Apologies for today’s Thursday Creation Review not being about anything creative as such. Well, it is about Kindle files and those are books so that counts. Doesn’t it? Last week, I wrote that my Kindle had died a few weeks ago, so I had to revert to ‘my pile of reconstituted trees’. I had hoped that … Continue reading
Joseph Barnaby – a review
When my Kindle died recently, I had to revert to my pile of reconstituted trees and so today’s Thursday Creation Review is the most recent paperback I finished. Beyond that, I will be reviewing a book that I’m reading – drum-roll – on my new Kindle Fire 7. That new acquisition was a problem as … Continue reading
#IWSG – What Life Crisis?
My headline is not exactly the question prompt for this month’s Insecure Writer’s Support Group monthly blog post, but it’s what I have to keep saying to avoid a meltdown. October 3 question – How do major life events affect your writing? Has writing ever helped you through something? The real questions – well, two questions. … Continue reading
Code Name Verity – a review
Three troubled weeks and mounting problems have delayed this review – apologies. I finished reading Code Name Verity on September 5, but a bad head cold laid me low, and now financial hurdles have arisen. However, I am attempting this edition of my Thursday Creation Review and hope that I can catch up as there … Continue reading
What Soup for the Soul?
Chicken of course. But what about for vegetarians and vegans? Well, when I grew up it was Minestrone for all that ailed me – or was it a thick farmhouse vegetable soup? I may have been a vegetarian (or a pescatarian) for much of my adult life, but living in the USA now, I’m realising … Continue reading
The Strange Death of Fiona Griffiths – a review
For today’s Thursday Creation Review, I’m catching up on an outstanding one from March when. I wrote a few words on Goodreads for this third book in the Fiona Griffiths series by Harry Bingham and promised a longer review. This will be my third review of a Fiona Griffiths book – see also: Book 1. … Continue reading