Discussion Posts
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Bookshelf Book Tag
It’s been a long time since I’ve got involved with a book tag post, but when I saw another blogger doing the Bookshelf Tag, I just knew it was something fun to get involved with. I’m unaware of who originally started it but if you want to get involved too then consider yourself tagged! HOW MANY BOOKSHELVES DO YOU HAVE? Wow! What a question to start with! Not enough is the answer but currently I have 3 full floor to ceiling sized bookcases with a long one in the bedroom too – that’s where I keep all the special editions we own and ARC copies that mean something special to…
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Why Do So Many Women Enjoy Reading Domestic Thrillers?
Domestic thrillers have been on my radar for quite some time. My first dip into the genre came when I discovered Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson in 2012. It was the first domestic thriller that impacted me, and the plot has stayed buried in my psyche. I wasn’t new to the thriller genre, having devoured Karen Rose novels and detective stories before that. This felt new, invigorating, and frightening on some deeper primal level. Imagine waking up every morning in an unrecognisable bed, next to an unrecognisable man, and having that man explain that he is Ben, her husband and that she had an accident twenty years…
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Misrepresentations of Autism in Fiction
Autism is a topic close to my heart. My eldest son (14), my husband, and I are all autistic. Let me tell you that makes for an interesting household! All of us have different ways of how it presents itself. My husband struggles with time management and I constantly must be on time or early, my son has a hard time with coordination and communication. I would like to think that we all complement each other or at the very least we are aware of each other’s struggles and can accommodate them appropriately. I wanted to delve into this piece because more and more often when I do read a…
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Sunday Selection – Blog Posts I’ve enjoyed this week
I’ve decided to start a weekly selection of the book blogging posts I’ve enjoyed most this week. Feel free to join in if It’s something you like the sound of. In an attempt to support other bloggers and share their content in one place. I appreciate the likes, the reads and shares, and the comments on my own posts so lets share the love. So, five posts I’ve loved this week in no particular order. 1. MY TOP TEN SFF READS OF 2021 by sffoasis.com 2. MY 2022 BOOKISH AND BLOGGING GOALS by KBbookreviews 3. THE FRIDAY FACE-OFF: TOP READ OF 2021 4. BOOK REVIEW – STONES OF LIGHT BY…
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Why I’m ditching star ratings in 2022
Go to any website and they almost offer the ability to review their products. It will almost always be in a form of star ratings. Usually ranging from 1 to 5 stars (5 being the best), although this is great in practice especially for items for consumption I find that it rarely shows the full picture for authors and their books. Author’s put their life and soul into producing and telling their stories – writing multiple drafts, editing, research, querying their work, and a huge amount of marketing. Rating their book 3,4,5 stars rarely encompasses everything you want to say about it even with the most in-depth review. Too much…
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Top 10 Reads of the Year 2021
It’s been quite the year what with the pandemic and all!! Anyway, it’s also been quite the year for reading too with me just completing my 137th read. That’s quite the achievement as i usually only manage about a hundred – i say that as if it’s a small number! So what has been my top ten reads of the year – read on and find out! 10. Deity by Matt Wesolowski Online investigative journalist Scott King investigates the death of a pop megastar, the subject of multiple accusations of sexual abuse and murder before his untimely demise in a fire … another episode of the startlingly original, award-winning Six Stories series.…
