I don’t generally read YA books but having enjoyed another book by Carol Hedges I chose The Final Virus and was delighted I did. This is the start of a series but can be read as a standalone and for me its greatest strength is in the superb characters the author creates. You know exactly who everyone […]
I have already read and reviewed The Paradise Trees here and The Cold, Cold Sea here and have been looking forward to my next read from Linda Huber, The Attic Room. The Attic Room is mostly told from the point of view of Nina who is struggling with having just lost her mother, Claire, and […]
Okay so this is completely off my usual topic but I felt the need to share this recent experience as a warning and to prevent anyone else going through what I’ve just had to deal with. I kind of like Windows 10, certainly it’s a step up from Windows 8 though I’ll always be a XP girl […]
The Cold, Cold Sea is a book I read ages ago then put the review everywhere, apart from on my blog, so with a bit of retro-fitting here it is. To say that I enjoyed reading this book is strange considering it is the story of a missing child which is every parent’s worst nightmare. I think what […]
Some of my most creative thoughts happen when on a dog walk, as do my best conversations with my dog-walking buddy. So I thought I’d invite some of my author friends along to join me and my girls and see if I can find out a little more about them and the book they’ve just […]
I can’t reblog onto my blog so this is the next best thing. Rosie Amber has been writing Wednesday Wing, a terrific series of short advice posts and todays is all about writing a book review. Many readers will say they don’t know how to go about putting one together so in Rosie’s post she has made […]
One Night in Winter is a work of historical fiction set at a particularly dark time in Russian history. Looking at his other works the author is obviously extremely knowledgeable on this period and there is an excellent section at the back which sets out the details of the facts and fiction in the story. […]
I’m probably putting myself out there with this post but I feel I have to address it because I was accused of book snobbery not so long ago. Book snobbery comes in many forms and I will deal with how it has manifested itself in my life a little later but I’ll start with the […]
As part of Rosie Ambers Book Review Team I have already read The Ecology of Lonesomeness by David J O’Brien and you can see my review of that here. I was therefore delighted to get the chance to also read his Five Days on Ballyboy Beach a copy of which I received in exchange for […]
Turning out an anthology of work by nine different authors in ten weeks is no mean feat but yet again it has been achieved by the students of the creative writing class at Central College, Nottingham. We Will Have Words has been edited and produced by Phil Pidluznyj and Mark Barry. I always enjoy reading […]
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