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BOOK TO FILM: Parade’s End – Ford Madox Ford

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Ela

Since I’ve caved in and subscribed to Amazon Prime, I’ve been watching a lot of films and US TV shows this way. One of those included in the subscription was Parade’s End, a dramatisation of three of the novels comprising … 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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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 Last Light of the Sun – Guy Gavriel Kay

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Ela

This novel, set in the same world as the Sarantine Mosaic duology and The Lions of Al-Rassan, takes as its starting point the reign of Alfred the Great and his struggles against the raiding Danes. In Kay’s world, the Danes … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: The Lions of Al-Rassan – Guy Gavriel Kay

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Ela

In the peninsula which is divided between the three northern kingdoms of the former Esperaña (Jaloña, Valledo and Ruenda) and Al-Rassan in the south, an uneasy truce prevails. The people of the northern kingdoms generally follow the Jaddite religion, whereas … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Louisa May Alcott – Jack and Jill / An Old-Fashioned Girl

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Ela

(Project Gutenberg e-books, originally published 1880 / 1870) I read these two books back in 2011, having downloaded them for the holidays. I’d read An Old-Fashioned Girl once before as a teenager, if I recall correctly, but hadn’t read Jack … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Sherlock Holmes (film, 2009)

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Ela

Directed by: Guy Ritchie I really like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories and novels about Sherlock Holmes – more famous than his creator – and wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to watch Guy Ritchie’s 2009 film version which takes … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Ela

(Orbit e-book, originally published 1992) This was the very first novel by Neal Stephenson that I read, long before Cryptonomicon or The Baroque Trilogy. There’s a lot of similarity between it and Zodiac (which I read for the first time … 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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Blood Bound – Patricia Briggs

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Ela

(Orbit e-book, 2007) I remarked in my review of the first of this series that, while I enjoyed the book, it wasn’t sufficiently different from other such paranormal fantasy novels as to make it worthwhile reading the rest of the … Continue reading →

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