Book review blog site, with some entertainment material from time-to-time.
Monday, 31 July 2023
That's Food and Drink: Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis (Interview)
That's Food and Drink: Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis (Interview): Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis is a book that hold hundreds of (mainly) baking recipes from over the last 100 or so years, collated, t...
Friday, 30 June 2023
What We Don’t Know About Our Friends by L. Christie
“There’s a powerful sense of hope and positivity for the future in each of these stories.” – LoveReading ambassador review.
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Whilst working at the reception of his local spa & beauty salon on the second anniversary of his best friend Sarah’s fatal accident, Kieron receives a mysterious phone call.
The Dialog Tree
Milton isn’t enjoying early retirement. His hopes of a rural idyll came partly true, but it’s not the same without his love. Milton had avoided the chatbots as Desiree wasn’t keen on a digital recreation unless Milton was the curator. Today, Milton is ready to take up the challenge, is he ready for the results?
Tia’s Inheritance
In an anonymous back alley in Zürich, 1847, Tia’s life is going nowhere fast. The daughter of a stage magician and Mer, the occasional supporting act, Tia’s life slowed when Mer went missing. When Tia receives a surprise marriage proposal her world is sent into a spin, then Mer returns.
Author L. Christie is based in England. They enjoy writing contemporary and historical fiction stories. They identify as neurodiverse and gender-fluid
"This is a new release for this collection, and this is the first time I've felt ready to share these stories on this scale" – L. Christie
Random facts:
• They are left-handed.
• They worked in partnership with the same Manchester Chamber of Commerce that the author J.K. Rowling worked for, when they worked for a joint venture organisation that included the Chamber.
• They are a decaff person. Although, they do like the odd 'proper' cup of coffee.
Pronouns: Them/they
Instagram: @lchristie.uk
Find out more via the author page at https://www.nextcreations.co.uk
PUBLICATION DETAILS
Publication date: 31 August 2023
Genres: Fiction, LGBTQ+, supernatural
Launch format: Amazon Kindle (Global)
Publisher: Next Creations
Preorder the digital edition via Amazon:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Dont-Know-About-Friends-ebook
NEXT CREATIONS
Founded on meaningful, inclusive stories with relevance.
Eltham Lodge Where Perfection meets Convenience
Eltham Lodge is a stunning Grade 1 Listed Building which is said to be one the the best and finest surviving examples of Restoration architecture.
For almost a century it has been the home of The Royal Blackheath Golf Club, which is England's oldest golf club.
However, for some reason the long and diverse history and stories of the Lodge has been virtually ignored and neglected. The gifted and talented architect of the Lodge, Hugh May, had also suffered from neglect.
Author John H. Bunney has trawled libraries, collections and archives to ferret out fascinating details of the architect, the owners of the Lodge and its occupants, its architectural history and the growth and evolution of its truly stunning parkland setting.
The book is stunningly illustrated with photographs, paintings, etc and will be an excellent read for members of the club, golfing enthusiasts, those interested in the Eltham area and also those who are interested in Restoration architecture.
It's published by Impress at £40.00 in hardback. It's available on Amazon at about half price.
The Anglo-French Exchange
It's described as an advanced English-French/French-English translation and grammar textbook. And it does exactly what it says on the tin!
It's a weighty volume of in excess of 730 pages.
It covers advanced French, how you can use it. You'll learn about meaning, ideas and inspiration, how to draw comparisons, expressing sequence, expressing preference, the expression of hopes, fears and outlook, plans and projects, expectations, foresight, preparation.
How to express or deal with risks and challenges, anticipation, outcomes, results and turnout.
Success and failure, disappointment and how it should be expressed, crises and how to talk about it and deal with them.
Locutions and conjunctions. What they are and how to use them for emphasis.
How to deal with admission and concession.
Knowledge, recollection and conjecture.
The expression of doubt and suspicion.
Justification and rectitude and much, much more.
It is exceptionally well formatted and very well laid out.
It will help assist you to work toward complete command of the French language. It's certainly unlike any reference work that I have ever seen.
It deals with English and French at very advanced levels. There are copious and detail explanatory footnotes and notifications.
It's an absolutely vital book if you are looking to advance your French and English.
It's available in paperback and hardback paperback costs £20.00 from Amazon.
It's published by Bright Ink Publications.
Saturday, 17 June 2023
Urban Scarecrows
This is an alternative history novel set in the immediate past. What if the Labour Party had won the election in 2019 and ushered in a genuinely radical socialist government?
A wealthy celebrity chef Dominic Green is a dedicated Labour Party activist, which harks back to his time growing up in a mining village. He is an enthusiastic backer of the new government, yet his Spanish wife Rosa isn't so sure.
However, rapidly the Labour Party's radical socialist government mutates and changes into a frightening and vicious totalitarian Marxist state and Dominic finds himself an unwilling spokesman for the opposition as his house is confiscated and he and Rosa are sent to live in a dingy, faded council flat.
Children and young people are arrested, often on trumped up charges and taken away to mysterious re-education camps, including one of his own family members, and a brutal paramilitary force, the SNPS, enforce new, draconian and illegal laws and target Dominic as the government tags him as a terrorist, illegally incarcerating him with other dissidents.
With the leader of the Conservative Party on the run hunted down as an enemy of the people, with Dominic himself illegally incarcerated and the Royal family spirited out of the country into exile in Canada and the UK declared a socialist republic and with Rosa fleeing the country for her homeland, what can Dominic do? And where is his other son? Is he a part of a secret resistance group, attempting to free the political prisoners?
And what is the meaning of the republican government's terror control tactic, Urban Scarecrowing?
And out of his circle of friends who, exactly, can Dominic trust? Will he ever see any of his family members again? Will the opposition succeed in taking down the illegal republic?
And what will the international community do as a result of the fact that Britain has become a dangerous and illegal Marxist state?
It's a extremely well-written book that is a terrifying look at a dystopian past and future.
It's published by SilverWood Books at £12.99.
Thursday, 15 June 2023
Bobby and Bubba's Small Adventures
Readers (adults and children should the adults ever let this book out of their grasp!) will love to find out about what the brothers get up. The face that they own shooting jackets for the cold weather, that they spend their time between a lovely home in Chelsea and a big, rambling house in the Warwickshire countryside. They reveal that although they love the clean city streets they prefer the Warwickshire countryside as they need harnesses to keep them safe in London, but they have the opportunity to run free in the fields surrounding their Warwickshire home.
They have a special friend who is an elderly tramp called Alfie. The dogs have reason to believe that he lives on a bench not far from their home in Chelsea. The dogs? They thought the smells emanating from Alfie were interesting, but as for Michela, she wasn't so keen on his smells. Though she was pleased when he helped untangle the dogs.
Later on the dogs were able to return this act of mercy at least 100 fold, with the assistance of Alexander, a branch of Boots and a nearby Methodist Church.
There's more to the story of Bobby and Bubba and their new found friend, but you'll have to read the book to learn what it is.
There was an unexpected oracle wearing a Chelsea shirt, the trials and tribulations of COVID, the question if Bobby was a dunce or a genius, how the two loved sleeping, how they also loved eating and going out for walks, the mystery of cats, a deer made of old iron, constructed by an artist called Adam during the COVID lockdown, and what happened when a hard lesson had to be taught.
This book is ideal for parents, grandparents and for older siblings to read with young children.
It's published by SilverWood Books at £14.99 in paperback and £22.99 in hardback.
Author Anthony Coombs is a former MP, an avowed Aston Villa fan (up the Villa! says your reviewer) even though his father once owned Villa's rivals, Birmingham City. He's also a director of the board that runs the Birmingham Royal Ballet.
Wednesday, 14 June 2023
The Accidental Assassin
Unfortunately he comes to the attention of someone who has no morals, questionable or otherwise, a man who is a ruthless serial killer.
The seedy underground community of society is unaware that they are being targeted and groomed for attention as part of a nationwide killing spree by a highly dangerous predator with a disturbingly kinky outlook.
But unbeknown to the killer, he is being doggedly tracked down by a skilled investigative journalist, a dedicated and skilled police detective who is nearing the end of his time with the police force, plus there's also an ambitious, young uniformed police officer who is involved in the case.
The Accidental Assassin is a somewhat dark comedy thriller that will have you laughing and cringing in equal measures as it races towards its thrilling climax.
It's available on Amazon as a Kindle book at £1.99, £15.00 hardcover or £7.00 in paperback.
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