As I mentioned in THIS POST it’s been difficult for some people to read during lockdown. Stress has played a big part in that. And yet reading and books are a real escape and should be the perfect place to run to. One of the suggestions I made to help get you back into reading […]
My Writing Life ~ Progressing
Life under a pandemic is hard. There’s no two ways to get around that fact. No matter your circumstances. Whether you’re locked down alone, with a partner, with grown children, young children, babies, elderly parents, lockdown in whatever form, is hard. And today we’re officially gradually coming out of it. People are being encouraged to […]
How To Approach Reading During The Lockdown
Monday 27th April 2020 and day 35 of the Coronavirus lockdown. You may have found that during this tumultuous period of our lives, where there is a pandemic raging beyond our doors and we are locked down inside our homes, allowed out for little but the essential, that your attention is in pieces. And this […]
Virtual Crime Book Club – This Month’s Read…
Friday 24th April 2020 and day 32 of the Coronavirus lockdown. The voting is finished and we have a winner for this month’s virtual crime book club read. And that is; Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce Alison has it all. A doting husband, adorable daughter, and a career on the rise – she’s just been […]
Recently Read – Doing Time by Jodi Taylor
Monday 20th April 2020 and day 28 of the Coronavirus lockdown. Doing Time by Jodi Taylor A long time ago in the future, the secret of time travel became known to all. Everyone seized the opportunity – and the world nearly ended. There will always be idiots who want to change history. And so, the […]
Crime Drama Criminal Minds Closes its Doors For The Last Time
Friday 17th April 2020 and day 25 of the Coronavirus lockdown. The CBS crime drama Criminal Minds ran its last ever episode in the UK this week. It was the fifteen season of the long-running popular drama which has spawned two other dramas; Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders and Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour as well as […]