Zero Sum Game brings us to the end of the A to Z Challenge for another year. Yes, it’s one of those rare posts on a Sunday. But tomorrow is the first of May, and I have blogged all the
Zero Sum Game | #A2ZChallenge23
A2Z Book Review | You Think You Know Me
You Think You Know Me by Ayaan Mohamud is today’s book review. I do reviews every Saturday through the year (occasionally multiple books, and around Christmas other things might happen, like Best of the Year). But it’s also letter Y
Voice of the Violin | #A2ZChallenge23
Voice of the Violin is early in the Montalbano series by Andrea Camilleri, and I’m wondering how I’ve managed to get to V without doing more than mention the series under M. Featured Book: The Voice of the Violin (Montalbano
The Uncommon Reader | #A2ZChallenge23
The Uncommon Reader was a book selected for the physical bookclub I was part of for a time. I’m very glad I read it, as it was a wonderful book, and a rare gem beginning with the letter U! Featured:
A2Z Book Review | Shafter by Margaret McGaffey Fisk
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
A2Z Book Review | Meru by S B Divya
Meru… a fascinating new scifi book by SB Divya, and my selection for the letter M today. Saturdays are my usual review day, and new books are always a mixed bag. Other days of the week the A2Z books have
Lessons in Chemistry | #A2ZChallenge23
Lessons in Chemistry had stiff competition for featured book today. But it also had stiff competition for my book of the year last year, and it pretty well won that, along with a Goodreads Book of the Year (debut author)
The Flames | #A2ZChallenge23
The Flames was one of my best reads of 2022. It’s my featured book today, which is the end of the first week of the A to Z Challenge this year. Featured book: The Flames The Flames by Sophie Haydock,
March 23 Quarter Progress report
It’s the end of March and time for my first quarter progress report. I’m making progress slowly partly because of health problems which I’ll come to later. I’ve also been preparing the A-Z challenge posts. The A to Z Challenge
A2Z Challenge Theme Reveal 2023 | Chandelier #writephoto
The challenge: to fit the A to Z Theme Reveal for April’s blogging challenge into the #writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com. If you’re visiting from the A2Z, why not check out the #writephoto weekly challenge? You can do
W is for Water #atozchallenge #flashbackfriday
Water. The stuff of life. It’s my pick from the posts of the last seven A to Zs, as my theme for this anniversary year is flashbacks. It is also the proper place for Flashback Friday posts – the meme
Orogeny: Flash Fiction + link to #WEP post #AtoZChallenge
Orogeny, or mountain building, featured as my A to Z for O in 2015. This year my theme is flashbacks. I’m picking out posts from the seven A to Zs I’ve done before. Wednesday 17th is supposed to be the
WriteClub19 opens today + Theme Reveal @AprilA2Z
Theme reveal and WriteClub19 all in one post! WriteClub19 WriteClub19 submissions open today! Hop over to DL Hammons’ website to get all the details and/or upload your story. Remember, it has to be under 500 words and not reveal your
A to Z Review and Book Tour starts today
As mentioned in January, the A to Z Review and book tour blog hop runs from today to the end of February. A Book of my A to Z Challenge It’s a really interesting premise. Have you made a book
More thoughts on the 2017 #AtoZChallenge
A week after the great A to Z Challenge announcement, I thought I’d try to make some sort of sense of it all before making a final decision for this year. In short, the organisers have decided not to do