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Born the same year as the Russians launched Sputnik, I confidently expected that by the time I reached adulthood, the human race would have a pioneer colony on the Moon and be heading off towards Mars. So I was at a loss to know what to do once I realised the Final Frontier wasn’t an option and rather lost my head - I tried a lot of jobs I didn’t and married a totally unsuitable man.

Now I've finally come to terms with the fact that I’ll never leave Earth, I have a lovely time writing science fiction novels and teaching Creative Writing at Northbrook College in Worthing. I live in Littlehampton on the English south coast with a wonderful husband and a ridiculous number of books.

Recent Blog Posts

Can’t-Wait Wednesday

5 February

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. This week’s Can’t-Wait offering: Mavericks by Jenny Draper
release date 11th February 2025
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Review of NETGALLEY arc Stone Certainty – Book 2 of the Holy Terrors series by Simon R. Green

5 February

I’m a fan of Green’s writing. See my reviews of his Ishmael Jones series, featuring an alien dark ops agent and his alluring sidekick, Penny, in Buried Memories, The Dark Side of the Road, Very Important Corpses, Death Shall Come, Into the Thinnest of Air, Murder in the Dark, Till Sudden Death Do Us Part, Night Train to Murder, The House on Widow’s Hill and his paranormal James Bond hero in The Man With the Golden Torc. I also thoroughly enjoyed the first four books in this fantasy heist series, The Best Thing You Can Steal, A Matter of Death and Life, What Song the Sirens Sang, Not of This World and Where Is Anybody? So when Green introduced a new series with The Holy Terrors last year, I was excited to be able to get hold of an arc – and looked forward to tucking into this second offering.
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Review of INDIE Ebook Lines of Departure – Book 2 of the Frontlines series by Marko Kloos

31 January

I wrote the following review way back in February 2021, before I got sick with Covid and the world fell on my head. After writing this review, I also read the next five books in the series, waited for the final instalment and then promptly forgot about it. I’ve added Center of Gravity to my TBR pile as I thoroughly enjoyed this military space opera adventure against some truly nasty aliens and want to know how it ends.
I was looking for more space opera in my life, when Himself reminded me that I’d started this series a while ago and hadn’t got any further with it – see my review of Terms of Enlistment. I was horrified to discover that I’d read and reviewed this one back in 2018! And this is why I’m trying to focus on completing more series that I’ve started and enjoyed…
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday

29 January

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. This week’s Can’t-Wait offering: Abduction of a Slave – Book 4 of the Eye of Isis series by Dana Stabenow
release date 30th February 2025
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Review of NETGALLEY arc Echo of Worlds – Book 2 of the Pandominion series by M.R. Carey

29 January

I’m a fan of M.R. Carey’s writing – see my reviews of The Girl with all the Gifts, The Boy on the Bridge, and his popular post-apocalyptic Rampart trilogy – The Book of Koli , The Trials of Koli. and The Fall of Koli. So when I learnt that he was producing a sci fi series, I tucked into Infinity Gate, the first book in this epic space opera tale with great anticipation.
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SUNDAY POST

26 January

This is part of the weekly meme over at the Caffeinated Reviewer, where book bloggers can share the books they’ve read and share what they have got up to during the last week.
It’s been a mixed week. Ethan returned to university after the Christmas break on Monday. That gave him a week back at his lodgings to get back into the rhythm of uni life before lectures start – and he’s been settling in well. But the house always feels a bit sad and empty after he goes. At least I have the consolation that he’s not too far away and I can have a chat with him every day. Last week I got zapped by Himself’s cold, though thankfully I didn’t have it as severely as he did. More to the point, it didn’t bring on a long covid relapse for which I’m very grateful.
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Castellan the Black and his Wise Draconic Tips on Life

25 January

Don’t EVER boast about tangling with an elven clave and flying away unscathed. The nasty wretches have ways of knowing when they’re being talked about – and they’ll make you very, very sorry when they catch up with you.
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