December is a time for reviewing what went on in the year, so this month I’m going to do just that. I’m starting with a round up of my YA & MG Time Travel books read, since I have been
My best time travel reads this year
Book Review: The Cursed Nile by S W Lothian
The second book in the Quest series sees our heroes JJ, Linc and Rani summoned back to Ancient Egypt to solve the riddle of the disappearance of the Water-God Hapi, along with the waters of the Nile. What the top
Book Review: Shadow of the Minotaur by Wendy Leighton-Porter
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
Book Review: The Shadow of Atlantis by Wendy Leighton-Porter
This is the first in the Shadows from the Past series of books, in which Jemima (good name!) and Joe, friend Charlie and cat Max travel back in time to various exciting events in the past, by means of a
Reading Challenge Update
No book review today, since I’m at camp and haven’t prepared anything, although I have got one ready for next Saturday. I realised, though, that I haven’t recorded my progress against my challenge targets for the last two months. So
Book Review: The Time Travel Storm by T C Booth
This is a slim volume for Third Grade children which I guess would suit age groups 6-9 years old. I won it in a Children’s Book Week Giveaway. We join Scott and Alex on their school trip to the Sunnyville
Book Review: The Golden Scarab by S W Lothian
JJ is absolutely ordinary. His friend Linc is pretty normal, especially with his love of food and adventure, probably in that order! So how come a statue in a museum starts talking to them? This is a time travel adventure,
It’s over – nearly
The A to Z Blog Challenge is over, and I hope you enjoyed all the stories – short, medium and long. And, of course, the Book Reviews. If you didn’t get around to entering the Giveaway, then I’m afraid you’ve
Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Book Review, YA & MG Time Travel Challenge and Classic Children’s Book Challenge This is one of the Puffin Modern Classics series and unusually I got the paperback, which was marginally cheaper than the Kindle edition. It says on the
March Challenge update
As we reach the end of March (Happy Easter!), I need to give a quick update on the progress of the various Challenges I’m doing. For the YA & MG Time Travel Challenge I read HG Wells’ The Time Machine
One week to the A to Z Challenge – Time to Panic
Yep, I’m all organised. Much! I’ve got all of my blog posts written now, except for.. a few Three of my writing course friends are publishing short stories with me, and two are scheduled My illustrator Dani is talking about
Three weeks to the A to Z Challenge – What, How, Where?
Yep, I’m all organised although there’re still some stories to be written and books to be read in order to review them. The question is, what are YOU doing about the A to Z Blog Challenge? I mean, you’re reading
Book Review: The Time Machine by H G Wells
“That is a brilliant story. I wonder I never read it before – the start is a bit hard, but the description is wonderful.” That was my reaction as I spoke to a friend immediately I finished reading this book.
Five weeks to go till the A to Z Challenge
Have I made any progress since the last update at 7 weeks? Not much! I’ve got more stories written, including a completely new one starring Professor Saku, telling how he came to invent the grav-sleds that are used by Hugo
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