Michelle Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 Has anyone else read this lady's books: Emotional Geology A Lifetime Burning Star Gazing? My review of her first book can be found here, and the book ring for it can be found here. Quote
Inver Posted April 26, 2008 Posted April 26, 2008 Thoroughly recommend Emotional Geology. Have Lifetime Burning on my TBR shelf and have joined a bookring for Star Gazing. Quote
Michelle Posted July 7, 2008 Author Posted July 7, 2008 I guess it's a format that won't suit everyone. Quote
madcow Posted July 7, 2008 Posted July 7, 2008 I've now read all three and thoroughly enjoyed them all Quote
Inver Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 Lifetime Burning......so far so good....am enjoying it. Quote
Kate Posted July 8, 2008 Posted July 8, 2008 I have just finished A Lifetime Burning. It was not what I expected but I did enjoy it very much. Will write a review today. Quote
Inver Posted July 13, 2008 Posted July 13, 2008 . It was not what I expected ... . I know what you mean....was a bit surprised by bits!!....not quite finished it yet though...about half way. Quote
Loopyloo100 Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 I thought Emotional Geology was a really enjoyable read and instead of writing a review I've made a mind map, using Xmind, which can be viewed here (BEWARE! -SPOILERS are included) Unfortunately in the image you are unable to see my detailed notes - or should that be fortunately! I have uploaded it as an image so that everyone can view it, but the Xmind software is really fun to play around with and if anyone wants a copy its free here Quote
K1nS Posted January 6, 2009 Posted January 6, 2009 Oh I have never read any of these, I will have to look out for them, thanks Michelle Quote
Linda Gillard Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 Hi LoopyLoo100 I was fascinated by your mind map! (I'm the author of EMOTIONAL GEOLOGY and have dropped in to BCF now & again.) Looking at your map of EMO GEO I can see that this software could be brilliant for planning novels! It looks like a sane and efficient alternative to sheaves of tatty A4 littered with post-its. Thank you so much for alerting me to this free download. I shall tell my author friends about it. (Now if anyone wants a real challenge, they could attempt a Mind Map of A LIFETIME BURNING. ) Happy New Year to everyone at BCF. Quote
Loopyloo100 Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 Looking at your map of EMO GEO I can see that this software could be brilliant for planning novels! It looks like a sane and efficient alternative to sheaves of tatty A4 littered with post-its. Thank you so much for alerting me to this free download. I shall tell my author friends about it. (Now if anyone wants a real challenge, they could attempt a Mind Map of A LIFETIME BURNING. ) Hello Yes I can certainly see it could be very useful in novel planning, I'm glad to be of use, and thanks for writing such a lovely novel and thanks to Michelle for sharing it. I somehow think I'll just add A Lifetime Burning to my wishlist! Quote
madcow Posted January 7, 2009 Posted January 7, 2009 I somehow think I'll just add A Lifetime Burning to my wishlist! It would be a shame not too and why not add Star Gazing whilst your at it Quote
Loopyloo100 Posted January 8, 2009 Posted January 8, 2009 It would be a shame not too and why not add Star Gazing whilst your at it I can certainly see that happening, but I'm trying to take things slowly. My TBR pile is a bit mad (for me!) as I'm not reading as much at the moment because there's too much I want to do (and have to do) and I've not been as much reading in. Quote
Inver Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 (edited) Just finished another good read by Linda..... 'Untying the Knot'. I have read 6 now. Review here Edited March 8, 2014 by Inver Quote
vodkafan Posted March 9, 2014 Posted March 9, 2014 I like Linda Gillards books. I have read Emotional Geology and House Of Silence. Quote
frankie Posted March 25, 2014 Posted March 25, 2014 I've only read Emotional Geology so far but I absolutely loved it! Here is my review on it. Chrissy ( ) sent me copies of A Lifetime Burning and Star Gazing so I have those on my TBR I don't know when I'll get to reading them, it's going to be a erratic spring/summer, but hopefully it won't be too long! Quote
Madeleine Posted October 7, 2015 Posted October 7, 2015 It's nice to see the author getting more recognition. I discovered her through another forum and have a few of her books, so far I've only read Cauldstane and The Glass Guardian, both of which I enjoyed, and I loved the settings too. Quote
vodkafan Posted October 8, 2015 Posted October 8, 2015 It's nice to see the author getting more recognition. I discovered her through another forum and have a few of her books, so far I've only read Cauldstane and The Glass Guardian, both of which I enjoyed, and I loved the settings too. Madeleine, Linda Gillard is a member here too, or used to be. I have had a couple of long conversations with her about two of her books I read. She is very natural and approachable and likes to get feedback. Quote
Madeleine Posted October 8, 2015 Posted October 8, 2015 It's always nice when you can "chat" to an author. I had that once with another author, Susanna Kearsley, on a different forum where I happened to mention I'd just read one of her books and she popped up and we also had a little "chat". Quote
Inver Posted September 14, 2017 Posted September 14, 2017 I read 'The Trysting Tree' last year and as with all Linda's books, thoroughly enjoyed it. My review.... Quote
Madeleine Posted September 15, 2017 Posted September 15, 2017 I read that one too and also really enjoyed it, she's such a great author and so sad she's not more widely known. And it's thanks to her that I've bought all Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles. Quote
frankie Posted September 15, 2017 Posted September 15, 2017 I have two of Gillard's novels on my TBR and I should really read them soon. I can't believe that I still haven't read them! It's because of my silly addiction to library reservations... That's going to change once I get a few bookcases and can put my books on the shelves and know where each book is. Quote
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