Attempted Series Read 2024/25 So, after another month where (almost) all I did was re-reads because my oomph is still MIA, I just realized I didn’t even write a review for this one. Gosh, really slacking.Okay, so yes, this was fun again, and I’m constantly surprised by the adult content. Not that I have any problem with it, I just sort of stumble across it (to use an old pun) and think, oh yes, these aren’t for kids, are they, despite how easy they are to read.So I agree with myself below, and ...

Jodi Taylor, I’d like to buy you a pint. And please keep writing these stories and I’ll keep reading them. The publisher uses the term “madcap” to describe these and I’ve never liked the term, seems akin to “zany” and whimsical and absurd and – just no. Fast paced – yes. Well written by a witty and engaging, talented writer – yes. Featuring well researched and fun snippets of historical anecdotes and scenes – yes. Madcap? Eh. Following up on the heels of her 2013 debut to the series, Tayl...

*** 4.25 ***Second read and I actually enjoyed it even more!!! The Dodos still steal the show though 😊😊😊*** 3.75 ***A buddy read with the MacHalo Freaks! Let's go back in History!!!\n \"...“In this century, as in any other, men wore the comfortable, practical stuff, and the women wandered round expiring underneath over-decorated tea-cosies and with inadequate footwear.”..."\nI enjoyed \"A Symphony of Echoes (Chronicles of St. Mary's, #2)\" by Jodi Taylor. Mostly, I love the quirky humour and...

So, after a good night's sleep and a big, hot mug of tea (yeah, I prefer mugs to St. Mary's typical nice and flowery china), I've sorted my thoughts. This second book was very interesting and fast-paced again, the characters as likeable as ever, and the events laced with wonderful historical tidbits. However, it didn't make me care as much as the first. The first book was a rollercoaster that jerked me this way and that, leaving me completely breathless. This second one? Not so much. The centr...

This second book, A Symphony of Echoes (Chronicles of St. Mary's, #2) by Jodi Taylor, still reads like an amazingly light-voiced opera of death, time-mystery, and casual sex... in other words, a great time-travel SF. :) Seriously though, her treatment of cars makes me wonder if they'll wind up going the way of the Dodos. Minus the Cucumber Sandwiches. :) I preferred this one a lot over the first book for one reason: It stayed in known-history for the majority of the book rather than with the d...

I didn't enjoy A Symphony of Echoes (Chronicles of St. Mary's, #2) nearly as much as the first book. It felt disjointed and, frankly, just 'meh'. It actually made me less excited to jump into book three. The main problems were the plot and all the pointless filler scenes. Plus, there are some underlying issues with the world-building. It starts off promisingly, but then it really, really slows down. That initial section felt like a poorly executed example of a later "problem," and it didn't ma...

Rating: 4* out of five starsThe Publisher Says: Book Two in the madcap time-travel series based at the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research that seems to be everyone's cup of tea. In the second book in the Chronicles of St Mary's series, Max and the team visit Victorian London in search of Jack the Ripper, witness the murder of Archbishop Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, and discover that dodos make a grockling noise when eating cucumber sandwiches. But they must also confront an e...

"A Symphony of Echoes" is the sequel to "Just One Damned Thing After Another," and the second book starring Madeleine Maxwell, aka Max. I really enjoyed the first book (check out my review if you're interested), so I was eager to dive into this one. I'd classify these books as historical fiction, rather than science fiction. The historians at St. Mary's have figured out how to travel through time, witnessing historical events firsthand, exactly as they happened. These historians, a truly eccentr...

History is A Symphony of Echoes. Every little action has huge consequences. This series can be a little all over the place. I’m a pretty linear thinker, so jumping around in time can throw me off a bit. To bounce from London during Jack the Ripper's time to the future and then back to hang out with Mary Queen of Scots feels so patched together sometimes.I do enjoy the time jumps and seeing different historical periods, and all the trouble the historians manage to get into. Just when ...

Also fun for most of the book. I particularly enjoyed the last 40% or so. It's pretty clear that Jodi Taylor's plotting kind of just unfolds as the story progresses, with ideas occurring to her as she writes. This gives everything a wonderfully spontaneous feel, but it also means she only considers certain aspects when they grab her attention. We, as readers, have often already thought of those things because we're not as distracted by her current obsession, making us a bit skeptical. My reading...