The Book When Murder on the Orient Express was published in 1934, Agatha Christie is already the Queen of Crime. She was a literary phenomenon… Read More »BOOK VERSUS FILM: Which Murder On The Orient Express is on the Right Track?
Blogger Bashing So, it’s not been a great few weeks for Book Bloggers. Between various Facebook groups requiring them to file their reviews in designated… Read More »The Hard Truth About Book Blogging And Social Media
When is a Rom-Com not a Rom-Com? When it’s labelled as chick lit, women’s fiction or a romance novel, of course. It doesn’t really matter… Read More »My Top 5 Remarkable Rom-Com Reads Of All Time
There must be something about the initials S and K. Not only do they stand for one of the world’s greatest authors, they also apply… Read More »BOOK VERSUS FILM: The Shining – Which Is Better?
GOODREADS GIVEAWAY If you’ve been keen to get your hands on a paperback copy of my crime debut, THE OTHER TWIN – you’re in luck!… Read More »Goodreads Giveaway, plus great deals on Kindle & Kobo This Weekend!
When someone asks you which books have influenced you, it’s very easy to fall into the ‘expected’ answers … Often because they’re true! It’s no… Read More »BEST OF 3: My Inspiring Secret Library
This infographic MacMillan Education is a must for any bibiliophile – I knew there were lots of idioms about books, but until I saw ten… Read More »INFOGRAPHIC: 10 Idioms About Books
It’s hard to believe, but we’re almost two decades into the twenty first century! The year 2000 seems like yesterday to me … Remember when… Read More »INFOGRAPHIC: Best Books Since The Year 2000
Here’s an early plotting experiment via index card of my crime debut, The Other Twin. This was over eighteen months ago, so the narrative threads… Read More »How I Wrote My Crime Debut, The Other Twin
The Book Notes On A Scandal tells the story from Barbara’s point of view when she becomes entangled with Sheba, a middle class housewife teaching… Read More »BOOK VERSUS FILM: Notes On A Scandal
War of the Worlds by HG Wells was one of my favourite books as a child. Like many popular novels, there have been many, many… Read More »BOOK VERSUS FILM (And Beyond!): War Of The Worlds
Reading seems like a fairly straightforward process. After all, we’ve been doing it for thousands of years. We just don’t read the same way we… Read More »7 Useful Tools For Book Lovers
