H.M. Clarke's Blog, page 25

Cover Reveal

Here is the cover for my new Book – Howling Vengeance.  I have set up a page for this under the tab ‘John McCall Mysteries’

Giveaway Winners!

Congratulations to

Pernilla from New South Wales, Australia,

Dina from New York, USA,

Alexa from Ohio, USA, and

Kai from California, USA

for winning my Kalarthri giveaway.

I will be sending the books in the next few days and you should receive them in the next few weeks.  If you can read and either write a review or put up a star rating on both Amazon and Goodreads for The Kalarthri, it will be much appreciated

Congrats!

-HMC

Interview with Michael SciFan

Good Morning

I have an Interview with Michael SciFan.  Please go over and take a look.  Link is below.

http://www.michaelscifan.us/kalarthri-fantasy-blog-tour/

Cheers

-HMC

Guest Post with Pressed Leaf Publishing

Greetings!

I have a guest post on Pressed Leaf Publishing’s Benjimin mctish Blog called “The Procrastinators Guide to Story Avoidance”.  Please go over and take a look.  It’s not a long read and will help you to become a better procrastinator 

http://www.benjaminmctish.blogspot.com/

Come over and take a look and even leave a comment there to tell me what you think?

-HMC

Guest Post on ‘Coffee & Books & Art’

Hi again

I have a guest post on Coffee & Books & Art called “Resisting the Enemy – Why chocolate is good for you”.  Please go over and take a look.  It’s not a long read and it does mention chocolate a lot (trying to entice those sweet tooth’s out there)  :)

http://sarityahalomi.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-kalarthri-by-h-m-clarke-virtual.html

Come over and take a look and even leave a comment there to say hi 0/

-HMC

Book Review – Minding the Manor

Minding the Manor: The Memoir of a 1930s English Kitchen Maid By Mollie Moran

This is a brilliant book, and this is the way memoirs should be written.

The writing flowed from one scene to the next in an engaging writing style and showed a unique view on early twentieth century Britain. Mollie Moran wrote about her time between the Great War and World War Two. Going from her childhood and into domestic service – first as a Scullery Maid and then working her way up to Cook. I liked Mollie (even though she thought she was a bit of a handful) and I love that at the end of every chapter there was a recipe used in the 1930′s along with household tips and tricks.

I give this book 5 stars and  would recommend this book to everyone

-HMC

Book tour

My Virtual Book Tour starts today!

Here is the link to the schedule

http://fireandicebooktours.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/ya-fantasy-book-tour-giveaway-the-kalarthri-media-kit-by-h-m-clarke/

Stops today are at:

http://fantasticindieauthors.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/interview-with-author-h-m-clarke-the-kalarthri-ya-fantasy/

http://bookfreebiesandgiveaways.blogspot.com/2014/02/win-print-autographed-ya-fantasy.html

Please feel free to come along and say hello in the comments section

Cheers

-H. M. Clarke

Site update

Just a short note to say that I have added an Excerpt from The Kalarthri on The Way to Freedom Page.

 

Book Review – Chronicle of the Roman Republic

Chronicle of the Roman Republic: The Rulers of Ancient Rome from Romulus to Augustus   by Philip Matyszak

This is a very good quick reference book for those who do not want to wade through huge blocks of history text to get to the stuff you need or are interested in.

The history of the Roman Republic is made through its people and this book goes about telling roman history through it’s consuls and other notables. It has interesting side panels and information bars for explanations of roman traditions, sites and events.

It is very nicely illustrated with both drawings and photographs of people (their marble countenances)and places from around the Roman Republic. I would recommend this book for anyone with a general interest in roman history and for student use for a school project.

-HMC

Book Review – Historical

Republican Rome by H. L. Havell.

Even though this book was written in 1914, it does not read like a ‘stodgy’ history book.  It is very easy to read, is not biased to any line of history and is a very good book for those who are interested in the early Roman Republic.  Havell is very good at bringing out a little character in his historical figures instead of just reciting fact, figures and their historical ‘claim to fame’. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to read up on the history of Rome.