As many of you know, after the A to Z April Blogging Challenge we are invited to go on a Road Trip during the rest of the year, visiting people we met, didn’t meet or would like to have met
A2Z Roadtrip and Reading Challenge update
Local Heroes Reading Challenge March Update
This is my third Challenge update, and I haven’t read any new books towards my Local Heroes target of 6. In fact I didn’t do much reading this month – until my holiday – except of the manuscript of my Dad’s memoirs,
Local Heroes Reading Challenge January Update
This is my first Challenge update, and I’ve read one book towards my Local Heroes target of 6. That was Never Let Me Go, which I reviewed a week or so ago, and as I said there, it may be
Reading Challenges for 2015
You may have noticed that all the badges and counters for reading challenges have disappeared from the sidebar. Less obviously, there’s a new page called “Challenges” in the menu at the top left. As I say on that page, I’ve
London Author Fair
At the end of February I went to the London Author Fair. This was for authors of all flavours, not just those interested in self-publishing, despite the heavy presence of Createspace, KDP, Kobo and Nook. And Blurb, which I hadn’t
What’s in store for book reviews
Saturday is book review day, but I confess I didnt get anything new read over Christmas. I started a couple of new ones, though! This year I’ve got my work cut out for me, since I’ve signed up to read
The Wrong Business Model?
I spend a lot of time on Goodreads. It’s a great place to talk about books, keep lists of what you’ve read and liked, review things you’ve read and read other people’s reviews. It also has some nice forums (e.g.
A Time Travel Challenge
As if it wasn’t enough to be doing the Kid Lit Blog Hop, the A to Z April Blog Challenge, the pre-1960s Children’s Classic Reading Challege, and the Goodreads Reading Challenge (not hard), I’ve signed up for another one. The
Would you like a Challenge?
I’m managing to combine two challenges for 2013 by setting myself a target for the number of books read AND taking the Pre-1960 Classic Children’s book challenge. You have to read (and hopefully review, but that’s not essential) one book
Goodreads Giveaway results
Well, the Giveaway of the Princelings Trilogy is over and I’m very pleased with the results. I thought maybe 400 people would enter and 884 did! I made sure that people realised it was about guinea pigs right on the
My 2013 New Year’s Resolutions
Yes, we all do them, and how many times are they the same as last year? Eat less and take more exercise seem to be my perennial ones. I ought to be a stick insect, but I’m not. This year
My ‘review’ of Traveler in Black and White for Goodreads
The Traveler in Black and White by Jemima Pett My rating: 5 of 5 stars My fourth book, and of course I think it’s even better than the first three! This book followed hard on the heels of the Trilogy
Goodreads Choice Awards 2012
I’ve just been looking at (and voting for) the first cut of the nominations for the Goodreads Choice Awards for 2012. I added a number of books that I’ve read and reviewed that qualified, and was surprised that some didn’t,
A sort of Review of some Book Reviews
I’ve not been writing book reviews for long. If you find my first one on this blog, well that’s about as long as I’ve been writing them! So I’m still learning. I read other people’s reviews as much for they
Goodreads First Reads
I had a surprise this morning. I have ‘won’ a giveaway copy of The Airmen (Part One: The Pirates of Aireon) by R J Ashby in a Goodreads Giveaway. Basically you put your name down against any of the books