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One Book Interview #52 – Anna Smith Spark (Author)
The One Book Interview is one-year old today. We’ve had fifty-two weeks of authors talking about their favourite books. To celebrate, we’ve got a fantastic interview from a big name in the world of...
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One Book Interview #53 – Richard Writhen (Author)
After a short hiatus needed because of the blood-fuelled poetry and prose of the last author to grace these pages, the One Book Interview is back. This week we have a writer who has been published in...
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One Book Interview #54 – Guy Bennett (Songwriter)
Interview #54 comes sliding home with a plot twist none of you saw coming… I always wanted these interviews to feature anyone who ‘worked with words’ – authors, writers, editors, poets &...
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One Book Interview #55 – Allan Batchelder (Author)
#55 is here. Actor. Comedian. Teacher. Writer. Author. Curmudgeon. Good people of the Internet, writing out of Seattle – Allan Batchelder Name one book: 1 – everyone should read Everyone? Huh....
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One Book Interview #56 – The Return of CJ Harter (Author)
We have a first for this interview series – a return guest. Author #56 has already appeared in the guise of Author #26. It’s interesting to see how the answers to the questions have changed. I have a...
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A Review of I Was a Teenage Weredeer by C.T. Phipps and M. Suttkus
I haven’t posted any reviews for a while. I keep meaning to do it but my good intentions are constantly being battered by my to-do-list. Today, however, I’ll make an exception with I Was a Teenage...
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A Review of The Elder Ice by David Hambling
I keep promising more reviews. I rarely live up to that promise. (They seem to take me so long to write.) This week, however, is different… A classic 1920s science fiction novella — with a 21st century...
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy
I don’t do many reviews. I should, knowing how helpful they can be. But I’m not sure a book like this really needs another review. It won the Pulitzer Prize! But here’s my brief take on it. I wasn’t...
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Kormak – The Short Stories by William King
There’s a belief amongst some musicians that the notes that you don’t play are as important as the ones you do. It might be fun to play more more more (with your amp cranked to 11), but space is...
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‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
OK. At the time of writing (Oct 2019), I’m forty-seven. Remember that number, OK? Right, the book: ‘Salem’s Lot. In no particular order. It started slowly. Very slowly. It crawled. But, round about 15%...
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The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French
I read this book exactly a year ago. I wrote a review then, too. ‘Bout time I posted it… Heard of The Grey Bastards (TGB)? Nope? Well, here’s a bullet-point review. Don’t like frequent swearing? Don’t...
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The Passage by Justin Cronin
I’m not really sure where to start with this book. It’s monstrous. In the best possibly way. Did I like it? Yes, absolutely. I’m half-way through the sequel already. Is it easy to follow? Yes & no....
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The Twelve by Justin Cronin
Warning: If you want a well-written, critical review, stop now. I’m about to gush words all over the page. I’m not sure where to start with this book – it’s epic. I’ll get that out of the way before I...
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The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
If you’ll allow me to mangle a well-known idiom with my unique grasp of math(s), this book is a book of two halves. Approximately 90% of it holds some of the best writing I have come across. The...
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War of the God Queen by David Hambling
This book was nothing like I expected and all the better for it. I was expecting a classic swords and sorcery tale of epic fantasy – one with gods and warriors and monsters, a story that doesn’t let up...
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Watchers by Dean Koontz
This is a good book – a classic slow-burn thriller that combines elements of sci-fi (genetic engineering), horror (characters include the Outsider and ‘Vince’), romance (ahhhh…), and a relentless...
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The Faithful and The Fallen by John Gwynne
This is going to be a short review of a huge series. By huge, I mean huge. Long. Very long. Each book is long. (Have I said that?) With lots of characters. I felt that in Book One I was being...
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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
This is going to be a quick one so I’ll come straight out and say it. I didn’t get the book. The Haunting of Hill House is a classic, I know that. It’s highly recommended by some big-name authors. It’s...
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The King (The world’s Shortest Film Review)
I don’t watch much TV or film. I’d rather read. But I found time recently to watch a few things on Netflix. So I thought I’d write the World’s Shortest Film Review. The King follows the transformation...
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The Witcher (Netflix Season One)
OK. Now the dust has settled from the tsunami of words I hit you with in my last post*, I thought I’d follow up The World’ Shortest Film review with a slightly longer one. The Witcher. I haven’t read...
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