My reading has been good this year so far. For Christmas I received 'Foxglove Summer' by Ben Aaronovitch from my good lady wife. As I suspected it was supperb in both quality of writing and story. Its part four in the 'Rivers of London' series, if you like supernatural mysteries it is definitely the series to read.
It's like Harry Potter has all grown up and become a Policeman, I look forward to the next one, Ben has a great way of leaving you hanging. The stories are self contained, but there is a sub story that runs through them all. They MUST be read in order.
In the meantime I got a lucky pot luck from Audible (many of you probably don't know, when on my daily commute I can't read a physical book, unfortunately it makes me nauseous, so I settle for audio). I cashed in my credit for a book called 'London Falling' by Paul Cornell.
I'm about half way through, and I must say it is very compelling. I found it similar, but far more gritty than the aforementioned 'Rivers of London' books. It is violent and very supernatural, London of course plays a major role. It's quite heavy at the start and takes a couple of chapters to find its feet, but once you get past the police speak and get to know the characters it really starts to flow.
Just to see how the youngsters take their horror, I started reading 'The Enemy' by Charlie Higson. I could not put it down, it was a real thrill ride from start to finish. I didn't realize YA could be so violent, the characters are really diverse. I'm now on the second book in the series, its good but I would rather it had been chronological rather than set earlier, I assume we catch up with characters from the earlier books at some point in future books.
Monday 2 February 2015
Sunday 1 February 2015
Begin again
It has been over a year since my last confession....Err, I mean blog post.
I'm ignoring January from this year, what with all the sickness, stress and laying a family member to rest it has been a very tough start to 2015.
From today, 1st February, it is going to change. I will be making a more concerted effort to get on with life. In particular my writing. I have two novels underway, and this year they WILL be finished.
One is a haunting story about a man, a lonely man, who sees ghosts. They will lead him into a twisted story of witchcraft that stretches back through the centuries, a story that ends with a cataclysmic climax.
The other tale is a night of storm destruction for an East Anglian village. Protecting themselves from a second night of storms the villagers have the added terror of a pack of rabid dogs, cats and people hunting throughout the ruins. With the lack of electricity, communications and the emergency services the villages are cut off and have to fend for themselves. Will Sam, a local gamekeeper, Jenny, the midwife and Doctor Devlin stop the disease before it escapes the confines of the village?
So there you have it, it may look as if I have been slowly disappearing I haven't, and I still have plenty ideas to get on paper before I stop, if ever!
I'm ignoring January from this year, what with all the sickness, stress and laying a family member to rest it has been a very tough start to 2015.
From today, 1st February, it is going to change. I will be making a more concerted effort to get on with life. In particular my writing. I have two novels underway, and this year they WILL be finished.
One is a haunting story about a man, a lonely man, who sees ghosts. They will lead him into a twisted story of witchcraft that stretches back through the centuries, a story that ends with a cataclysmic climax.
The other tale is a night of storm destruction for an East Anglian village. Protecting themselves from a second night of storms the villagers have the added terror of a pack of rabid dogs, cats and people hunting throughout the ruins. With the lack of electricity, communications and the emergency services the villages are cut off and have to fend for themselves. Will Sam, a local gamekeeper, Jenny, the midwife and Doctor Devlin stop the disease before it escapes the confines of the village?
So there you have it, it may look as if I have been slowly disappearing I haven't, and I still have plenty ideas to get on paper before I stop, if ever!
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