Weight loss adventures – time to start something new
Week 1 – January 18 – 24 2019 (Note: to refer to the introduction to this posting, please scroll down. It’s just below this week 1 update) So I really…
Author: Alnaaze
The Winter Crown (Eleanor of Aquitaine #2) – Elizabeth Chadwick
This second book in the Eleanor of Aquitaine series is just as interesting as the first, and just as well written and sourced. In this book we are now onto…
The Summer Queen (Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) – Elizabeth Chadwick
I picked up this book completely by accident. In fact, I had picked up the third in the series, thinking it was the first. Only when I flipped into the…
The Burning Chambers – Kate Mosse
This latest book by Kate Mosse is the start of a series of books about a feud between two families that takes place in the Languedoc in France, in the…
An Open Letter to Humanity
Dear Humanity, Well, this is a serious fuck up, isn’t it ? An honest to goodness, first level cock up. The last time you guys fucked up this badly, we sent…
Anne Boleyn: A King’s Obsession (Six Tudor Queens Book II) – Alison Weir
I have to start my review by saying how much I love this series. The Tudors have been in vogue for quite some time now, both in print and on…
The Truth About Why I Quit …
Dear Person who is my hierarchical superior though clearly not my superior in any other matter, By this letter, I would like to present my resignation from the most important,…
The Need for Diverse Voices
About two years ago, when I was halfway through my novel, I attended a fiction writing masterclass hosted by the Geneva Writers Group. I’d been part of the group for…
I Am Pilgrim – Terry Hayes
At first, I was going to write a generally positive review about I am Pilgrim. I mean the story is very cool. But I thought about it, and I realised…
What Would a Mediocre Man do?
It has recently come to my attention that many of us are idiots when it comes to our goals (yes, I’m the biggest idiot of them all because this just…