The Zig Zag Girl was the not the only Elly Griffiths in the library when I visited on a whim after getting my flu jab. The doctor’s surgery is in the same complex. But, as all the titles on the
Book Review | The Zig Zag Girl by Elly Griffiths
Thursday #Writephoto | Light Mishap – Woebegone orienteering
Light is this week’s, or rather last year’s, writephoto prompt. I’m catching up on the ones I missed while Sue Vincent is busy with other important things. I hope it’s going well, Sue. So, the word is Light, and the
Happy birthday Patricia Josephine!
We’re having a birthday party! Not that it’s my birthday, although it is an anniversary of someone I love. But when we discussed what sort of guest post we could do for Princelings Revolution, Patricia Josephine replied ‘let’s have a
Book Review | A Heaven for Toasters
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,
Thursday #writephoto | Glass: Deirdre Goes Boating
Glass was the writephoto prompt from this time last year. I’m trying to catch up with Sue Vincent’s meme while she’s doing other things. I hope she’s doing well and will be back soon. This was the photo prompt: When
Book Release | Liftoff by Tyrean Martinson
Liftoff: I’m pleased to announce a new book (and series) by Tyrean Martinson, released today! Liftoff (The Rayatana Series, Book 1) by Tyrean Martinson A spaceship in disguise, An Earth girl searching for a sense of home, And a Thousand
Book Review | A Year of Living Simply by Kate Humble
Living Simply is a style recommended by Sir David Attenborough if we are to save the planet so we can live on it. Kate Humble, well known to UK wildlife viewers and bird enthusiasts, must have clicked that idea as
#IWSG November | Organising short stories on your blog
Organising short stories on your blog is a pretty useful thing for a writer, insecure or not. It certainly helps my insecurity to know I can find stories I’ve written again. This is relatively easy for people using WordPress, but
Book Review | A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough
A Life on Our Planet makes the third book published on 1st October I’ve reviewed this month. The publishers offered a small number of copies through NetGalley just before p-day, and I’m very grateful to them for including me. It’s
Thursday #writephoto | Balefire #flashfiction
Balefire was the prompt from October 2019. I’m going back to Sue Vincent’s older posts while she’s busy with more pressing things. Here’s the picture: I admit I didn’t know what ‘balefire’ was, but I tossed up between using imagination
Book Review Tour | The Firefly Warrior Club by Susan Count
I joined the Firefly Warrior Club Book Tour, and later realised it should be ‘warriors.’ Since I’d already set my link up to the host’s list, I left the post title as is! Apologies to the author, but the rest
Ten Years of Jemima’s Drivel – A WEP+IWSG Grave Mistake
Grave mistake is today’s WEP prompt, but first… Haiku Ten years pass in flash— plus reviews, news and info… Jemima Pett blogs! Ten years of my drivel or wittering or, if you’re kind, stories The trouble with blog anniversaries is
Book Review | The Wide Awake Loons
The Wide Awake Loons has been in my Kindle since February 2015. I suspect I got it in a free or reduced price offer, possibly a Kindle deal. I apologise to Katherine Holmes for taking so long to get around to
Thursday #writephoto | Calling
Thursday #writephoto is the inspiration of Sue Vincent. Each week Sue posted a picture with a prompt and invited bloggers to make what they would of it – whether in poetry, prose or some other way. This is now on
Character Wrangling in the Princelings World
Character wrangling is a term I put together when writing my guest post for Ronel Janse van Vuuren today. I was writing of the discovery I made when I started writing the Princelings series, that characters do what they want,
Double Book Review | Irish Lockdown series by Clare O’Beara
Lockdown may be easing in many countries, but it is still big news. Maybe it helps children to read about kids in other countries, or other situations from themselves. If so, Clare O’Beara’s two books featuring kids in lockdown in
#IWSG October | In which I’m a co-host!
I’m a co-host today! In all this time (I signed up on 7th January 2015) I’ve never been a co-host before. Being somewhat insecure (of course), I wondered whether you had to do something special to qualify. The answer is
Book Review | The Postscript Murders by Elly Griffiths
Elly Griffiths published the Postscript Murders on October 1st! Is this too much competition for Princelings Revolution, or just a sign of a good date choice? Thank you to Net-Galley and Quercus Books for the chance to review an advance
Princelings Revolution published today! #princelings #booklaunch
The day has finally come for the last in the series, which I started writing in the dim dark days of 2008, thanks to inspiration from some guinea pig friends. Today’s post has an extract and a Giveaway, so there’s
#Spacetimereads and other Reading Challenges – Third Quarter
Spacetimereads usually gets first billing in my Reading Challenge updates since I host that. I hope everyone who signed up for it is getting on well. I meant to take a spin round you at the end of June, but
Book Preview | Princelings Revolution (Princelings of the East 10)
Princelings Revolution is out on Thursday, 1st October. Instead of an ordinary book review today, I thought I’d give you a preview of the last book in the Princelings series. Princelings of the East In the first book [spoiler alert]
Book Review | Stephen Hawking: A Memoir of Friendship and Physics
Stephen Hawking was a phenomenon. A Brief History of Time sold 10 million copies worldwide. The author said yes, but hardly anyone read it. It took me thirty years to read my copy, so he may well be right! Leonard
Cover Reveal | Princelings Revolution (Princelings 10) – out 1st October
Today is the Cover Reveal for the final book in the Princelings of the East series: Princelings Revolution. I’m also kicking off the Launch & Anniversary Giveaway, which will run until midnight on October 23rd, to cover my tenth blogoversary
Book Review | Of Salt and Shore by Annet Schaap
Of Salt and Shore is a new release from the Dutch author Annet Schaap. I received an advance copy via Netgalley. It was due to be published next week, 15th September, but the launch has been put back to October.
#writephoto early September | Serenity
This beautiful writephoto is the prompt for a blog item relating to Serenity. Writephoto is the brainchild of Sue Vincent, to whom I am very grateful for the reminder to get writing regularly again! The picture took me straight to