Journal Entry 1 by bigcurlyloz from Fordham, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom on Friday, October 01, 2010

Bought for my Swindon UnConvention NSS Partner - enjoy! 

Journal Entry 2 by bigcurlyloz at Swindon, Wiltshire United Kingdom on Friday, October 01, 2010

Released 1 yr ago (10/1/2010 UTC) at Swindon, Wiltshire United Kingdom

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For my NSS partner at the Swindon UnConvention 2010.

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Journal Entry 3 by Phoenix-Flight at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Saturday, October 02, 2010

This was in my NSS package, a wishlist book! Thank you, being interested in archeology I think I will like this! 

Journal Entry 4 by Phoenix-Flight at Amsterdam, Noord-Holland Netherlands on Sunday, January 02, 2011

Just finished this yesterday, on the first day of the new year. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Loved the characters of both Mary and Miss Philpot. The setting and story were quite interesting, I loved reading about these earliest of fossil finders and collectors, and realizing how they have contributed to the further understanding of the origin of species. Really entertaining.

I've liked this one much more than I liked the previous one of this author's I read, 'girl with a pearl earring', which seemed too much like fantasy and had too many quirks for me, it just didn't convince me as an historical novel. This one, however, did. Perhaps because I am less familiar with this particular bit of history so I don't see its flaws, but this one swept me away much easier and placed me right on the cold, windy beaches of wintery Lyme Regis.