Writing and reviews with an environmental, science fiction, and fantasy touch
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
I received this book from Net-Galley and the publishers on 28th July, just before its publication on August 6th, so I’ve rushed to get this into a timely review for you by bumping another review to September! Carter and the
Thirteen stories containing time travel that are all so different from one another and yet not a dud among them. Even the one that slid towards horror gripped me with its mystery. Some travel to the past deliberately, some to
My world-building A to Z brings me to E for Earth, and also to my #IWSG post for April. Earth is just there, isn’t it? Surely it doesn’t belong in a world-building theme. Well, even contemporary writers have to build
Cheryl is starting a blog tour for Tutankhamen Speaks, and my spot is officially Monday, when I have an interview with her. Today though, I review what you might call a companion volume to Tut Speaks – Sons of the
The second in Jennifer Ellis’s mind-boggling Derivatives of Displacement series is a worthy successor to the first. Having discovered that the strange stones take them to the future… and that multiple futures exist, Abbey, her twin Caleb, older brother Simon
Mother Daughter Book Reviews is pleased to be coordinating a Book Blast for the middle grade time-travel thriller “Through the Shimmer of Time” by Jennifer Jensen (November 2 to 4, 2015). Grab an e-copy from Amazon for only 99 cents,
Escape From the Past: The Duke’s Wrath (YA Historical) When fifteen-year-old nerd and gamer Max Anderson thinks he’s sneaking a preview of an unpublished video game, he doesn’t realise that 1) he’s been chosen as a beta, an experimental test
I’m delighted to be part of a blog tour organised by Kathy at I Am A Reader for this great book! Most of the books offered there are too romancy or too paranormal YA, or otherwise not my preference, but
P is for… pahoehoe and for pyroclastic flow Pahoehoe (pa- ho-ee ho-ee) is possibly my favourite Earth Sciences term – it is a type of lava that forms great masses that look like rope, so also dubbed ‘ropey lava’. I
If you haven’t started reading the Shadows from the Past series, I really think you’re missing out. It starts with the Shadow of Atlantis, and we meet Jemima and Joe, twins who have come to live with their Uncle Richard,
Bravo Victor is the sixth in The Princelings of the East series, and stars Victor, keeper of the Inn of the Seventh Happiness, a much-loved character in four of the previous books. On Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th July, from
S.W. Lothian’s imagination holds no bounds, as we found in his previous books – the Quest series – when some kids were drawn to ancient Egypt via Time Square. Now Time Square takes centre stage in this exciting adventure in
About the Book Title: Noah Zarc: Mammoth Trouble (Book #1) Author: D. Robert Pease Publication Date: July 22, 2013 Publisher: Evolved Publishing (2nd Edition) Number of pages: 214 Recommended age: 9+ Summary: Noah lives for piloting spaceships through time, dodging
Our writing prompt guru Chuck Wendig decided to do an opening line challenge this week. In theory we write the opening line for today and next week we pick one and write the story. So I wrote: Nobody in her