Book Reviews

  • Kissing Frankenstein & Other Stories

    As part of this year’s National Flash Fiction Day celebrations, the lovely and talented Rachel Carter set up a blog to find the best flash fiction written by the people of the West Country. As a result of this brilliant project, Kissing Frankenstein & Other Stories, an anthology of the best stories submitted, was produced.…

  • Star Trek FAQ

     Star Trek FAQ is a Trekkers dream come true. The author, Mark Clark, provides in one volume more information that you ever thought possible to exist on this perennial Sci Fi favourite.. The book is divided into 6 main themes, the first of which looks at the pre-history of Star Trek. Here we find out…

  • The Coward’s Tale: A Musical Map and a Publishing Journey with Vanessa Gebbie

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I am beyond thrilled to be participating in Vanessa Gebbie’s blog tour to promote the paperback publication of The Coward’s Tale, undoubtedly the best book I have read this year.  You can read what I thought of the book here and visit Vanessa’s own website here. NT: Hi Vanessa, and thank you…

  • The Coward’s Tale by Vanessa Gebbie

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] ‘My name is Ianto Jenkins. I am a coward’ So starts The Coward’s Tale by Vanessa Gebbie, a book so magical and lyrical that even three weeks after finishing it, I ache to go and join the queue outside the cinema and listen again to the stories Ianto tells.

  • Rusty Body, Warm Heart

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I’m going to be fifty years old soon. To say I’m not looking forward to it is putting it mildly, so when I saw The warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body From Rusting by Marie de Hennezel on the shelves at Tesco, I was immediately drawn to it. Ms. Hennezel is…

  • Nazareth, North Dakota by Tommy Zurhellen

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] In Nazareth, North Dakota Tommy Zurhellen retells the Christian gospels, changing the setting to the backwaters of this northern American state. He translates the well known biblical tale using modern characters and settings with which I immediately identified.

  • The Bee-Loud Glade by Steve Himmer

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] When Finch loses his job marketing plastic plants on line – mainly by writing blogs as fictitious characters who have positive things to say about his company’s product – he goes into a downward spiral. He stops washing, going out or having any contact with the outside world. He ignores his landlord…

  • The Detour by Andromeda Romano-Lax

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Ernst Vogler is a young man who has been tasked with bringing an ancient statue, The Discus Thrower, to Germany in 1938, where is will be added to Hitler’s collection. He travels to Rome by train only to find that instead of returning the statue to Germany by rail as he was…

  • Your Playlist Can Save Your Life: Ten Proven Ways Your Favorite Music Can Revolutionize Your Health, Memory, Organization, Alertness and More

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] Just as most of us know how our sense of smell can evoke memories, I’m sure we can all agree that music can lift our spirits or help us chill. Music has always been a big part of my life – I play several instruments and have been in a few bands…

  • Review of Write A Great Synopsis

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] “A maths teacher with OCD fantasises about one of his students while dealing with a series of prophecies and trying to take more control of his life.” This is the twenty-five word synopsis of my WIP, The Maths Man Prophecies. Well, it’s actually twenty-seven words, but trust me, if I hadn’t read…