Joo's Book Reviews and Interviews

Ethan Burke arrives in the town of Wayward Pines but things aren't quite as they should be.  He tries to get out, to contact his family,...

I adore Cecilia Peartree's Pitkirtly mysteries and the author herself had said this early story is "not a Pitkirtly", so it la...

Without a Hitch is almost two books for the price of one.  It's kind of like an episode of Law and Order where the first bit is the Law ...

The No-Kids Club is thought up by Clare when she couldn't get a decent conversation with her friends without them going on and on about ...

Meet Tim Arnot.  You'll find him hanging out after the apocalypse. How do you strike the balance between writing something you wan...

FAG is the story of life in an 1930s English boys boarding school.  It is an unsettling read of bullying, intolerance and non-acceptance. ...

Katherine Roberts is the author of children's fantasy stories. How do you strike the balance between writing something you want to ...

This is a story of many parts.  It starts off with Molly and Abel finding themselves to be true soul mates, but life for Molly is short.  Ex...

The Sword of Ages is the fourth instalment in The Time Hunters series.  This time Becky, Joe and Uncle Percy are on the trail of a sword in ...

Katie Stewart not only writes imaginative books, but also designs magical covers How do you strike the balance between writing somethi...

This is a silly story about the ludicrousness of office life.  Kind of. Clive and Sam are mates, who met when they started working togethe...

Look Behind You is a departure from the normal Sibel Hodge fare of sassy chick-lit.  This one is a psychological thriller that is much deepe...

Madrick, Tung and Michael, two wizards and one computer wizard, are back for the third part of the trilogy. As soon as I settled down to r...

This is the sequel to the fantastic Clovenhoof, but this time Jeremy aka Clovenhoof, aka Satan is joined by the Archangel Michael.  Michael,...

Venetia comes across a photo of her grandfather and recalls his tales of the shop in the village of Bumpkinton he worked in when he was a yo...

Here's a guy I don't think I'd like to hang out with.  I don't fancy rock climbing, 1,000km strolls,  or sleeping in a camp...

This is the sequel to My Granny Writes Erotica, where granny, Betty Berry, writes an extremely successful erotica novel.  Betty is a middle ...

Off the KUF 3 is a collection of 6 novellas by some of my favourite authors Adventure on the Scotch Express by Cecilia Peartree This was ...

This story is a little different to the author's recently released books in that it is mostly set in the present.  Bobby Moreton's f...

This is the seventh episode of the wonderful Pitkirtly series.  I can't believe it's up to number 7 and Cecilia's stories are st...