YA vs NA
Young Adult and New Adult – separate book genres or all part of the same messy package? To be fair, I hadn’t really heard of New Adult as a genre…
Spot(ify) the Audiobook
You may recall that in March 2023, Drifting in a Dream, written by me and read by Laura Jennings, launched onto Audible. Well, prepare to get excited – you can…
10.5 for 2025
At what point do back-to-back failures turn into an achievement? Yes, I do mean the Goodreads Reading Challenge – again. I set a goal of fifteen books to read in…
11 in 2024
I set a lofty reading goal in 2024. I was going to read twenty-five books. Devour them like a Dominos pizza. Read all twenty-five and carry on going. Where I…
A Book of Many Faces
You may have noticed a new kid on the block before Christmas, and no, it’s not Jimmy from down the road. Both Drifting in a Dream and Falling in Flames…
Reality vs Fantasy
When it comes to fiction, we’re all looking for an escape. If we didn’t want to escape, we’d read non-fiction, right? As simple as it seems on the surface, the…
The Social Tide
You may recall I once wrote about social media and it’s many pitfalls – Are you the user or the used? The post followed my latest attempt to kickstart active…
The TBR Pile
Are you a reader? A book lover? Appreciator of literature? If so, there’s a good chance you have an ongoing to-be-read pile. You’ll never see the end of this pile.…
To Judge or Not to Judge
As a self-published author, the cover wasn’t the last thing I thought of, but it was the last thing I did before publishing either book. Unfortunately, it’s a difficult aspect…
The Allure of the Mystical
When it comes to the fantasy genre, the possibilities are endless. This is a genre that literally covers everything from hobbits to vampires and magic, all under the umbrella of…