The Adventures of a Blonde Writer
As a romantic book blogger I come into daily contact with some attractive fictional men. I have more fictional crushes with book characters in a week than you have hot dinners. It is a tough but very rewarding pastime. So, it is time to compile my top 10 fictional male crushes. This top 10 chart […]
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This book should come with the following warning: There is a powerful kiss contained within this book. It is described in detail over FIVE PAGES and after reading it you are strongly advised to apply a cold flannel to your forehead and go lie down in a darkened room. It took me WEEKS to recover […]
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Imagine this. While getting ready for your church’s Easter Sunday service, you struggle to put down an excellent book. It has been half an hour since you stepped out of the shower and in that time you’ve had your head stuck in Kiley Dunbar’s debut novel and not got out of your polka dot bath […]
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This feel-good book, The Corner Shop In Cockleberry Bay, got me through a weekend away with three hormonal teenage girls and one ten year old girl (two were mine and the other two were my sister’s kids). Good books get you through stressful times. On a night, in our small budget hotel room, when the […]
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That moment when one of your favourite authors asks you to be part of her blog tour (in my head this is similar to being asked to join a really cool gang) AND then they post you a SIGNED copy of their beautiful new book, which causes you to nearly wet yourself on your doorstep, in front […]
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Prior to reading Lost Boy by Christina Henry, I would have turned my nose up at the thought of reading one of my favourite fairy tales, retold with a darker twist. Favourite fairy tales for me are precious things, which I store in glass cases at the back of my mind. Occasionally I open up […]
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You find me in what I call, ‘Book Recovery’ mode (lying in state on the sofa, a cold compress over my forehead, a concerned dog sat watching me and an electric fan blowing cool air over me). I know this is controversial but I believe romance readers have a harder time getting over a good […]
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I love a ‘feel good’ book which makes me burst into song after reading it. Victoria Cooke’s new book, ‘Who Needs Men Anyway?‘ did just that. If you are not familiar with the 1985 pop hit ‘Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves’ sung by the Eurythmics and Aretha Franklin, you need to check out the tune […]
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I have decided to end my blogging break. Why? I read a really good book. Not just any book. It was one of those books where once you have finished it you just want to tell everyone about it, including uninterested pets and loved ones. Struggling to contain my reading euphoria and desperate for someone […]
Read MoreI have decided to start interviewing book reviewers on my blog for the following reasons: Book reviewers hold a lot of useful literary insight for writers. Book reviewers are very valuable to us when our books are published. It is useful to see how their book reviewer mind works. I believe getting inside the mind […]
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