Author Archives: Ela

REVIEW: Inceptio – Alison Morton

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Ela

(self-published/SilverWood Books 2013) The premise for this book, the first in a series set in Roma Nova, is that Rome never really died out, but colonisers left the city during the downfall of the Roman Empire to found a new … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Fangirl – Rainbow Rowell

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Ela

(Macmillan 2014) I picked this up in Foyles in Stratford a few weeks ago, having vaguely remembered that Jenny at Reading the End had enjoyed Eleanor and Park, also by this author: I read a bit in the middle, and … Continue reading →

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DWJ March: the end

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Ela

I hope you’ve enjoyed reading the Diana Wynne Jones posts this month, even if I haven’t posted about the books I’ve been prompted to re-read (Power of Three, Charmed Life, Witch Week, and Enchanted Glass) by Kristen at We Be … Continue reading →

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DWJ March – The Game: Diana Wynne Jones

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Ela

I’d originally intended not to review anything for DWJ March except The Islands of Chaldea, but I picked The Game up a couple of weeks ago to re-read (since I’d only read it once before), and thought I might as … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Torrent – Lindsay Buroker

Posted on March 26, 2014 by Ela

(self-published e-book, 2013) Book 1 in Rust and Relics series Delia and Simon are wandering around Arizona in their campervan using Delia’s archaeological knowledge (and her Indiana Jones-ish bullwhip skills) and Simon’s tech wizardry to locate and retrieve historical artefacts … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: The Islands of Chaldea – Diana Wynne Jones

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Ela

Since Diana Wynne Jones’ death from cancer in 2011, fans of her books (of whom I count myself) have had to satisfy themselves with a fair number of novels and a couple of collections of short stories, primarily written for … Continue reading →

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DWJ March – Favourite villain

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Ela

Again, this is another difficult choice, because Diana Wynne Jones was excellent at providing realistic antagonists, whether human or otherworldly, ranging from malevolent goddess embodied in a doll, the Monigan, from Time of the Ghost, to the warlock Balsam brothers … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: The Regeneration Trilogy – Pat Barker

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Ela

(Penguin e-book, 1996) The trilogy of books, set during the First Wold War, takes as its starting point the arrival of Siegfried Sassoon at Craiglockhart, a hospital in Edinburgh for soldiers suffering from “shell-shock”. His friend, Robert Graves, a captain … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Wounded – Lindsay Buroker

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Ela

(self-published e-book, 2014) Wounded was billed as a romance on Amazon, but I thought I’d try it anyway because I really like Buroker’s writing, having enjoyed The Emperor’s Edge series of steampunk fantasy novels, and a couple of related novels, … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Wild Justice – Kelley Armstrong

Posted on March 13, 2014 by Ela

(Sphere e-book 2013) Francis Bacon wrote: “Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the law; … Continue reading →

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