Skinny intro: I’m not a fan of the television show True Blood. Never have been, never will be. It’s not that I don’t like vampires or the paranormal by any means, it’s just that I’ve never had the opportunity to pick up the show, there’s never been an interest. But this year I discovered there was a series of books behind True Blood by Charlaine Harris and wanted to pick up a hardcopy of it – only it cost something ridiculous like $20 for the first one, Dead Until Dark. I used my … [Read more...]
May 25, 2012
It definitely is…dead until dark
Filed Under: Book Reviews · Tagged: book, book review, books, charlaine harris, dead until dark, fiction, vampire books
May 4, 2012
Sara Foster provides psychological thrills – an interview
If you’re a fan of Western Australian authors, then you’ll love what Sara Foster has to offer for book lovers. Her first published novel, Come Back to Me, was released in 2010 while her second, Beneath the Shadows, was highly anticipated and took over Perth bookshops with vigour in 2011. As I dialled her number, I caught Sara during her intense writing stage, feverishly finishing her third novel, Shallow Breath (due for release in December) and found her English accent quite a … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Author Interviews, Book Reviews · Tagged: author, book, book review, books, Come Back to Me, Sara Foster, WA authors, Western Australian author
Mar 30, 2012
Loretta removes the mystery of a mining man’s world – an interview
Opting for freshly squeezed orange juice rather than a coffee at a local café by the Canning River, Loretta Hill and I sit down for a one-on-one chat about her new book The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots, an adventurous novel of red dust, hardships and romance set just outside Karratha, Western Australia. The book focuses on fictional character Lena Todd, a newly graduated engineer who is flown to the Pilbara to partake in an extraordinarily large construction job and finds herself amongst 350 … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Author Interviews, Book Reviews · Tagged: author, book review, books, girl in steel capped boots, Loretta Hill, mining, western australia
