***This book was reviewed via Lola’s Blog Tours Erin Lee’s Freak is a poignant tale of loss, acceptance, and second chances. This powerful story should be required high-school reading. No, strike that. Why mollycoddle middle-schoolers who can be just as spiteful as high-schoolers and ignorant adults, especially given the current political climate of the […]
This is my stop during the book blitz for Freak by Erin Lee. This book blitz is organized by Lola’s Blog Tours. The book blitz runs from 27 June till 3 July. See the tour schedule here: http://www.lolasblogtours.net/book-blitz-freak-by-erin-lee/ Freak by Erin Lee Genre: LBGT/ Contemporary Age category: Young Adult Release Date: 29 June, 2017 […]
**This book was reviewed for Perseus, De Capo Press via Netgalley. Schwartz’ poignant book is a testimony to the impact and power a teacher has. Rather than going through the mere drudgery of teaching, day in, day out, Schwartz went out of her way to really get to know her students. Teachers really play […]
*This book was purchased by me for my own use, with no expectations of a review to be given. Writing Fight Scenes is one of Rayne Hall’s many super-specialised writingcraft books. As the name suggests, this one covers the myriad aspects of constructing fight scenes. There are several chapters with topics ranging from types […]
This egalley was reviewed for Dragon Gypsy Publishing via Netgalley Happiness is an elusive beastie, that responds better to gentleness than brute force. In Are We Happy Yet?, Kamen will teach you how to tame that shy, skittish creature we call happiness, and aid you in cultivating a permanent relationship with it. Kamen […]
Pleiades poems were among the first of the forms I learned, way way back when. They are still among my favourite to work with. Pleiades are seven line poems, with a single word title. Each of the seven lines must start with the same letter as the title. They lend themselves very well to playing […]
This book was reviewed via Netgalley Van der Hoeven’s Zen for Druids is her second book focuses on combining the nature spiritualism of Druidry with the teachings and tenets of Buddhism. She makes a note that the reader should have read the previous Zen Druidry before reading this one. I would disagree, and say that […]
This book was reviewed for the Manhattan Book Review One-Two tugs on the heartstrings from word one. Faith and Hope are conjoined twins. Abandoned at birth, they are raised in institutes and foster homes, receiving the barest minimum of care and education, whilst being subjected to tests and unscrupulous scrutiny. The possibility of a […]
This book was purchased for my niece. This is the story of Moana, a young woman who braves the ocean beyond the reefs that surround her island home. The land is dying and the fish are gone. Legend says that if the Heart of Te Fiti is restored to its proper place, then […]
I purchased this book for my own edification Writing Vivid Emotions is book 22 in Rayne Hall’s popular Writer’s Craft series. Each of these wonderful books focuses on a specific aspect of writing or promotional work. This particular book, as the name says, centres around working with vivid emotions in one’s writing. There are […]