fiction

"The Burning Stone" Kate Elliott

Margaret's picture Posted by Margaret on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 - 12:00

The Burning Stone is the third book in Kate Elliott's seven book series, The Crown of Stars. As I finished the last one in the series at the end of December last year I was starting to think I should write the rest of them up in one post. But when I looked at my notes, I think I've enough to say about each one that I don't want to miss out that it would end up a huge post and need splitting back into individual posts! So this post will remain a collection of thoughts about The Burning Stone.

"Prince of Dogs" Kate Elliott

Margaret's picture Posted by Margaret on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 12:00

Prince of Dogs is the second book in Kate Elliott's seven book Crown of Stars series. The first was King's Dragon (which I wrote about twice, most recently in this post). I know I've read Prince of Dogs before but that was a long time ago, probably in the early 00s, and I didn't remember much about it when I started it this time. As with my post about King's Dragon, this is not so much a review as a collection of thoughts.

"King's Dragon" Kate Elliott

Margaret's picture Posted by Margaret on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 12:00

I've read Kate Elliott's "King's Dragon" before - at least twice - and both times stalled out on the series before I got to the end, either because I couldn't get the books at the library or because I hadn't quite decided whether to buy or borrow them. Last time I read it I reviewed it in this blog too (post). So when I needed to think of some books to get on my kindle to take away with me (last spring!) this series came to mind as unfinished business.

A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley

Margaret's picture Posted by Margaret on Friday, June 6, 2014 - 12:00

A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley was a three part series about the peculiar relationship of Victorian & Edwardian Britain with murder. It was half about the real life crimes that shocked (and enthralled) the nation during the era - including such notable villains as Jack the Ripper and Dr Crippen as well as others I'd not heard of before. This strand of the programme also looked at the changing face of crime detection and reporting during this era - the very idea of police detectives was come up with in Victorian times.

Subscribe to fiction