Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
The Stranger Times, my first review of the year, is my last book read in 2020. It got me to my Goodreads target at about 10 p.m. This was an advance copy from the publishers via Netgalley, for which I
Witchbone Book One ~ The Goblin’s Winter: a paranormal fairy tale is a very long title for a book. Several other things make me wonder whether the author took heed of editorial advice for MG tales [also demonstrated by the
The Blurb Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can “read” fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service. Characters from books literally
Welcome to the Deja Vu Blogfest 2014, organised by D L Hammons and Nicole Zoltack. Here I have the opportunity to give another outing to one of my best posts of the year, one I think deserves more attention –
Oh, boy! In Matt Archer: Monster Hunter, Matt discovers he is born to hunt monsters with the aid of a knife which seems to give him special powers. Now Matt finds so much more about this knife – and most
It’s a Subgenre Mash-up this week – my favourite! Chuck Wendig gave us a list of 20 genres, we throw a 20 sided die twice. I got 18 & 1 = Noir Haunted House! Sounds fun… and at least I
This isn’t my usual sort of book. It is a YA/Adult Fantasy story with powerfully written paranormal romance and action sequences. But it is well constructed, with a well-thought out backstory and world mythology, and it kept me interested. Charmeine
I hate to jump on the paranormal bandwagon but yes, there are vampires and werewolves in this world. The folklore of the realms is as full of the supernatural as the country I really live in. But like my real