Previous SFF Author: G.P. Taylor
Jodi Taylor is the author of the bestselling CHRONICLES OF ST MARY’S series, the story of a bunch of disaster-prone historians who investigate major historical events in contemporary time. Do NOT call it time travel! Born in Bristol and educated in Gloucester (facts both cities vigorously deny), she spent many years with her head somewhere else, much to the dismay of family, teachers and employers, before finally deciding to put all that daydreaming to good use and pick up a pen. She still has no idea what she wants to do when she grows up.
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Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
Just One Damned Thing After Another is the first novel in Jodi Taylor’s THE CHRONICLES OF ST. MARY’S series. It’s got a fun premise that’s similar to Kage Baker’s THE COMPANY series and Connie Willis’ work. St. Mary’s is a shadowy, underfunded institution related to the University of Thirsk that recruits historians and trains them to travel to the past to witness historical events. Our main protagonist is Dr.
Kat Hooper and Tadiana Jones´s rating: 3.5 | Jodi Taylor | Audio | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
A Symphony of Echoes by Jodi Taylor
A Symphony of Echoes (2013) is the second book in Jodi Taylor’s CHRONICLES OF ST. MARY’S, a series about an academic institution where researchers study history by travelling back in time to witness historical events. Tadiana and I enjoyed the first book, Just One Damned Thing After Another (2013), as a light fluffy time-travel story that doesn’t take itself too seriously. The premise is fun, similar to stories by Kage Baker and Connie Willis (though not nearly as well crafted),
Kat Hooper´s rating: 2.5 | Jodi Taylor | Audio | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
A Second Chance by Jodi Taylor
I was disappointed in A Symphony of Echoes, the second book in Jodi Taylor’s CHRONICLES OF ST. MARY’S, but I had already purchased most of the rest of the series at Audible, so I read the third book, A Second Chance (2014). Unfortunately, it has all of the problems of the previous book and I don’t see things getting any better in the future.
In this volume we again get a series of loosely connected time-travel adventures: Max witnesses the fall of Troy,
Kat Hooper´s rating: 2 | Jodi Taylor | Audio | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Previous SFF Author: G.P. Taylor
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