Do You Agree Val McDermid Missed The Spot With This One?
The story had a great main storyline, but did you think it was a bit too ‘rambly’ too?
Maybe not dark enough?
Tag: book review
Deadly Desires, Rachel McLean – Book Review and Writer’s Tips
This is the new queen of police procedural story telling.
Do you agree?
Divergent, Veronica Roth – Is branding more important than story?
Do you agree?
Is branding more important than story?
BLINK SHOULD BE COMPULSORY READING!
If you believe you don’t make judgements on appearance, you should read this book!
Bad Dad, Book Review – What you can learn from David Walliams and my co-presenter
MY AWESOME CO-PRESENTER IS BACK!
Five Ways You Can Get Organised as a Writer, and Make Sure You Don’t Lose Your Work
As we are all creatives, organisation doesn’t always come to us naturally but after years of corporate systems, I’m here to help.
Laidlaw, William McIlvanney – ABSOLUTE CLASSIC – The best book I’ve read all year!
…it’s also lyrical, dramatic, page turning, violent, and a fantastic Glasgow story set in the 1970s.
Book Review – Love in the Time of Cholera – This book should carry a trigger warning
I’m uncomfortable about reviewing this one, which might surprise people.
Gabriel García Márquez – Love in the Time of Cholera.
Sorry. It’s not a nice book.
Book Review & Writer Tips – Dear Ijeawele, A Feminist Manifesto, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
That’s the whole point with feminism that you don’t have to agree with everything that somebody says to you, it’s a very personal thing to you, to your family, to your views, not necessarily politics, but your personality and your own strength of character.
My Latest Book Review & Writer Tips – You Are Dead, Peter James
This is the type of book where you will turn off your TV, just sit in a corner with a cup of tea. Forget your cup of tea, it’ll go cold because you’ll be reading. Stay up late, one chapter after another, ‘Oh, I just need to read the next chapter!’
No Spoiler Book Review! – The Wife Between Us
I’m curious for your opinion, do you agree with me about this one?
Book Review – Sick III – Christa Wojciechowski (No Spoilers!)
This dark, and I mean dark, thought provoking trilogy is written by a wonderful woman writer, lucky enough to live her dream.
Book Review (No Spoiler!) Station Eleven – Emily St. John Mandel
You know I’m passionate about books, writing and words.
Present Danger, Stella Rimington – No Spoiler Book Review
Reading is a great way to research your genre for writing too, so you can even call it work research! How cool is that!
Insidious Intent, Val McDermid – My Latest Book Review
My reviews are short, informative, fun, positive, eclectic and importantly I promise ‘no spoilers.’
Want To Know How To Be A Screenwriter? Book Review of The ‘Last Book On Screenwriting’ – Save The Cat!, Blake Snyder
This ultimate insider’s guide reveals the secrets that none dare admit
No Spoiler Book Review – where my heart used to beat, Sebastian Faulks
I imagined him in a slightly mucky rain coat, hair a bit unbrushed, a bit of dandruff on his collar. In his youth, an army uniform well pressed but also well worn.
No Spoiler Book Review of the Beautiful Debut Novel – Part Star Part Dust, L M Valiram
It reads like an epic, maybe one day we’ll see it transformed into film, it has that cinematic feel.