Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
A Heaven for Toasters was, I’m sure, a special offer from Nicholas C Rossis, who writes fun science fiction and the whole Pearseus series, which I have yet to start. It’s scifi light, and this is a romance. It’s futuristic,
A Long Petal of the Sea is my first Net-galley book of 2020. It is published on 21st January, i.e. Tuesday. A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende In the late 1930s, civil war gripped Spain. When General
The Long Flight Home appealed to me because it featured the British Pigeon Service during World War II. Thank you, Net-galley and the publisher for the opportunity of a pre-release copy. The book was launched on Thursday. The Long Flight
Mercenary Instinct is my M for the A to Z on Saturday, my book review day. I’m away at my niece’s wedding today, so I’d be grateful for any ‘shares’ on social media! I picked Mercenary Instinct for M since
Firstly – It’s Question of the Month time from Mike D’Agostini. This month: “Of all the places in the world that you haven’t yet been to, where would you like to go next?” That’s a hard one, because I’ve been
This year my A to Z theme is world building, and today I’m featuring Ballybran. But it’s also my book review day, so here’s a book review of sorts. B is for Ballybran, and that is the setting for the Crystal Singer
Saturdays mean book reviews here, so knowing that W is for Whiskey in the NATO alphabet I set out to find a suitable book for the A to Z Challenge. I was tempted to search out Whiskey Galore, which is
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
Sometimes you read books with characters gaining special powers and after the journey to gain the powers the adventure is pretty tame or disjointed. Sometimes the story is awesome all the way through (Cassidy Jones, Matt Archer). With Jaguar Sun