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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Roman Mysteries X – The Fugitive from Corinth by Caroline Lawrence
“…It’s all a little too much Enid Blyton for me…” Well, it finally happened. After months of reading and loving Caroline Lawrence’s excellent novels for older children/young adults, I’ve finally hit the dud. Lawrence’s writing remains great and, of course, her research in ancient Roman history and lifestyle is second…
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Continue reading →: A Couple of Announcements
The summer has been a busy one for me, one way or another, with various projects on the go, including some collaborative enterprises. In the last couple of weeks these two such collaborations have come up. Shortform I’ve teamed up with a brilliant company called Shortform who are superb for…
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Continue reading →: Opinion: NaNoWriMo and AI
I woke up today and went to my Twitter app (it’s not X, Elon, it’s Twitter). There I saw a post asking about NaNoWriMo and whether or not it’s any good. Innocently, I replied, telling the truth: I like NaNo and used it to write two of my books. I…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Intelligence Trap by David Robson
“…tons of great research…yet somehow fails to present a convincing or even coherent solution.” I’ve had a very nerdy set of waves of emotions hit me while reading this book. It’s been a rollercoaster ride, I have to say. It started well, it didn’t end so good. It sounds a…
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Continue reading →: To the One I Killed
I sat in my chair, raised my glass and gave a quiet toast to Old John, the one I killed. The one we killed. Three of us had made the pact together. Old John had to die. We knew it had to be and so it was. We chose the…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: This Bird Has Flown by Susanna Hoffs
“… she’s still got much to learn about writing books but she’s definitely got the style.” I’ll start by admitting I adore Susanna Hoffs. I was, of course like everyone else, madly in love with her during the 80s when her band, The Bangles, were pumping out iconic hits. And…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Roman Mysteries IX – The Colossus of Rhodes by Caroline Lawrence
“Nothing has waned in these stories…I finished this one and immediately reached for the next.” Here we are now at the ninth of seventeen books in this series of adventure tales set in the Roman world of AD 80. After the emotionally harrowing trauma of the last few books (especially…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Star Wars – From a Certain Point of View by various
“…absolutely excellent for all true Star Wars fans.” I won’t deny it, I’m not ashamed: I am a die-hard unabashed Star Wars fan. I was there for the original movie in 1977 and lived, dreamed and ate Star Wars with my very soul for the time leading up to seeing…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Roman Mysteries VIII – The Gladiators from Capua by Caroline Lawrence
“…fantasy rooted deeply in historical reality.” I said in my review for book VII that I would be grabbing this one and reading avidly. I described it as a ‘Goblet of Fire’ moment because the adventures the four young detectives in this series had, up until this point, been cosy.…
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