Book Review | City of Silk by Glennis Virgo
City of Silk won the Debut Author Over 50 award in 2023. Frankly, I think it deserves to win any award it’s entered for. But I should mention that I knew the author when we were teenagers, and a mutual...
View ArticleBook Review | Hunting Gumnor #MMGM
Hunting Gumnor was one of two books I picked up in a charity bookshop in Norfolk, part of the narrow gauge railway line between Aylsham and Wroxham. This is another post joining in Marvellous Middle...
View ArticleBook Blast | Washed Up with the Tide #WUWTT
Washed Up With The Tide, and City of Silk are two new, and very different, books out this week, from authors I have links with. I reviewed City of Silk at the weekend, so I’ll send you back to...
View ArticleBook Review | The Explorer and Other Stories
The Explorer and Other Stories came to me in a storybundle, either of fantasy by foreign authors or of fantasy anthologies (I suspect the former). I very rarely hit something I don’t like in my...
View Article#Flashback fiction | Paradisio
Paradisio was born on 14th June 2013. And it’s got a lot to answer for. It was a Chuck Wendig mashup prompt, of movies in noir and sci-fi, and I stole a lot from my favourite movie. I’m still stealing...
View ArticleBook Review | Lost Solace by Karl Drinkwater
I got Lost Solace from Karl Drinkwater when he was giving freebies out on his website. I apologised at the time for probably not reading it straight away. But then the Goodreads Space Opera group...
View ArticleNormal Service is resumed! #IWSG
I’m delighted to tell you that normal service is resumed! I have started writing again! Ronel, Deniz, Pat Garcia,Olga Godim, and Cathrina Constantine Normal Service equals writing a book! I’m not sure...
View ArticleBook Review | Jani Kilian Series wrap-up
I’d read the first three in the Jani Kilian series because i had them on storybundle, I think. Having mostly enjoyed them, I got the fourth, fifth and sixth. Since I was aiming to complete them this...
View ArticleThe Mill #writephoto Flash Fiction
The mill is today’s writephoto prompt from K L Caley. Actually it was 14 December 23, but I didn’t use it then. It’s just under 1000 words, and iI hope you enjoy it, especially as it’s probably the...
View ArticleBook Tour | The Seffi Wardwell Mysteries
Seffi Wardwell – a woman of a certain age (I considered calling her a widow, but not sure whether that’s in vogue) with a mind like a steel trap, who just can’t let a good mystery go. I like her The...
View ArticleNon-fiction Book Reviews | Tigers of the Snow and the Light Eaters
Tigers of the Snow was one possibly recommended by Rebecca, as there are two of this name. I bought the paperback of the external view, rather than Tenzing Sherpa’s memoirs. The Light Eaters was a...
View ArticleMiddle Grade books for Christmas #MMGM
It’s a little late, but you may still be able to get these Middle Grade books for Christmas. These are favourites I’ve read over the years. Some may be hard to find in print, though. They are in no...
View ArticleA Year in Books 2024 version
My Year in Books is a fun thing which I do every year. I’d like to encourage more people to do it. Just copy the categories and add appropriate titles of books you’ve read this year. It’s supposed to...
View ArticleBook review | Sagebrush by William Wayne Dicksion
Sagebrush was probably one of the first free books I took on my kindle, and probably in response to social media contact. I needed to expand my understanding of different genres. So it’s taken me over...
View ArticleA Merry Viridian Krismas | #flashback fiction
This Krismas story appeared on the Viridian website for 2021. It’s set between books 2 and 3 of the series, and I think you need to click on the heading 🧑🎄 The post A Merry Viridian Krismas |...
View ArticleBooks of the Year 2024
My books of the year are drawn from those I gave five stars to. At one time, that would be enough to automatically qualify them for the final list. I must be getting soft, or I’m reading more books of...
View ArticleHappy New Reading Challenge Year!
New year, new reading challenge starts! Yes, we’re in 2025 already (and I’m posting later than usual so even my west coast friends will not be “so last year!” If you’re anticipating an IWSG post,...
View ArticleBook Review | The Silver Pigs (Falco #1)
The Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis is the first in the Marcus Didius Falco series. I reviewed the last in the series in around 2018. I don't often reread books, and this is, I think the first time I've...
View ArticleSo what’s new for 2025 #IWSG
Yes, what is new for 2025? The longer I imagine myself writing, even just short stories, the less I can think of that is new, interesting or exciting to actually write. I can think of several things I...
View ArticleBook review | Death in the Arctic by Tom Hindle #booksky
Death in the Arctic by Tom Hindle was an ARC from Netgalley and the publishers. I thank them for the opportunity of revisiting Svalbard at an equinox, albeit a week before the autumn one not the week...
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