News and book reviews from award-winning British author K.J. Simmill
Uncommon Voyage: Parenting Children with Special Needs by Laura Shapiro Kramer is a guidebook for parents, focusing on the questions many of us, with children needing that extra help, have asked. It focuses on universal questions, those niggling concerns and thoughts often put voice to with only parents in similar situations. Unfortunately such people are… Continue reading Book review: Uncommon Voyage: Parenting Children with Special Needs by Laura Shapiro Kramer
Every Least Sparrow is a tale of parenthood. Carolyn Walker had two previous pregnancies, prior to the birth of Jennifer, none of them had gone smoothly, the first resulted in the death of her son, born prematurely with underdeveloped lungs, from the second came her daughter Holly, also premature, but healthy. So carrying this baby… Continue reading Book review: Every Least Sparrow by Carolyn Walker
From the moment Jorja first opened her eyes it was apparent she was different. She didn't look quite like other people. Her aunt hated her with a passion. She had worked so hard to keep her sister, Belle, pure, but then there was this pregnancy, and Belle refused to reveal the name of the one… Continue reading Book review: Of Sound Mind by Julie Elizabeth Powell
Wendy, Much to her mother's disapproval, was a tomboy. She would rather scavenge through the woods than sit at a hairdresser, or do anything girly for that matter. She had a mind for an adventure, and the imagination to pursue one, but even she had not dreamed of discovering a whole new world. Drawn in… Continue reading Book review: Saving Tuma by Molly McGee
Nothing is sustainable without effort, and with a relationship often the time spent investing in it, and the other person, enhances and nurtures it. Over time people change, and so to does the nature of a relationship, they will grow and adapt, sometimes such changes cause tension and strife. Relationships can be difficult at the best… Continue reading Book review: The Good, The Bad, The Relationship by Deborah Stenton
Britain was in trouble. Austerity became the way of life, global recession hit everyone, with the election drawing near everyone wanted to win support, but a new group, Unity, made promises which seemed too good to be true. A self-sustaining, profiting Britain on the rise to the glory it knew in the less than distant… Continue reading Book review: Subnormal by Stuart Kenyon
Dr Brad Hubbard was the leading neurosurgeon in his field, possessing a god-like confidence in his own abilities. He liked to be in charge, everything had to be just so and by his command. There were those who joked he was nothing more than a humanoid robot, never showing emotion. Some thought him to be… Continue reading Book review Sometimes it rains in California by Jennifer Strom
Gavin is an influential and recognised scientist, who uses the lab at the university to investigate enzymes. His own motivations causing him to become renowned in the field. It was this affinity to his work that saw him integrated into a secret government organisation, to be called upon when his particular area of expertise is… Continue reading Book review: Deadly Secrets by Gordon Bickerstaff
The Key to the Demon's Gate: The Cross-Roads Travelers Book 1, is a fantasy fiction written by Daniel M Quilter. Henry was a typical teenager, worried about typical teenage things like which movie to see, or how to keep his secret attraction to his childhood friend Alana a secret, especially now she was dating Karl, one… Continue reading Book review: Key to the Demon’s Gate by Daniel M Quilter
It started with a storm. Qadir, Uffe, and Ewe had been out on their raft, minding their own business, fishing, relaxing, bonding as three friends would. Ewe had wanted to bring home a gift for Isla's father, to prove himself worthy of her hand, but when the storm hit all hopes of such a token… Continue reading Book review: It Lives by Angel Berry
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