When I chose An independent woman to read and review for Rosie’s Review Team, I was thrilled even before I started reading it, because when I read the blurb I realized it’s my favourite type of book. I enjoy reading neo-Victorian novels, so although I’m easy to please with this genre, it’s also not easyContinue reading “Book Review: ‘An Independent Woman’, by Frances Evesham”
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Princess Tina, Dick Tracy, and Daniel Beckett: Review of ‘Kiss me When I’m Dead’ by Dominic Piper
When I was a young girl, I read Princess Tina comics weekly. What can I say? I still look at those beautiful covers and sigh! I loved them! I never had a brother, and for the few years my father lived with us, I never saw him anywhere near a comic. I think I wasContinue reading “Princess Tina, Dick Tracy, and Daniel Beckett: Review of ‘Kiss me When I’m Dead’ by Dominic Piper”
September 1st: ‘We must love one another or die’
I have mixed feelings about September. As a child I hated September because I had to go back to school, and I was one of those children who didn’t like school very much before the age of 12, and although it improved after that, I never really got to like school, which is why it’sContinue reading “September 1st: ‘We must love one another or die’”
Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 38
Today’s photo prompt: Today’s Dragon’s bidding: What really happened. On August 29, 1965, US spacecraft, Gemini 5, landed back on Earth after an eight-day mission. The return crew were Astronauts Conrad and Cooper. The crew had to use the re-entry thrusters to orient the spacecraft due to system failures. The retrofire and re-entry were conductedContinue reading “Flash! Friday–Vol 2 – 38”
Liquid Sky
Liquid sky. Indigo melting Quietly, sinking into the Underworld. Colourless Ink, Dissolving air into Soft steel, Kisses the sand. You in my mind. There are summer evenings when the sky and the sea dissolve into one. The horizon blurs. Air and liquid melt into a calm steel sea. It’s mesmerizing. My eyes and thoughts areContinue reading “Liquid Sky”
Review of A Single Step (eBook 1 of the Grayson Trilogy) by Georgia Rose
Review of A Single Step (eBook 1 of the Grayson Trilogy) by Georgia Rose. For Rosie’s Book Review Team, by Luccia Gray. A single step is an enjoyable and entertaining, contemporary, romantic suspense novel, which I highly recommend. It is well written with easily flowing prose, which invites the reader to sail into theContinue reading “Review of A Single Step (eBook 1 of the Grayson Trilogy) by Georgia Rose”
Post 100: Generosity, Gratitude and Rosie’s Book Review Team
This is my 100th post on my blog, and I’d like to make it special, especially because my readers are special, and I also feel special and honoured to be able to write this post with all of you in mind. A short time ago, I discovered a Rosie Amber’s Blog through a comment sheContinue reading “Post 100: Generosity, Gratitude and Rosie’s Book Review Team”
Flash! Friday – Vol 2 – 37
Todays’s photo prompt: Today’s Dragon’s bidding. Include the following aspect: Word limit: 150 word story (10-word leeway) based on the photo prompt. Add your Twitter handle. I’ve written a ghostly Flash Fiction today, inspired by the story of a marooned pirate, towards the end of the 18th century, on an Island off theContinue reading “Flash! Friday – Vol 2 – 37”
How to write a useful #book #review
Anyone who reads a book can and should write a review, no guidelines are necessary. However, the following suggestions are meant for readers and writers who wish to review more professionally by offering a more reflective and critical response to their reading to other potential readers. The suggestions in this post should be read alongsideContinue reading “How to write a useful #book #review”
Sleepless Moonlit Night
I can’t sleep tonight, but I don’t mind, at all. I’m sitting in my terrace overlooking the beach, sipping a glass of wine, and listening to the sea swishing against the pebbled shore, while the moon playfully tickles the slippery surface with her cheeky, silvery smile. I don’t want to sleep, because I don’t wantContinue reading “Sleepless Moonlit Night”
