Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
Castles…The A to Z Challenge started on Monday, but you can still join if you wish! Today I’m continuing the illustration theme with a discussion of the castles in my Princelings books. I’m Jemima Pett, author, blogger, illustrator and guinea
The A to Z Challenge kicked off yesterday with an Assortment of illustrations by me. Today I’m continuing the illustration theme with pictures of Castle Buckmore. I’m Jemima Pett, author, blogger, illustrator and guinea pig wrangler. My interests are in
The A to Z Challenge kicks off today with an Assortment of illustrations by me. I’m Jemima Pett, author, blogger, illustrator and guinea pig wrangler. My interests are in fantasy, environment, science (inc. fiction) and thrillers, to name a few
The Cat Who Saved the Library is the sequel to The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa, which I featured last time I did the A to Z Challenge, and reviewed in 2021. Thank you to the publishers and
What are you doing in April? If you aren’t doing the A to Z Challenge yourself, please consider checking out the daily posts of those who are. Especially mine! If you plan to do it, don’t forget to sign up.
When the Moon Hits your Eye by John Scalzi is due for publication on 27th March. Thank you to netgalley and the publishers for an ARC. When the Moon Hits Your Eye by John Scalzi From the New York Times
Time Travelling with a Hamster by Ross Welford has been on my kindle for a while. About five years, in fact. I’m very glad I got it, as it certainly hits the ‘marvellous’ tag. Time Travelling with a Hamster (Al
The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig. Probably his breakthrough novel. So famous, that I decided I couldn’t really be a Matt Haig fan if I hadn’t read it. But now I have. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Between life
“Where the birds fly” came as a prompt from Bluesky’s book community, of which there are many strands. I usually check out booksky, authorsky and the guineapig areas(!). I think this came from Author Sharon Lopes in #authorsky. Today’s story
It’s nearly time for the A to Z Challenge 2025, which, having sworn never to do it again, I seem to be doing. So today its my theme reveal for my daily blogging challenge in April. It’s supposed to be
The CIA Book Club was offered by the publisher as an ARC via Netgalley. Thank you so much. It sounded fascinating – and it was. The CIA Book Club by Charlie English This is the astonishing story of the ten
I’m working on surviving the madness. I try and stay away from television news because its so intrusive. My email newsletters from the Guardian, a trusted paper not owned by any oligarchs, who are therefore allowed the journalistic freedom to
Happy Read an Ebook Week! To help you find a book to celebrate, you can find my entire collection at a promotional price at @Smashwords from March 2-8. Find my books and many more at https://smashwords.com/shelves/promos #ebookweek25 #Smashwords My Entire
Madame Matisse by Sophie Haydock is her follow-up novel after The Flames, about Egon Schiele’s mistresses. Here the author examines the women who surrounded Henri Matisse. Thank you to the publishers for the chance of the ARC via Netgalley. The
I was searching for a suitable flashback today, and one with Dylan crossed my search path. Apart from links to stories that featured him and his buddies, there was an extract from the BookElves Anthology featuring him. I didn’t want