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Book review: How to survive your magical family by Clare Rhoden
Blurb: Toby's family is magic, but his only talent is talking to cats. When his mother's vengeful enemy kidnaps him, his rescue cat and...
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Fiction presents to us situations, observations, history and future forecasting in ways that we can relate to on a cellular level. Have...
- Mar 3
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Who are your favourite minor characters in a novel? I'm not talking just about offsiders and sidekicks, but those characters sitting on...
- Feb 5
Reading and Trust in 2023
Over the summer, I’ve had the good fortune of catching up on my Substack subscription to Story Club with George Saunders. My goal for...
- Dec 1, 2022
5 Literary-themed Christmas gift ideas
Last month, I shared my Christmas book-gifting tips.This month, I’m five literary-themed gift ideas. Subscriptions – A good subscription...
- Nov 25, 2022
Book review: Dead Winner by Kevin Chapman
Dead Winner, by Kevin G. Chapman is good solid crime fiction with plenty of twists, hidden motives, confused villains and less than...
- Oct 31, 2022
5 tips for buying books this Christmas
5 simple tips for buying family and friends books this Christmas
- Sep 30, 2022
Crossing the Line trilogy - what’s next…
Book 2 is with the Odyssey Books waiting for an opening with the editor. Fingers crossed we’ll start the next stage on it’s journey to...
- Aug 18, 2022
Book review: Stranger Back Home by E. L. Haines
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- Jul 5, 2022
Book review: The Bronze Sword Cycles: Book 1 Hag of the Hills by J.T.T. Ryder
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