Treehouse, the prompt from KL Caley for #writephoto, brought me inspiration today, I’m very pleased to say. And my hands felt well enough to type, even after a busy craft fair at Salisbury on Saturday. The steroid injection in my
Book Review | Cauldron’s Bubble (Netherfeld Trilogy #1)
Cauldron’s Bubble is the first book in the Netherfeld Trilogy by Amber Elby. I got all three as a box set from the publishers via NetGalley, and I’m very grateful to them all. The premise, as indicated in the blurb,
The Forgotten Arch | Flash Fiction #writephoto
Arch is the prompt for #writephoto this week. It’s a lovely photo by KL Caley, and gave me several ideas, but only one that persisted. I’m having trouble fitting everything in at present. Editing Zanzibar’s Rings is competing now with
Book Review | The Conspiracy of Magic by Harriet Whitehorn
The Conspiracy of Magic is the second Harriet Whitehorn book I’ve read. I think the publisher offered me the book via Net-galley, but too close to the publication date for me to fit it in. It’s a shame, as I
Book Review | Pan’s Labyrinth
Pan’s Labyrinth came out on July 2nd. Wait a minute, I hear you say, surely that’s been out for ages? Well, not the book, apparently. Guillermo del Toro directed the film and Cornelia Funke has helped him get it into
Book Review | Castle Hangnail by Ursula Vernon
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
Book Review | The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill
The Girl Who Drank the Moon was a Book of the Month from the Great Middle Grade Reads group on Goodreads; it was an excellent choice. It’s won various awards, which can sometimes be off-putting, but I thought it deserved
Book Reviews | When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead and Magyk by Angie Sage
These were Great Middle Grade Reads books of the month for June, and July/August. The first was nominated as a potential ‘future classic’, and which it may be, but I’m not sure, and the second was nominated as a series read… and
Zndaria and the Z of the #atozchallenge
Welcome to the last (or is it last but one?) post of the 2016 A to Z Challenge. What a journey! My world-building theme started at Alpha Kenworthy and ends at Zndaria, by way of Lothlorien and Turgonia, to name
X is for Xanth
In my quest to talk about world-building from A to Z I was expecting trouble when it came to X. Fortunately, before I was reduced to building my own planet beginning with X for the Viridian System series, I found
Book Review: The Disgusting Child by Christine McMahon
This exciting mystery is a worldwind of trickery, magic spells and deceit. At times I hadn’t the faintest idea what was going on or what was really true. And when a chapter finished with ‘it was going to get even
Book Review: Five Children and It by E E Nesbit
There’s a sort of mindset you have to put yourself in when you tackle some of the children’s classics. I’ve come to this conclusion after being part of this challenge for nine months, so I must be a slow learner.
Book Review: The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
I was reminded of The Princess and the Goblin, and its sequel, The Princess and Curdie, in the Children’s Book Week Giveaway earlier this year when I asked for people’s favourite children’s books. These were part of my childhood, or
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Book Review: Hero – The Unknown Territories by Christopher Fritschi
A genuine Hero. Famous, successful, beloved by all. Bored to tears. Until it all goes horribly wrong… Mr Fritschi introduces us to Tilger, a Hero trying to recover his lost heroism. His pomposity is suffered by his highly intelligent horse