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Just read the whole Chronicles of St Mary's series. What next?

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nottakenpersonally · 06/02/2018 18:54

Real life is quite disappointing!

I found it due to an Amazon advert, the first book was 99p.

If anyone else enjoyed it, can you recommend anything else for me to read please?

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cdtaylornats · 14/04/2020 23:31

While thinking about Jonathon Stroud his Bartimaeus trilogy is excellent - there is a 4th book but that is a standalone Bartimaeus story set in ancient Egypt.

MillicentMargaretAmanda · 14/04/2020 22:25

Bumping this rather old thread to remind everyone that the (somewhat aptly named for a book released in the middle of a pandemic) latest St Mary's is out on Thursday!! So, the next question is how much of my day can I spend pretending to work while actually curled up with Plan For The Worst?

TheThirdOfHerName · 08/06/2018 23:14

I'd been saving An Argumentation of Historians for a rainy day, as TCOSM is my comfort reading.

Currently have one child in the middle of GCSEs and another in the middle of A-levels, so I decided that this week qualified.

I loved it so much. I laughed (several times) and nearly cried once or twice.

Ohthepressure · 29/04/2018 12:33

How about the Outlander series? Warning though, if you're an obsessive reader (like me) you'll lose about 2 months of your life to this series, but they're very well written. They're more "dug in for the long haul" than St Mary's, I'd echo the Connie Willis Blackout and All Clear books for more of a visiting the past for research approach.

HelenaJustina · 29/04/2018 12:22

Another St Mary’s obsessive here. Found it after a recommendation somewhere on Mumsnet, got the first three as a bundle deal on Kindle and now own the entire lot.

I like Lindsay Davis Falco series and Flavia Albia follow ups.
And a heavy sprinkling of Sir Terry

NeverEverAnythingEver · 29/04/2018 12:17

I thought Matthew would find her.

MipMipMip · 28/04/2018 21:28

Totally agree with the timeline divergent. Really cheating.

My big fear is that young Matthew will gave timeline magic powers. We know he is good at manipulating the time map but I really really hope it doesn't go that way.

SPOILER

Why did the time police not find Max?

TheSecondOfHerName · 28/04/2018 20:30

I have read all of TCOSM (including the short stories) apart from the latest novel, which I'm saving as a comfort read for a rainy day.

I love almost everything about them, but I struggle with...

Spoiler alert....

...the divergence from our timeline part of the way through the series. All the references to what has happened in the US, the recent civil uprisings in the UK etc. I just find it unnecessary and a bit confusing.

Sheena99 · 25/04/2018 18:43

The Nightside series by Simon R. Green is well worth checking out.

MipMipMip · 25/04/2018 17:40

I have found my people. Grin

Terry Pritchett gets referenced a fair bit in St Mary's, you could do a help of a lot worse than to give him a go.

Jodi Taylor also wrote the Nothing Girl and sequels. And something by Isobelle Barclay....

RustyBear · 25/04/2018 17:39

I have the latest St Mary’s on my kindle, but haven’t read it yet. I never like reading the latest in a series until I know there’s going to be another one. I still haven’t read the Shardlake book Lamentations for the same reason.

Missingthesea · 25/04/2018 17:34

I finished the latest St M this morning and have been whinging to OH "I've finished my book!"

I still have the short story "The Battersea Barricades" to read though, but I'm trying to put it off. I think I'll just start the whole series all over again....

MillicentMargaretAmanda · 25/04/2018 11:52

Yay!! More people join the club!!

DancelikeEmmaGoldman · 25/04/2018 11:24

I downloaded the first St Mary's last night and I've spent the day snatching time to read it. Thank you for the recommendation.

southbailey · 25/04/2018 11:08

Thanks to this and other threads over the years I have started this series. On book 2 and am trying to tell myself I will pace myself and alternate each St M's book with a different book... We'll see.
Loving it far more than I thought I would! Thank you MN for introducing me to this tea obsessed gem!

Squirrelfruitandnutkin · 25/04/2018 08:06

I’ve got the batteries barricades short story waiting on my kindle, but I need to finish my current book first, discovery of witches

NeverEverAnythingEver · 25/04/2018 07:24

I have binge-read the whole St Mary's series. It's all your fault. Grin

RubySlippers77 · 18/04/2018 15:20

I also enjoyed the Lockwood & Co series (Jonathan Stroud). Technically it's YA fiction but so much fun, like St Mary's!

DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 18/04/2018 15:16

The Rook by Daniel O'Malley. The Checquy is a secret government agency, a little like the Ministry of Magic and a lot like the Gestapo. Myfanwy Thomas is a senior adept/administrator who wakes up in a park surrounded by dead bodies, with no memories. Then it gets weird.

Squirrelfruitandnutkin · 13/04/2018 18:50

I’ve nearly finished it. 😄 Spent a long time worrying about the direction things were going but it’s ok now.

Not sure what to read next tho...

MillicentMargaretAmanda · 13/04/2018 18:42

Just making sure everyone knows that the latest Chronicles came out on Tuesday and that there's a short story due out on the 23rd Grin

TheSecondOfHerName · 11/04/2018 21:20

Thank you to @DrMadelineMaxwell for the Marnie Baranuik recommendation. I'm on my third one. The swearing doesn't bother me, although they're a bit gruesome in places. Love the humour though.

Lollypop701 · 23/03/2018 23:35

Loving this thread

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 23/03/2018 23:30

The Untied Kingdom is a stand alone, not a series, but I enjoyed it and it was sort of similar, although more of an alternative history.

TheSecondOfHerName · 23/03/2018 23:18

Thank you to those on this thread for the Rivers of London recommendation. Have read them all since seeing them mentioned on this thread. They're not quite the same as the CoSM, but have a similar (British) humour.