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March 2, 2015
SP Book Review: Girl of the Book
Girl of the Book by Princila Murrell
3 Stars
Recommend: Young children moving from a Western lifestyle to an Eastern.
Twelve year old Courtney Parker is devastated to have to leave her friends and South Africa behind when her father accepts a lucrative contract and the family relocate to Saudi Arabia. Jeddah feels like a different planet to Johannesburg. In spite of her initial reluctance to
3 Stars
Recommend: Young children moving from a Western lifestyle to an Eastern.
Twelve year old Courtney Parker is devastated to have to leave her friends and South Africa behind when her father accepts a lucrative contract and the family relocate to Saudi Arabia. Jeddah feels like a different planet to Johannesburg. In spite of her initial reluctance to
February 28, 2015
Book Review: Naomi Grim
Naomi Grim by Tiffany Nicole Smith
3 stars
Verdict: You’ll probably enjoy it, but it is flawed.
The assignment:Collect lifestones from humans after they die.Rebellious, sixteen-year-old Naomi craves a normal life, but unfortunately, she's a Grim by birth. That's right, she sees dead people and hoards their living essence in a stone. Not a fun occupation.In order to be good at her job,
3 stars
Verdict: You’ll probably enjoy it, but it is flawed.
The assignment:Collect lifestones from humans after they die.Rebellious, sixteen-year-old Naomi craves a normal life, but unfortunately, she's a Grim by birth. That's right, she sees dead people and hoards their living essence in a stone. Not a fun occupation.In order to be good at her job,
February 26, 2015
Book Review: Cleo
Cleo by Lucy Coats3 starsRecommend: Fans of ancient Egypt who can persist through a shaky start.
Her precious mother is dead - and it isn't an accident! The young Cleopatra - Pharaoh's illegitimate daughter - must flee the royal palace at Alexandria or die too.
As her evil half-sisters usurp the throne, Cleo finds sanctuary at the sacred temple of Isis, where years later she becomes
Her precious mother is dead - and it isn't an accident! The young Cleopatra - Pharaoh's illegitimate daughter - must flee the royal palace at Alexandria or die too.
As her evil half-sisters usurp the throne, Cleo finds sanctuary at the sacred temple of Isis, where years later she becomes
February 24, 2015
Book Review: Life of Pi
Life of Pi by Yann Martel5 starsRecommend: Those who want a gritty and thought-provoking story, and can take a slow start.
Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, a Tamil boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a
Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist, Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, a Tamil boy from Pondicherry, explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a
February 22, 2015
The Last 6 Self-Published Novels I've Rejected
I won’t name names. I’m posting this article as part of my mini campaign to improve the quality of self-published novels.
The reason why I turned the authors away is because I couldn’t finish their novel or I knew it would be a one star review if I had. In my opinion, they’re not ready for publishing. Yet. Some of them even had a special something, but the book was too flawed or crippled by
The reason why I turned the authors away is because I couldn’t finish their novel or I knew it would be a one star review if I had. In my opinion, they’re not ready for publishing. Yet. Some of them even had a special something, but the book was too flawed or crippled by
February 20, 2015
My 100th Post!
Not bad, eh?
Personally, I never thought I'd get to 100 posts. Is the next goal 1000 posts? Never going to happen...
A few things that might interest aspiring authors and self-published authors:
* Have you got a completed manuscript and are just about to look for an agent?
For the next three days you can enter a Pitch Madness which may result in snagging an agent. I'll be entering The
Personally, I never thought I'd get to 100 posts. Is the next goal 1000 posts? Never going to happen...
A few things that might interest aspiring authors and self-published authors:
* Have you got a completed manuscript and are just about to look for an agent?
For the next three days you can enter a Pitch Madness which may result in snagging an agent. I'll be entering The
February 19, 2015
Book Review: Hidden Deep
Hidden Deep by Amy Patrick (Release date: 23rd March 2015)
5 Stars
Recommend: Highly! Teens who love supernatural romances.
Shortened blurb: Sixteen-year-old Ryann Carroll is irresistibly drawn to the woods. There she encounters the boy who kept her from freezing to death that long ago winter night and was nowhere to be seen when rescuers arrived. He's still mysterious, but now all grown-up
5 Stars
Recommend: Highly! Teens who love supernatural romances.
Shortened blurb: Sixteen-year-old Ryann Carroll is irresistibly drawn to the woods. There she encounters the boy who kept her from freezing to death that long ago winter night and was nowhere to be seen when rescuers arrived. He's still mysterious, but now all grown-up
February 17, 2015
SP Book Review: The First
The First by Lisa M. Green
2 stars
Recommend: Wait for a heavily redrafted version.
A tale of myth, mystery...and a past long forgotten. Something is out there.And the people live in constant fear. But their biggest threat lies within their own village. Everyone and everything is dying, slowly and without hope of salvation. In a world where almost nothing is truth and isolation is the
2 stars
Recommend: Wait for a heavily redrafted version.
A tale of myth, mystery...and a past long forgotten. Something is out there.And the people live in constant fear. But their biggest threat lies within their own village. Everyone and everything is dying, slowly and without hope of salvation. In a world where almost nothing is truth and isolation is the
