I’ve failed absolutely miserably with my efforts to complete Deadly Harvest for today. So what do I do? Hide? Make something up? Or try to do something a little different?
Epiphany Jones
21 June 2016 by Leave a Comment
I have a confession before I get into my review of Michael Grothaus’s remarkable debut novel Epiphany Jones You’ll all think less of me and I feel that I should probably lose my right to blog about books. It took me about a week to read Epiphany Jones…
Jihadi: A Love Story
4 March 2016 by Leave a Comment
Last autumn I was lucky enough to take part in the cover reveal for Yusuf Toropov’s debut thriller Jihadi: A Love Story. At the time I didn’t know much about the book other than its provocative title, striking cover and the fact it was being published by the always impressive Orenda Books…
Snowblind
14 January 2016 by Leave a Comment
A few years ago we visited Iceland for a long weekend and I absolutely fell in love with the country. Darren dived at Silfra between the European and North American continental shelf while I mooched around Reykjavik taking photos and being mesmerised by the water and the mountains…
Cover Reveal – Jihadi: A Love Story
22 September 2015 by 1 Comment
I’m really excited to be publishing my first ever cover reveal today. I’ve never done one before and before I started book blogging, I didn’t realise how excited book-lovers got about getting a preview of a book cover. It’s fabulous to see in advance a cover and blurb for an upcoming book
How to be Brave
16 September 2015 by Leave a Comment
A couple of years ago I went to a storytelling evening on Orkney. I persuaded others to come along with promises of a dram by a peat fire, squishy leather chairs and some magnificent Orcadian folklore. I have never been so wrong about anything in my life…
Book Giveaway: The Defenceless
7 September 2015 by 7 Comments
As I’m focusing this month on the brilliant Orenda Books, an independent British publisher I’m delighted to be hosting a giveaway of one of their current releases, the brilliant The Defenceless by Kati Hiekkapelto…
Publisher Interview: Karen Sullivan
1 September 2015 by Leave a Comment
This month I’m going to have a bit of a spotlight on a fabulous new British publisher, Orenda Books. I’ll be reviewing and giving away The Defenceless by Kati Hiekkapelto, and reviewing How to Be Brave by Louise Beech. I’m starting this month with an interview with Karen Sullivan, the woman behind the books…
The Abrupt Physics of Dying
16 March 2015 by Leave a Comment
It’s often said “Don’t judge a book by its cover” but let’s be honest, we all do it don’t we? If a cover doesn’t draw our attention then it’s unlikely that we will pick up the book, scan the blurb and read the front page. For some people a pastel cover with shiny text screams “chick lit” and they’ll avoid at all costs…