırladığım karakter dosyalarını ve tiyatroda buna benzer işlev gören dramaturji dosyalarını anlattım.
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Roman Karakterleri - Osmanlı Kulübü
Osmanlı Kulübü
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September 13, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Yazmakta olduğum tarihi roman “Osmanlı Kulübü” yavaş da olsa ilerliyor. Kitaptaki karakterlerin tutarlı olarak anlatılabilmesi için hazırladığım karakter dosyalarını ve tiyatroda buna benzer işlev gören dramaturji dosyalarını anlattım.
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Detective Billie Ann is trying to find the killer of a young girl and some seemingly unrelated people while also trying to find a missing girl.
A novel that starts with several threads and tries to bring them together, but can not bring it together coherently.
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A novel that starts with several threads and tries to bring them together, but can not bring it together coherently.
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Don't Let Her Go (Detective Billie Ann Wilde #1)
A missing five-year-old girl is the key to unlocking a …
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September 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Detective Billie Ann is trying to find the killer of a young girl and some seemingly unrelated people while also trying to find a missing girl.
A novel that starts with several threads and tries to bring them together, but can not bring it together coherently.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
A novel that starts with several threads and tries to bring them together, but can not bring it together coherently.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
I summarized things happening in the Generative AI area with some links to original sources, covering the 2nd Quarter of 2026.
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AI Updates - 2Q 2026
Generative AI
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August 31, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I summarized things happening in the Generative AI area with some links to original sources, covering the 2nd Quarter of 2026.
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A meticoulously researched account of the mysterious death of a youngster pretending to be the son of a Russian oligarch in London. There is a lot of background information about organized crime in 21st century London but the result is not very promising.
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London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and…
A spellbinding account of a family devastated by the su…
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August 24, 2026 at 2:09 PM
A meticoulously researched account of the mysterious death of a youngster pretending to be the son of a Russian oligarch in London. There is a lot of background information about organized crime in 21st century London but the result is not very promising.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Terrorists try to deliver blows to the U.S. using sophisticated cyberattacks coupled with physical sabotage. They are countered by digital personalities who can multitask and accomplish amazing cybersecurity or cyberattack tasks on the Internet.
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Not So Dead (Sam Sunborn, #1)
What if you could live forever, would you do it?"There'…
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August 17, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Terrorists try to deliver blows to the U.S. using sophisticated cyberattacks coupled with physical sabotage. They are countered by digital personalities who can multitask and accomplish amazing cybersecurity or cyberattack tasks on the Internet.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/35...
www.goodreads.com/book/show/35...
Geçen yıl izlediğim Duncan MacMillan oyunu “İnsanlar, Mekanlar, Nesneler” üzerine yazdım.
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İnsanlar Mekanlar Nesneler
Oyun Eleştirisi
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August 13, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Geçen yıl izlediğim Duncan MacMillan oyunu “İnsanlar, Mekanlar, Nesneler” üzerine yazdım.
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I have reviewed Duncan Macmillan’s play on addiction and recovery titled “People, Places and Things”
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People, Places and Things
Play Review
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August 11, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I have reviewed Duncan Macmillan’s play on addiction and recovery titled “People, Places and Things”
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Emile Zola’nın Rougon-Macquart roman serisinin dördüncü kitabı Plassans’ın Fethi, seçimlere müdahale gibi gizli bir projeyle Plassans’a gelen Rahip Faujas’ın adım adım hedefine yaklaşmasını aktaran heyecanlı bir anlatı.
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Emile Zola'nın Rougon-Macquart serisinin dördüncü kitabı: Plassans'ın Fethi
Rougon-Macquart serisinin dördüncü kitabı
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August 6, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Emile Zola’nın Rougon-Macquart roman serisinin dördüncü kitabı Plassans’ın Fethi, seçimlere müdahale gibi gizli bir projeyle Plassans’a gelen Rahip Faujas’ın adım adım hedefine yaklaşmasını aktaran heyecanlı bir anlatı.
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The Archangel expedition of U.S. and Allies against Russia after the end of the 1st WW. The Allies aimed to help the White Russian forces to regain the country after the October revolution, but the mission failed due to lack of political and military objectives.
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Archangel: The American War With Russia
Following requests from Britain and France to send troo…
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August 5, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The Archangel expedition of U.S. and Allies against Russia after the end of the 1st WW. The Allies aimed to help the White Russian forces to regain the country after the October revolution, but the mission failed due to lack of political and military objectives.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/35...
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I have read and reviewed the fourth book in Emile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart Saga, The Conquest of Plassans, where Plassans is the stage for a covert campaign to influence the result of the upcoming election. #emilezola #lesrougonsmacquart #secondempire #1800s
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The Fourth Book of the Rougon-Macquart Saga: The Conquest of Plassans
Rougon-Macquart Saga
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August 4, 2026 at 7:02 PM
I have read and reviewed the fourth book in Emile Zola’s Rougon-Macquart Saga, The Conquest of Plassans, where Plassans is the stage for a covert campaign to influence the result of the upcoming election. #emilezola #lesrougonsmacquart #secondempire #1800s
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This is a PhD thesis claiming that Shakespeare might have got the inspiration of some elements of his Julius Caesar from the play "Cesare" by Italian dramatist Pescetti.
It could be interesting for specialists but did not add much to the knowledge on this work.
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It could be interesting for specialists but did not add much to the knowledge on this work.
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A Probable Italian Source of Shakespeare's Julius Caesa…
Excerpt from A Probable Italian Source of Shakespeare's…
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July 22, 2026 at 10:28 PM
This is a PhD thesis claiming that Shakespeare might have got the inspiration of some elements of his Julius Caesar from the play "Cesare" by Italian dramatist Pescetti.
It could be interesting for specialists but did not add much to the knowledge on this work.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/26...
It could be interesting for specialists but did not add much to the knowledge on this work.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/26...
Gripping account of a girl's struggles to get an identity for herself independent of all the men trying to exploit her, in early 20th century U.S.
The transformation of Carrie from a timid girl with few ambitions to an aspiring member of the theatre in New York.
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The transformation of Carrie from a timid girl with few ambitions to an aspiring member of the theatre in New York.
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Sister Carrie
Dreiser’s first novel, Sister Carrie (1900) was inspire…
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July 20, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Gripping account of a girl's struggles to get an identity for herself independent of all the men trying to exploit her, in early 20th century U.S.
The transformation of Carrie from a timid girl with few ambitions to an aspiring member of the theatre in New York.
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The transformation of Carrie from a timid girl with few ambitions to an aspiring member of the theatre in New York.
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Ordinary crime novel where a murder and some thefts within a family mansion are solved with the efforts of a detective but mostly from clues that family members help uncover.
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The Unseen Ear
This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur…
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July 15, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Ordinary crime novel where a murder and some thefts within a family mansion are solved with the efforts of a detective but mostly from clues that family members help uncover.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/29...
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Emile Zola'nın Rougon-Macquart serisinin üçüncü kitabı: Paris'in Karnı
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Emile Zola'nın Rougon-Macquart serisinin üçüncü kitabı: Paris'in Karnı
Rougon-Macquart serisinin üçüncü kitabı
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July 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Emile Zola'nın Rougon-Macquart serisinin üçüncü kitabı: Paris'in Karnı
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The Rougon-Macquart series from Zola continues with Le Ventre de Paris, where we see not only all the underclasses making sure the city can be fed, but also are witness to petty interests and jealousies affecting the ordinary people’s lives in the 2nd empire.
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The Third Book of the Rougon-Macquart Saga: The Fat and the Thin (Le Ventre de Paris)
The third book of Émile Zola’s Rougons-Macquart saga is titled Le Ventre de Paris (literally The Belly of Paris) and opens with a description of the marketplace in Paris through the observation of Flo...
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June 30, 2026 at 10:25 PM
The Rougon-Macquart series from Zola continues with Le Ventre de Paris, where we see not only all the underclasses making sure the city can be fed, but also are witness to petty interests and jealousies affecting the ordinary people’s lives in the 2nd empire.
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A love triangle composed of Alfred, his wife Helen and his friend Armand. Armand and Helen have a forbidden relationship.
Pretty boring book where nothing really happens. It is not even employing a classical plot of scorned husband wreaking revenge on the lovers.
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Pretty boring book where nothing really happens. It is not even employing a classical plot of scorned husband wreaking revenge on the lovers.
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A Love Crime: An Intriguing Tale of Passion, Betrayal, …
In Paul Bourget's novel 'A Love Crime,' the reader is i…
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June 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
A love triangle composed of Alfred, his wife Helen and his friend Armand. Armand and Helen have a forbidden relationship.
Pretty boring book where nothing really happens. It is not even employing a classical plot of scorned husband wreaking revenge on the lovers.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...
Pretty boring book where nothing really happens. It is not even employing a classical plot of scorned husband wreaking revenge on the lovers.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/61...
Twist has a “Sight”, an ability to repair things and people who are “broken” and he unfortunately will feel all of the pains of them.
I didn't find the book adding much to the genre, with too little happening and the narrative failing to excite the reader.
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I didn't find the book adding much to the genre, with too little happening and the narrative failing to excite the reader.
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Dreamer (Clockwork Twist #3)
After an airship crash, Twist and his friends are rescu…
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June 25, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Twist has a “Sight”, an ability to repair things and people who are “broken” and he unfortunately will feel all of the pains of them.
I didn't find the book adding much to the genre, with too little happening and the narrative failing to excite the reader.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
I didn't find the book adding much to the genre, with too little happening and the narrative failing to excite the reader.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Köpekle İngiltere’ye gitmek isteyenler için iki ay kadar önce yaşadığımız macerayı, çalışan ve çalışmayan kuralları anlattım…
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Köpekle İngiltere'ye Gitmek
Bulut'un Maceraları
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June 22, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Köpekle İngiltere’ye gitmek isteyenler için iki ay kadar önce yaşadığımız macerayı, çalışan ve çalışmayan kuralları anlattım…
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Dwarves, humans, gremlins, Minotaurs and an odd elf or two. An evil man is gathering gremlin armies to destroy all the dwarves and humans.
Not many original ideas here, as compared to what Tolkien already introduced as a standard feature in fantasy.
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Not many original ideas here, as compared to what Tolkien already introduced as a standard feature in fantasy.
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Dwarves of Elvenshore (Elvenshore #1)
A Scout from the human city of South Fort stumbles upon…
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June 20, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Dwarves, humans, gremlins, Minotaurs and an odd elf or two. An evil man is gathering gremlin armies to destroy all the dwarves and humans.
Not many original ideas here, as compared to what Tolkien already introduced as a standard feature in fantasy.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
Not many original ideas here, as compared to what Tolkien already introduced as a standard feature in fantasy.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/19...
Natalie is on a boat trip with his father, her cousin Lancelot and Turlington, seeking her hand. She is in love with her cousin Linzie and the young couple think of a way to prevent the engagement to occur next Christmas, when Natalie is going to be 16 years old.
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Miss or Mrs.?
'Persons possessed of sluggish livers and tender hearts…
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June 18, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Natalie is on a boat trip with his father, her cousin Lancelot and Turlington, seeking her hand. She is in love with her cousin Linzie and the young couple think of a way to prevent the engagement to occur next Christmas, when Natalie is going to be 16 years old.
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Chloe works in a bar and meets a man with a strange pendant that sends people backwards and forwards in time. She finds out that her mother was also a part of time-travelling people, who are in two organizations fighting each other for the control of time.
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June 17, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Chloe works in a bar and meets a man with a strange pendant that sends people backwards and forwards in time. She finds out that her mother was also a part of time-travelling people, who are in two organizations fighting each other for the control of time.
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Selina gets a teaching job as a teacher in Chicago In an area with Dutch immigrants and marries one of the farmers.
The rest are her struggles in the harsh farming environment of the aregion and her attempts to carve herself a place in a patriarchal society.
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The rest are her struggles in the harsh farming environment of the aregion and her attempts to carve herself a place in a patriarchal society.
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June 16, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Selina gets a teaching job as a teacher in Chicago In an area with Dutch immigrants and marries one of the farmers.
The rest are her struggles in the harsh farming environment of the aregion and her attempts to carve herself a place in a patriarchal society.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...
The rest are her struggles in the harsh farming environment of the aregion and her attempts to carve herself a place in a patriarchal society.
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Quincy is born as the eighth child in the poor family of Josiah and Sarah. But then the two eldest of the children die from scarlet fever.
The rest of the book reads like a bildungsroman for Quincy and his efforts to become an individual member of the society.
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The rest of the book reads like a bildungsroman for Quincy and his efforts to become an individual member of the society.
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June 13, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Quincy is born as the eighth child in the poor family of Josiah and Sarah. But then the two eldest of the children die from scarlet fever.
The rest of the book reads like a bildungsroman for Quincy and his efforts to become an individual member of the society.
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The rest of the book reads like a bildungsroman for Quincy and his efforts to become an individual member of the society.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/13...