As you might remember, as part of the month’s Fictional Fun theme, I posted my reading list for June with the intention of reviewing the books as I went. The Ritual by Adam Nevill. Blurb from The Back Cover When four old university friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic … [Read more…]
Recently I’ve come across a few posts about people feeding other people’s children sweets etc at parties, and that maybe the child’s parents don’t want their child full of sugar. On face value, I agree with the statement, then I read a post from the other side of the argument, basically saying (unless it’s a … [Read more…]
Today’s post is a guest post from the lovely Miss Kim from Behgopa. First, a little about Miss Kim, for anyone that hasn’t visited her blog before. I am in the midst of finishing up the first draft of my very first novel. My novel is in the “chick lit” genre. It includes romance, steamy … [Read more…]
Welcome to this week’s Thought Of The Day round up! Monday When things get in the way, see them as stepping stones rather than obstacles! Tuesday Be proud of your achievements – you’ve earned them and you deserve them! Wednesday Getting started is always the hardest part. Thursday Tomorrow is indeed another day but that’s … [Read more…]
Originally, I thought I would hate YA fiction. I imagined it all to be sparkly vampires, and cheesy romance. As more and more people talked about it, I decided to give it a go – that many people can’t be wrong, right? In this case – right! YA fiction has certainly outgrown where it was when … [Read more…]
You might remember at the end of last month, I installed Google Analytics and managed to cause an utter blog meltdown (if you missed the post, you can read it here)! I vowed not to play about with the coding again! Then I discovered SumoMe. SumoMe is a free service and it does so much … [Read more…]
Today’s post was originally going to be why reading is an important education tool. After researching the topic, I realised it was just going to be a post full of links to other sites and quotes from other people. Not only is that boring to read, but it’s a bit of a cop out. I … [Read more…]
Welcome to the second instalment of Done Deal. You can read Done Deal: Part 1 here if you missed it. Done Deal – Part Two: Darkness Darkness. Complete and total darkness. She had thought she knew what darkness was, she had lived through plenty of nights. She had had no idea what darkness was until she … [Read more…]
You might remember that I posted my June reading list earlier in the month. I have now completed the first book and am part way through the second. I think I’m going to have to go a bit faster if I hope to get through all five of them! The Boy In The Attic by David … [Read more…]
I’ve heard of people doing screen bans by choice as some sort of social experiment. I get the concept, but I don’t think I would ever willingly impose one on myself! In theory, it would be nice to go back to a simpler time, connect with people more in real life, and all the other … [Read more…]