I recently read two novels by Alison Taft featuring main protagonist Lily Appleyard and I thought they were terrific, so I asked Alison a few questions and here is what she had to tell me. Tell me a little bit about how the story started for you. They say your… Continue reading
Of all the wonderful advance reading I did last year, Falling by Emma Kavanagh, was one of the best and made into my Top 10 books of 2013. Today is official release day and you can all get your own copy – and I would. I really would! I asked… Continue reading
So thanks to Kate and Bob of Killer Reads fame I was one of the lucky few to read this early – tomorrow will see it being released on the general population and it really is a most amazing read, one of the best Post Apocalyptic books I have read… Continue reading
Portia – Why I like a little truth in my fiction Fiction is great, and I love to read and watch all kinds, but I think it’s great when a story has realistic elements. There’s two ways I appreciate this most. The first is when a tale… Continue reading
So today its the turn of James E Parsons to talk Post Apocalyptic Fiction. Thank you so much for getting involved. The genre (or possibly sub-genre some might argue) can often be very fascinating as it can explore and ask serious questions about our society, which we might see as… Continue reading
So I jumped on board the Tilly Tennant Blog Tour Bus and got to read a pretty darn good book. And as its my job today to tell you WHY its pretty darn good, thats exactly what I’m going to do…. Review: There’s only one man for Bonnie, and that’s… Continue reading
Today is the first of hopefully many guest posts from my reading friends on the joy of reading. Why we Read. Today I welcome one of my BookLikes Buddies – A Little Faith. You can find out more about what and why she reads by visiting here: http://alittlefaith.booklikes.com/ Why… Continue reading
So a little while back I compared The Hunger Games and Divergent in a post and recently I asked Twitter Friend Lola to do the same as part of the ongoing features on different genres that you may have seen popping up. Below are her thoughts: Warning. If you have… Continue reading
Narrator Nanou, a street prostitute, gives a detailed account of her day, from the moment she wakes up with a foul taste in her mouth, in her sordid rented room, until the minute she crawls back into her bed at night to sleep. Interwoven with her story are portraits of… Continue reading
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy. And thank you to the lovely Leilah Skelton of Waterstones fame for being very insistent that I read this one… Meet the Cooke family. Our narrator is Rosemary Cooke. As a child, she never stopped talking; as a young woman, she… Continue reading
