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
Thanks to Margaret BleachHOuseLibrary http://bleachhouselibrary.blogspot.ie/2014/03/chocolate-book-tag.html for tagging me to do this. 1) Dark Chocolate – A book that covers a dark topic One of the best debut’s I have ever read, Elizabeth Haynes “Into the Darkest Corner” takes a realistic and frightening look at domestic abuse. 2. White chocolate: your… Continue reading
Dystopian Books: The Wind on Fire Trilogy When lovely Liz asked me to write an article on my favourite dystopian story, one series sprang instantly to mind: the Wind on Fire trilogy by William Nicholson. Starting with The Wind Singer, Nicholson’s trilogy begins in Aramanth; a meritocratic dystopia…. Continue reading
So the first in a series of articles running on that genre of book known as Post Apocalyptic Fiction comes from Sam Kates, author of “The Cleansing”. Look out for other articles from a variety of lovely authors and readers coming over the next little while. We will also… Continue reading
I was recently lucky enough to read this hilarious and heartwarming tale about the vagaries of getting older and being expected to behave just so – and about Martha who refuses to conform. And in exciting news Pan will be publishing the sequels – I can’t wait to find out… Continue reading
