Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
The Shadow of the Shifting Sands comes after a slight hiatus in the fabulous Shadows from the Past series by Wendy Leighton-Porter. I’ve read them all, in order, and it’s worthwhile doing so, since the time travelling twins, their friend
Shafter has been on my kindle a while, possibly since 2016. I’m not sure where it came from, but I suspect it was a promotional copy. It’s also been up into the top five of my ‘next to read’ on
Shadows from the Past is the amazingly wonderful time-travelling series for middle grade readers from Wendy Leighton-Porter. And much loved by adults like me! Especially if you like cats, or reluctant heros, or any combination of these things. I caught
The Shadow of the Witchfinder – book 15 in Wendy Leighton-Porter’s marvellous Shadows from the Past series. 15, you ask? Well, since the last one I reviewed Wendy has inserted Max’s novellas into the sequence. That means I have not
The Shadow of Atlantis is the first in the fabulous children’s historical time travel adventure series The Shadows of the Past. Wendy Leighton-Porter is on virtual tour with Pump Up Your Book, and I’m very pleased to be hosting her
Shadows from the Past is an MG historical time travel mystery suspense adventure series by Wendy Leighton-Porter. Â Wendy has won several awards in the last year. These are thoroughly deserved, as it’s an excellent series, which gives you a real
The Shadow of the Norman Arrow is book 7 in Wendy Leighton-Porter’s award-winning Shadows from the Past series. I think Wendy may have added number ten to the series since I last caught up with them – I know I
The only things these books have in common is their target audience and their enjoyability! The Shadow of Camelot is the sixth in Wendy Leighton-Porter’s Shadows from the Past series, and is a historical time-travelling kidlit story. Â It’s a Kid
P is for… pahoehoe and for pyroclastic flow Pahoehoe (pa- ho-ee ho-ee) is possibly my favourite Earth Sciences term – it is a type of lava that forms great masses that look like rope, so also dubbed ‘ropey lava’. I
If you haven’t started reading the Shadows from the Past series, I really think you’re missing out. It starts with the Shadow of Atlantis, and we meet Jemima and Joe, twins who have come to live with their Uncle Richard,
Readathon round-up: I tackled six great sequels And loved ev’ry one! Technically I didn’t succeed with my Readathon challenge, since by midnight on Sunday I had only completed 60% of my sixth book. I claim two barriers – my kindle
This is the third in the Shadows from the Past series, and I think it’s the best to date. Jemima and Joe have lost their parents because they got stuck on the wrong side of a time travel gateway without
In a cosy room at Castle Marsh, Fred and George are relaxing after a nice meal with their guests, Max the Tonkinese cat from the Shadows of the Past series and Stanley the labrador dog and Katrina von Cat from
I am overjoyed to be interviewing one of the outstanding time travellers of our generation today – Max, the Tonkinese cat, who stars in the Shadows from the Past series by Wendy Leighton-Porter. To start, find out about the first
The Shadow of the Minotaur is the second in Wendy Leighton-Porter’s Shadows from the Past series. These books really appeal to me since they deal with a bit of history I did at school – my history knowledge doesn’t go