As you might remember, as part of the month’s Fictional Fun theme, I posted my reading list for June with the intention of reviewing the books as I went. The Ritual by Adam Nevill. Blurb from The Back Cover When four old university friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic … [Read more…]
Today’s post is a guest post from the lovely Miss Kim from Behgopa. First, a little about Miss Kim, for anyone that hasn’t visited her blog before. I am in the midst of finishing up the first draft of my very first novel. My novel is in the “chick lit” genre. It includes romance, steamy … [Read more…]
Originally, I thought I would hate YA fiction. I imagined it all to be sparkly vampires, and cheesy romance. As more and more people talked about it, I decided to give it a go – that many people can’t be wrong, right? In this case – right! YA fiction has certainly outgrown where it was when … [Read more…]
Today’s post was originally going to be why reading is an important education tool. After researching the topic, I realised it was just going to be a post full of links to other sites and quotes from other people. Not only is that boring to read, but it’s a bit of a cop out. I … [Read more…]
Welcome to the second instalment of Done Deal. You can read Done Deal: Part 1 here if you missed it. Done Deal – Part Two: Darkness Darkness. Complete and total darkness. She had thought she knew what darkness was, she had lived through plenty of nights. She had had no idea what darkness was until she … [Read more…]
You might remember that I posted my June reading list earlier in the month. I have now completed the first book and am part way through the second. I think I’m going to have to go a bit faster if I hope to get through all five of them! The Boy In The Attic by David … [Read more…]
This week’s short story is written by the lovely Janet Cooper from the Aspiring Warrior Mum blog. If you haven’t visited her blog yet, here’s a little bit about her: Janet Cooper is a graduate of English and Creative Writing BA (Hons) and is currently studying an MA in English Studies. She currently runs her own business … [Read more…]
Narrowing down my favourite authors to just five is an incredibly difficult task for me as I love so many different genres and there are so many brilliant authors out there. If I listed every author I liked, this post would take about six months to write! To help me narrow it down to just … [Read more…]
I love watching movies as much as the next person. On a cold day, it’s so good to curl up in front of the fire with a hot drink and have a movie marathon. But the book is still always better! Ok, it’s better 99% of the time! The one exception I’ve found to this … [Read more…]
I got brave on Tuesday and posted a short story I had written. I am now getting even braver (stupider?) and running a four part story. A new part will be published each Friday over the course of the month, so check back to see how the story progresses! Originally, I wrote the first part … [Read more…]