‘Trespassers’ Q & A – Saul Delino What is Trespassers about? Essentially, Trespassers is about a disabled, agoraphobic architect-turned public speaker fighting to regain control of his life when an adolescence crime comes back to haunt him. I was keen to write a book that really reflects the diversity of modern London, so I decided […]
September 8th is International Literacy Day, and we’re “celebrating” along with Grammarly by sharing this lovely Infographic. Unfortunately, the statistics show that over 750 million people worldwide (and over 30 million in the United States) are illiterate. Let’s show our support in fighting literacy by raising awareness (and consider donating to a literacy-promoting charity of your choice). Subscribe […]
Julie’s Review: I have a whole bunch of mixed feelings about Rosemary and Rue, so let me just share them all with you. Firstly, being a fae book, there’s always the business of courts and queens and people being snobby. The majority of the book does not take place in a faery court, and I’m […]
Do you read non-fiction? Or do you tend to stay away? Recommend some reads to us. Julie: I’m not really into non-fiction. I’ve read some memoirs that were good but those are typically not something I can relate to so I don’t really get sucked up into the story like I do with a work of fiction. […]
No Book Buying Challenge 2015 – September Update As you know, we are co-hosting the Show Your Shelves Some Love: A No Book Buying Challenge. You can also review the details of the post on the “No Book Buying Challenge“ page from the menu above. For September, let’s discuss the perils of book hoarding. Are you […]
Julie’s Review: Unwind caught me by surprise and blew me away. Seriously, it tackles a very sensitive topic head-on (abortion) and creates a scary world where unwanted children can be “storked” (abandoned on someone’s doorstep) and can later be “unwound” rather than aborted. Unwinding is taking someone apart organ by organ to use for transplants […]
In some books, music plays a big role and is almost like a character. What do you think about music in books? Julie: I can think of a couple of books where music plays (pun intended) an important role. In If I Stay, it is music that drives our main characters and music that ultimately […]
Did you know that August 9th was National Book Lover’s Day? Did you also know that we didn’t do a post about it? I meant to, honest, and then time ran away from me like it always does. But then I came across this awesome infographic about how Americans read and thought I’d share it […]
Guest Post: When Characters Outgrow Their Roles by Christine Amsden Some characters arrive on a blaze of inspiration. They bowl you over, shout their secrets into your mind, and won’t shut up until you’ve written their story. Such was the case with Cassie Scot, the ungifted daughter of powerful sorcerers who became the heroine in […]
How much action do you like in your reads? Julie: I think there is a delicate balance between a good action scene in a book, and one that is too long. If I find myself skimming forward, it is too long. Fights scenes might be good visually, but reading them is another story altogether. Don’t […]