Reading Round-Up: May/June 2017

Last Updated: 02 June 2024

Although the weather may seem to say otherwise (farewell, brief summer of 2017) summer is now in full swing, meaning it's time for another Reading Round-Up!

A Few of My Favourite Things by Paul Mathews

Last Updated: 02 June 2024

As my main character, Howie Pond, is such a culinary connoisseur, it seems appropriate to start with food. And be prepared... your stomach will be rumbling by the time you’ve read this.

Reflections on Losing a Pet

Last Updated: 02 June 2024

Some people just aren’t animal people. They’ve never had pets and they don’t see the attraction of having a pet. Put simply, they don’t bond with animals. However, other people are the complete opposite.

Far from the crazy cat lady stereotype, being an animal lover is all about caring for your pets and forming a deep, long-lasting connection with them. From childhood right throughout life, pets can provide unconditional love and companionship – is it really a surprise that many people prefer spending time with animals rather than people?

Book Review: The Salvation Project by Stewart Ross

Last Updated: 01 June 2024

AD* | Humanity’s hope of salvation lies within a single laptop…

A mutation in human DNA means no one lives beyond nineteen. Scientists working to reverse this pandemic died before their Salvation Project was complete, leaving behind the results of their research in a sealed vault – the Soterion.

122 years have passed. The civilisation of the ‘Long Dead’ is almost forgotten, the Soterion has been burned to ashes, and communities of Constants are tormented by brutal tribes of Zeds. Cyrus, Miouda and Sammy flee their burning city with a laptop rescued from the inferno. They believe it contains the key to the Salvation Project. But its batteries are dead, there is no electricity to power it, and murderous Zeds will stop at nothing to get it back…

Spotlight: Gallowglass by Jennifer Allis Provost

Last Updated: 01 June 2024

Karina didn’t set out to free the Seelie Queen’s gallowglass. Now she’ll do anything to keep him.

Spotlight: Where On Earth? by David H. Minton

Last Updated: 01 June 2024

Dan Richards, an Iraq war vet, is a surveyor for the mining company, looking to open a new silver mine. Scrambling to establish his helicopter charter business in the wilds of Alaska, while trying to stay connected to his teenage daughter, his world soon turns upside down when he rescues a woman and her dog sledding team after an avalanche. 

Samantha Bettencourt, an environmental engineer, is eager to begin her first project with the University. A spokesperson for an environmentalist group intent on preserving the wilderness, she is on the path to saving the wild, but when Dan walks into her life things start to change.

Sparks fly between Dan and Samantha as they find themselves running for their lives - from the good guys as well as the bad guys out to ruin the things they long to protect. Will they be able to escape before it’s too late? Will they get a chance at love or will they lose everything... including their lives?

Interview: Cristina Hodgson

Last Updated: 01 June 2024

For my stop on the blog tour for A Little Bit of Chantelle Rose by Cristina Hodgson, I have an interview with the author to share with you all today.