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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

Review of NETGALLEY arc All Spooked Up – Book 1 of the Haunted Paint Store Mysteries series by E.J. Copperman

25 November

I loved the Jersey Girl Legal Mystery series, having become a huge fan of snarky Sandy – see my reviews of And Justice for Mall, Inherit the Shoes, Witness for the Persecution, My Cousin Skinny and Good Lieutenant. And I enjoyed the Fran and Ken Stein trilogy – see my reviews of Ukele of Death, Same Difference and Switcheroo. Would I enjoy this new series?
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SUNDAY POST

23 November

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.
Himself had the week off work. So we made a list of chores we wanted to get done and have managed a fair number of them. Notably, tidying and reorganising the bookshelf in our room – Amari keeps running across the books stacked on it and has brought down several volumes. Himself also sorted out his clothes and now has two bin liners of tee-shirts ready to deliver to the clothes bank tomorrow. He also made a trip to the nearest electrical recycling centre with all our broken/unwanted electrical equipment, including our dead desktop computers. He also has been cutting back some of the shrubs in the garden that have got out of control and spent half a day cutting them into small enough chunks to go into our gardening bin that gets emptied once a fortnight.
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Castellan the Black and his Wise Draconic Tips on Life

22 November

Injuries are the lot of a young lord. Mostly you can grit your teeth and keep going, so your rivals don’t realise your vulnerability. The exception is wing tears. Whatever you do, don’t ignore them. Or try to fly until they’re fully healed
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Review of NETGALLEY arc Echoes of the Imperium – Book 1 of Tales of the Iron Rose series by Nicholas & Olivia Atwater

22 November

I spotted this offering on the Netgalley dashboard and was immediately drawn in by both the intriguing premise and Olivia Atwater’s name on the cover. I very much enjoy her writing – see my reviews of Half a Soul and The Witchwood Knot. I’m also a sucker for a good steampunk adventure – would this one fulfil my expectations?
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday

19 November

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: The Bookshop Below by Georgia Summers
Release date – 20th November, 2025
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Review of AUDIOBOOK A Judgement of Powers – Book 3 of Inheritance of Magic series by Benedict Jacka

18 November

I enjoyed Jacka’s Alex Verus series. See my reviews of Fated (Book 1), Veiled (Book 6), Burned (Book 7), Bound (Book 8), Fallen (Book 10), Forged (Book 11) and Risen (Book 12). And I was absolutely blown away by the first book in this series – An Inheritance of Magic and also enjoyed An Instruction of Shadow, the second book. So when this one came out, it was a no-brainer that I’d get hold of a copy, though this time around it was the audiobook.
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