I’ve just spent an hour carefully crafting a book review and all of it has disappeared when I press publish!
Beginning to get slightly miffed about this happening all the damn time.
Alone at Christmas
And it’s been so good for me.
Review: ‘Rebellion: Chronicles of Charanthe #1‘ by Rachel Cotterill
My Review
Eleanor is expecting a high level assignment straight from school, but when she receives a lowly post in a remote town her hopes are disappointed. Brought up in the Empire, where all children go to live in schools almost immediately after birth, families don’t exist and everyone has a place assigned to them based on their abilities, Eleanor has never known anything different. Her talents have been honed by the mysterious Leban, and when, disappointment arrives she seeks him out in the cave he calls home. Leban isn’t in but a book he left for Eleanor sparks a new idea.
Eleanor leaves school to become an Assassin.
Thus begins the adventure.
I quite enjoyed this novel; the character of Eleanor grew on me as she developed from a spoilt and cossetted school girl to an Assassin used to starvation and hard work. The world is well drawn and intriguing, with bits of the Empires history, politics and future mentioned which whet the appetite. The writing style was a little clunky at first but became more fluent as the novel progressed.
A YA fantasy I recommend and an author to watch.
4/5
Tis the season to be jolly
Or not.
I had a bad night and today hasn’t been much better but I’m getting my head sorted. The things that were worritting at me have been dealt with, and now I’m trying not to focus on them until they are resolved. I’ve done my part and I can’t control the rest. Continue reading “Tis the season to be jolly”
Gifts
It’s that time of year again boys and girls; inevitable trips to crowded malls and rammled shops. I hate it.
Winter Solstice
Today the North Pole will be as far from the Sun as it gets. It is Winter Solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere. Continue reading “Winter Solstice”
Yule
The first night is here;
The first of twelve days and nights when the world stands still.Continue reading “Yule”
Sorry
I am a terrible blogger; the day job is paying the bills but it’s really cutting in to my reading/writing time. I am getting some writing done but at the expense of reading time. For this month and next it’s possible book reviews will be sparse. I am still reading, it is just taking longer.
Food!
Do you know my favourite thing about winter?
It’s that I can get the slow cooker out and make stew, or do a roast dinner, and the kitchen doesn’t itself become an oven. I’ve finally learnt how to make decent roasties as well. I’m not up to trying yorkshires yet though.
Now there’s a word I haven’t heard in a while…
I went to bed early last night (still ill 😦 so I’m getting tired easily); as a consequence I’m awake in the middle of the night. This is when my random ideas start to escape and if I don’t write them down I won’t get back to sleep.Continue reading “Now there’s a word I haven’t heard in a while…”
Everything Is Better With Dragons 