Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
The Empire came up on NetGalley’s list, and I liked the sound of it. With other celebrity authors, though, I’ve had trouble getting rid of their voice. Would Michael Ball be different? The only way to find out is to
Small Miracles caught my eye when it came through on the Netgalley email update. I generally avoid anything with a hint of religion in it, but this sounded great fun. And so it is! It’s out this week – go
Zelda Pryce is the only book-related Z title I have for the Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge this year. With three in the series, I’m hoping it’s good enough to supply me for the next two years, as well. The Razor’s
Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse has been sitting on my shelf for some time, waiting for it to be picked for the Great Middle Grade Reads monthly read. It came second some time ago, which is when
Trouble with Tattle-Tails is a delightful book. I couldn’t resist it when the publishers and Netgalley offered it. I read it on my iPad, for the full effect of the colour illustrations. It also gave me a T for my
Cosmic Colin: Hairy Hamster Horror and The Witches both came from my library. MG means middle grade, a period of schooling in the US that translates into the roughly 8-12 age group in the UK. I regularly peruse the childrens
My reaction to The Aunt Who Wouldn’t Die almost made me do a mini-review and give you another today to catch up on my reading. But the more I try to explain how I felt about said Aunt, the longer
Castle Hangnail is the GMGR Book of the Month selection for October, Halloween month. I’m very grateful to the Amazon resellers for getting a copy to me in time. It arrived around 12, I started it at 3.30, and finished
The Queen’s Envoy: a prequel. I’ve been sitting on my copy (well, not literally, since that would break my Kindle) of Lord David Prosser’s Barsetshire Diaries for quite a few years now, with other things combining to press it down
Gangsta Granny was a book I picked up last year, although I’d been planning to read it for ages. I’d heard good things about it, and really feel I should read more UK authors works, especially for older children. The
This was a book I got from Net-Galley in November. I had a few problems with the reading of it on a technical level, but I assume this will have been sorted out by the time it was published. It might
I’m very grateful to the BookShelf Gargoyle for once again giving me the opportunity to review my year in book titles. I hope this is funny enough to help you over your seasonal party excesses 🙂 You can copy and
Anthony Horowitz is a very popular kids author in the UK, and I saw a stack of his books in our library when I picked up The Boundless. I picked up this one, largely because of the plaintive message from
I’m very grateful to the BookShelf Gargoyle for once again giving me the opportunity to review my year in book titles. I hope this is funny enough to help you over your seasonal party excesses 🙂 You can copy and
Since the Tackle TBR challenge, I’ve had a slowdown in my reading rate. But there were a few books I hadn’t reviewed before that challenge started, and with the Book v Movie last week, I felt the need to catch