Welcome to day one of the A to Z Challenge! My theme is 100 word (give or take a word or two) flash fiction on the darker side of human nature. I hope you enjoy. Always Last night, you lashed out at me. You caught me across my cheek. It stung. It hurt, but it … [Read more…]
Time for the review of Rick Riordan’s Heroes of Olympus – The Demigod Diaries, the last book from March’s reading list. Heroes of Olympus – The Demigod Diaries by Rick Riordan Blurb from The Back Cover In this action packed short story collection, runaway demigods Luke and Thalia face untold dangers on their way … [Read more…]
I don’t normally read much non-fiction, but when I was approached to review this Clinical Hypnosis Textbook by Professor Ursula James, I jumped at the chance. As someone who has studied psychology, the human mind fascinates me, and hypnosis has always captured my attention. It intrigues me how, when someone is in such a relaxed … [Read more…]
Welcome to the book tour for John Darryl Winston’s IA: Initiate. If you’ve never come across a book tour on blogs before, basically, a group of bloggers post something about the book every day, one day on each blog. The way the other tours I’ve taken part in have worked is that the bloggers taking … [Read more…]
Firstly let me just point out that this will in no way be Harry Potter fan fiction. I don’t really “get” fan fiction, why not just write your own story? Anyway, I’ve digressed already and I haven’t even wrote a paragraph yet. I recently re-read all the Harry Potter books. I thought of doing a … [Read more…]
Time for the review of Lois Lane: Fall Out by Gwenda Bond, the first book from my March reading list. I was really excited at the thought of this book, I liked the idea of Lois Lane taking centre stage for a change, and as you all know I love YA fiction. Lois Lane: Fall … [Read more…]
Welcome to the final review from February’s reading list, The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan. The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan: Book Review Blurb from The Back Cover In one week, Manhattan could be gone. An airplane arrives at New York’s JFK airport, taxis along a runway … [Read more…]
I still can’t believe it’s March already, where is this year going? Believe it or not though, March is here, so it’s time for my March reading list. It seems appropriate that my reading list is being posted on World Book Day too. Last month, I added in extra books and managed to stay on … [Read more…]
Time for my review of the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan, five of the books from February’s reading list. I decided to do them as a group rather than do each one separately, so I am not giving any spoilers along the way. The review will cover the full series but I will make … [Read more…]
Perfect People by Peter James is the second book from February’s reading list. I’m quite surprised to report I’m not behind yet this month. I know there’s time yet, but it’s promising. Perfect People by Peter James: Book Review Blurb from The Back Cover John and Naomi Klaesson are grieving the death of … [Read more…]