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Book Review: Queens’ Play by Dorothy Dunnett

Phyl — Sat, 15 May 2010 20:55:10 +0000

I view this book as a sort of last burst of mindless fun mixed with adventure before, in book three, we get down to some Very Serious Business. [...]

Teaser Tuesday – Queen’s Play by Dorothy Dunnett

Phyl — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:04:40 +0000

Those Dunnett fans who have already read this book will know the significance of one of the things mentioned in these sentences, but I'm not telling! [...]

Tuesday Teaser: Queen’s Play, by Dorothy Dunnett

Phyl — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:58:30 +0000

Time again for the Tuesday Teaser! And yes yes, I’m on a Dorothy Dunnett kick lately. You get that way, when you’re immersed in one of her series.

Anyway, the Tuesday Teaser involves our grabbing the book we’re currently reading, opening it to a more or less random page, and taking two sentences from [...]

Why Do We Read?

Phyl — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:02:25 +0000

Do we really want to spend our whole reading lives being the equivalent of babies that just lie back and get fed mush with a spoon? [...]

Book Review – The Game of Kings

Phyl — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:15:34 +0000

Dunnett’s most wonderful character is Francis Crawford himself, and he will remain as brilliant and captivating for all six books. But every character Dunnett creates is unique, with their own quirks and personality. [...]

The Game of Kings – I’m all Verklempt

Phyl — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 23:21:29 +0000

If I could read this series on my deathbed, I would die happy. [...]

Guy Gavriel Kay and my reading history

Phyl — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:53:46 +0000

The only way I could describe how The Fionavar Tapestry made me feel was to say that I felt like my veins were filled with light. Twenty five years later, I can still pick up that trilogy and feel the same way. [...]

Women’s History Month: Favourite Authors?

Phyl — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:43:02 +0000

Anyone who's talked books with me for any length of time will already know my favourite female author -- my favourite author, period. Dorothy Dunnett is my favourite fiction author of all time. [...]

My favourite books – the Lymond Chronicles

Phyl — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:34:08 +0000

I don't think I've ever run into a more scintillating, fascinating, thrilling, amusing, maddening character than Francis Crawford of Lymond, in any book I've read, in all my life. [...]