Tag: review
-
Driven by Annoyance…(and Deceit) #Review #Fiction
—
by
MS Word upset me again yesterday. Actually, it made me really angry. (this new angry stuff will need addressing soon, but not today) I know, I know, I swore I would never use Word again, but a new copy has recently been downloaded to the desktop, so I took a chance. (Google Docs can get…
-
A Touch of Magic: reviewing the Secret Library. #fiction #review #Magic
—
by
‘The perfect book to curl up with, whether beach or fireside. I absolutely loved it!’ Celia Anderson Book editor Lucy Thomas has just inherited her grandmother’s windswept Cornish home, and with it, a library bathed in sunlight, a spiral staircase that leads to secrets, and a battered box filled with unfinished stories… To honour her…
-
A New beginning and a Review…
—
by
I was busy going about all the daily jobs this morning, not a care in the world. Happy to be able to do anything, really. It was a when I stopped for a quick rest, that my mind had other ideas. First, it supplied me with a long list of things I should be doing…
-
The Shattered Bauble, by Rachel Mclean #fiction #Mystery #Review
—
by
It’s Christmas in Lyme Regis, and DC Tina Abbott is looking forward to some well-earned time with her family. But then her mum Annie, true to form, reports a crime. The pottery shop has been broken into and the owner Peg, Annie’s friend, attacked. The evidence is scant. A solitary fingerprint in blood, but nothing…
-
Wildacre Review #Ghost Horror @shani_struthers
—
by
in #Dark, #Fiction, #Suspense, blogging, books, haunting, mystery, nightmares, review, sharing interestsHome is where the heart is: a place where memories are forged, a refuge from the world. But what if those memories are painful? And the refuge becomes a prison? Jessica Lockhart is in need of a live-in carer over the Christmas period; Isla Barrow is the woman who takes the job. After a fraught…
-
Review for The White Road by Sarah Lotz #Horror Suspense
—
by
*****From the author of The Three, coming soon to your screen as a major BBC adaptation by Golden Globe winner Peter Straughan***** Adrenaline-junky Simon Newman sneaks onto private land to explore a dangerous cave in Wales with a strange man he’s met online. But Simon gets more than he bargained for when the expedition goes horribly wrong.…
-
Review for Close to Home by Alex Craigie #Family Life Fiction
“The book is brilliant. It reads like a memoir and grips like great fiction should – beautiful characterization”Viga Boland – Author – No Tears For My Father Talented pianist Megan Youngblood has it all – fame, fortune and Gideon. But Gideon isn’t good enough for Megan’s ambitious, manipulative mother, whose meddling has devastating repercussions for Megan…
-
The Beginning… #NewStory #MysteryFiction
—
by
Today, I put pen to paper and began to write Swan Song, my next David Snow story. As usual, I was nervous; knowing I must start well almost terrified me. Even though I know it doesn’t matter if it’s brilliant or not, it could all change in a heartbeat as I go along. That problem…
-
Freezing temperatures, snow and a good book!
—
by
We have been promised some snow this afternoon, but the rest of the forecast is bleak. There will be a huge drop in the temperature, much colder than normal, they say. I’m not looking forward to that as I am cold enough already! I have made sure the bird feeders are full and wish I…