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Hiatus

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Ela

Well, in the words of Sam Gamgee, I’m back. I’ve been on holiday this past week, and have conspicuously failed either to do much reading or reviewing. I have finally got around to starting Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender, which … Continue reading →

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The Moonstone – Wilkie Collins

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Ela

(Project Gutenberg e-book, originally published 1868) Regarded by some as the first English detective novel, this exciting and interesting novel is told from a variety of different viewpoints. The plot is easily summarised. On the death of her uncle, Colonel … Continue reading →

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The Best of Jennings – Anthony Buckeridge

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Ela

(Sevenoaks 2010) Jennings Goes To School (1950) / Jennings Follows A Clue (1951) / Jennings’ Little Hut (1951) / Jennings and Darbishire (1952) The Jennings stories originally came to life in 1948 as a series of radio plays on Children’s … Continue reading →

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The Sign of the Four – Arthur Conan Doyle

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Ela

(MobileReference e-book, originally published in 1890) The Literary Omnivore reviewed this short novel by Conan Doyle recently, reminding me that I had never read it before – I seem to have managed almost all the short stories, but the longer … Continue reading →

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