Book Review Reflecting On Moment’s In Time: Alistair Birch #poetry #review

Book Review

My review

Alastair Birch’s poetry collection, Reflecting On Moments In Time is a great way to get to know the author. It’s an entertaining, amusing collection of rhyming style quirky poetry with a mix of funny, and more serious poems.

There are also alternative nursery rhyme poems, and many relatable topics such as family, getting fit, running, becoming older, friends, being a parent, being tolerant of others diversity, writing, modern life, big bellies and a sweet tooth! Other topics include anxiety and the blues, autism, and down’s syndrome. One of my favourite poems is about snoring… it’s called I have a little dragon. It will be sure to make you smile!

My rating 5 stars

I am also looking forward to reading his epic historical thriller The Girl from Berchtesgaden, co written with fellow author Kim Rigby.

Author Bio

Alistair Birch is a thriller writer and occasional poet. In June 2024 came the release of a co-authored epic historical thriller, The Girl from Berchtesgaden.

He has plans to re-release two action thrillers and one psychological in the future.

Outside of storytelling, his poems range from rather silly to tackling deeper mental health challenges.

He frequently runs around his home town and occasionally steps up to do the odd half or full marathon but this is all for fun and friendship rather than being super speedy.

Author website: https://www.alistairbirch.com/

Book Review Sounds In The Silence – @dlfinnauthor #bookreview #murder #mystery #ghost #dualtimeline #bookstoread

Congratulations to author D. L. Finn on her latest release, Sounds In The Silence. I really enjoyed!

Book Overview

A dual timeline where murder has consequences forty years later for the living—and the deceased.Maria and Logan Davis stumbled upon the perfect old house by a secluded lake—a prime candidate for their dream inn. They knew a renovation was involved but didn’t expect a persistent ghost that pleaded to be found. Determined, Maria delved into the mystery, only to uncover a haunting love story and murder from the Roaring Twenties. Yet, the young couple’s curiosity shifts to fear when they realize someone is taking a dangerous interest in their barn. With time ticking away, they must unravel the secrets of their home’s past before it’s too late.

My Review

This is such a heart warming mysterious story with romantic, and ghostly elements.

A trapped ghost Helen is unable to get her message about her husband Charles across to the new owners of the inn, Logan and Maria. Terrible past events happened. She fears for Logan and Maria’s safety and wants justice to prevail so she can find happiness in the afterlife.

I really enjoyed this tale. The premise for the story is fantastic. It is told in a dual time style between the 1920’s, (mention of bible bashing and condemnation of drinking during prohibition,) and the 1960’s. The characters both human and furry… (there are two dogs and two cats too,) are well drawn out and the good guys are ones you can root for and sympathise with.

The initial ghost discovery wasn’t as eerie as I expected but the ghost is a friendly one.

It is quite exciting in parts with grim discoveries, a mysterious letter and gun shots firing!

Highly recommended for readers of mysteries, ghost tales with a romantic element running throughout the narrative.

Rating 4.5 stars

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Author Bio

D. L. Finn is an independent California local who encourages everyone to embrace their inner child. She was born and raised in the foggy Bay Area, but in 1990 she relocated with her husband, kids, dogs, and cats to Nevada City, in the Sierra foothills. She immersed herself in reading all types of books but especially loved romance, horror, and fantasy. She always treasured creating her own reality on paper. Finally, surrounded by towering pines, oaks, and cedars, her creativity was nurtured until it bloomed. Her creations include children’s books, adult fiction, and poetry. She continues on her adventure with an open invitation to all readers to join her.

D.L. Finn’s Books (Children and Adults)

Shh Purely Poetry @bakeandwrite@rosieamber1 #review #RBRT #Poetry #love #relationships

Thank you so much to Robbie Cheadle for this wonderful review of Shh Purely Poetry for Rosie’s Book Review Team.

Review Excerpt:

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Robbie’s Inspiration – Poetry Book Review: Shh, Purely Poetry by M.J. Mallon #poetrycommuntiy #book review

Featured on Book Sirens Bundle #ARC #poetry #books #June #Bundle

Shh Purely Poetry is featured on Book Sirens June Bundle of Poetry Arcs!

Here’s the link to request a copy to read and review:

https://booksirens.com/bundle/poems-arcs-you-ll-love-june-2024-batch/Z16HL44

Congratulations to D.L. Finn on the release of Sounds in The Silence. #newrelease #blogtour @dlfinnauthor #murdermystery #dualtimeline #haunting #historicalmystery

Congratulations to Denise on the launch of Sounds In The Silence. It is on my kindle and can’t wait to get to it soon!

A dual timeline where murder has consequences forty years later for the living—and the deceased.

Maria and Logan Davis stumbled upon the perfect old house by a secluded lake—a prime candidate for their dream inn. They knew a renovation was involved but didn’t expect a persistent ghost that pleaded to be found. Determined, Maria delved into the mystery, only to uncover a haunting love story and murder from the Roaring Twenties. Yet, the young couple’s curiosity shifts to fear when they realize someone is taking a dangerous interest in their barn. With time ticking away, they must unravel the secrets of their home’s past before it’s too late.

Author’s blog: https://dlfinnauthor.com/blogs/

Add to your Goodreads to read list: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213694137-sounds-in-the-silence/

Blog Tour Stops:

SOUNDS IN THE SILENCE by D.L. Finn
Sounds in the Silence Book Tour: Featuring the New Release, “Sounds in the Silence,” by D.L. Finn
Guest Post – D.L.Finn- #newbook Sounds in the Silence

Book Review Behind Closed Doors #poetry #book #review @bakeandwrite

Behind Closed Doors is personal poetry from author and poet Robbie Cheadle. It is a great getting to know the author poetry collection.

There is much to admire. One gets a sense of her struggle to achieve tranquility given her great dedication and work ethic in the poem ‘Achieving Tranquillity.’

‘Do You Want It Enough,’ speaks of an authorly desire for fame and acknowledgement. And ‘The Corporate Hunt,’ about the work jungle back stabbing culture for supremacy. Life choices, inspiration and purpose are the topics in ‘Making A Splash.’

‘A fabricated world,’ has a serious element in its musings.

There are also lovely light-hearted touches as in, ‘Can You See The Butterflies.’

There are also lockdown poems, tankas, haikus, limericks and poems aptly illustrated with photos of her undoubted cake making skills. I enjoyed the metaphorical poems about the differences between her and her husband. Relatable, as my hubby and are also so different!

My favourite poems in the collection are ‘Stars In Her Eyes,’ about the magic we will leave behind with our fantastical words. Beautiful. And ‘He Walks Away,’ about her son becoming independent. Again so relatable, though in my case daughters!

Highly recommended. An unusual thoughtful book for poetry readers.

My rating 5 stars

Author Bio

Robbie Cheadle has published fourteen children’s books and three poetry books.

Her work has also appeared in poetry and short story anthologies.

Robbie also has two novels published under the name of Roberta Eaton Cheadle and has horror, paranormal, and fantasy short stories featured in several anthologies under this name.

The eleven Sir Chocolate children’s picture books, co-authored by Robbie and Michael Cheadle, are written in sweet, short rhymes which are easy for young children to follow and are illustrated with pictures of delicious cakes and cake decorations.

Each book also includes simple recipes or biscuit art directions which children can make under adult supervision.

Robbie’s blog includes recipes, fondant and cake artwork, poetry, and book reviews.

https://roberta-writes.com/

https://www.robbiecheadle.co.za/author/robertalouisecheadle/

Thank you to Colleen Chesebro for featuring #book #reviews of Shh Purely Poetry as well as And The Grave Awaits by Roberta Eaton Cheadle

Many thanks Colleen.

Pop over to Colleen’s blog to read both of the reviews: Shh, Purely Poetry and Roberta Eaton Cheadle’s And The Grave Awaits.

COLLEEN’S #BOOK #REVIEWS: MJ Mallon, & Roberta Eaton Cheadle

Good News! Announcing The Winner of the 2024 Wordcrafter Short Fiction Contest @DIY_author #wordcrafterpress #writingtoberead

Delighted to hear that my short fiction tale, The Seagull Man won first prize in the 2024 WordCrafter Short Fiction contest. So looking forward to the anthologies release in October. Congratulations to all those included and to the runner-ups.

Announcing the Winner of the 2024 WordCrafter Short Fiction Contest

New Release! Shh, Purely Poetry by M.J. Mallon @Marjorie_Mallon @dlfinnauthor #newrelease #poetry #whattoread #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Thank you so much to D. L. Finn for featuring me on her blog today with a wonderful 5 star review for my new release. Do pop over to her blog to celebrate my launch!

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Source: New Release! Shh, Purely Poetry by M.J. Mallon @Marjorie_Mallon #newrelease #poetry #whattoread #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Review

A loving collection of poetry that delicately weaves in relationships at many stages. Many are sensual, full of texture and images, and some offer unique takes on human interaction. Here are a few beautiful passages: “The Sweetness/The longing/Each kiss deeper/different and the same/Like I belonged to more than him/Like I belonged to the poetry.”؅—Dining on Poetry, “…beautiful calligraphy to highlight/tiny ink splodges to add character/tear drops to remind me of sad days.”—Love Hidden In the Margin, and “She is fair and I am dark/Slight and I am robust/We fill our together/completing our silhouettes.”—Silhouettes. “Shh, Purely Poetry” is meant to be savored more than once by lovers of sensuous and thoughtful poems.

 

Where’s Lizzie by Richard Dee #review @RichardDockett #release #thriller #mystery #readers

FANTASTIC NEWS!
It is release day for Richard Dee’s Where’s Lizzie….

Blurb

𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫.A missing child, a family full of secrets. Douglas was only gone for an hour. He left his wife and baby daughter in their broken-down car while he went for help. After all, they were safely parked in a layby. When he returned, his car had vanished. He found it, crashed into a tree, further down the road. wife was now in the passenger seat. She’d hit her head in the accident and lost her memory. Worse than that, his daughter was missing from the back seat. Who has her? Why do they want her? Will he ever see her again? Someone knows the truth, but is anyone ready for the truth to come out? 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧… 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬.

Book review

Fabulous new book from Richard Dee! He really is such a prolific and versatile author who is able to deliver imaginative and engaging stories in many genres including scifi, fantasy and now thriller.

A well plotted and intriguing story about a father’s quest to find his missing one year old daughter, Lizzie, and his hopes to rekindle the love of his wife after her memory is lost following on from a mysterious road accident. Absolutely loved the ending and the little alternating chapters which filled in the details about the love and family life of the two main characters, Douglas and Rom. And the twin sister dynamic of Rom and Bec and details of their overbearing, dominant father Archie and his charity work added extra mystery and unexpected twists and turns to this story.

I really enjoyed reading.

Highly recommended for thriller, mystery readers with a well devised human interest aspect and plot.

My rating 5 stars.

Release date 1st June, 2024.

About the author

I’m Richard Dee and I’m from Brixham in Devon.

I write all kinds of speculative fiction, from Science Fiction and Steampunk to sci-fi crime and psychological thrillers.

Forty years at sea gave me the ideas, I just changed the names and set them in the future or in an alternative now.

All my work is fuelled by black coffee and homemade digestive biscuits.

You can keep up with me at https://richarddeescifi.co.uk/ where you’ll find free short stories, regular features on writing, book reviews and guest appearances from other great authors.

I can also be contacted at richarddeescifi@gmail.com