14 August 2014

BOOK REVIEW



by Tony Riches

If you are wanting to build an author platform but don’t know where to start, this book by Tony Riches will set you on the right path.  It features each of the major media platforms including Twitter, Google+, Goodreads, Facebook, Pinterest, Linkedin and YouTube with 10 top tips for using each.  Also included are chapters on how to develop your blog, how to set up your Amazon author page as well as information on free book promotion sites.

All in all, I’d say it’s a must for your writer’s bookshelf!

Tony Riches lives in Pembrokeshire, UK.  A prolific writer, he has authored a number of books besides How To Build Your Online Author Platform.  These include Warwick:The Man behind The War of the Roses and Atlantis-The Final Space Shuttle Mission.  You can view these titles and more on Tony's Amazon author page at:-  http://www.amazon.com/Tony-Riches/e/B006UZWOXA

3 August 2014

BOOK REVIEW

THE POSTCARD
by Leah Fleming


Leah Flemming has written several novels among them The Captain’s Daughter and The Girl Under the Olive Tree.  The Postcard is her latest work.

Set in present day, South Australia and London, UK, the reader is quickly transported back in time to 1923 and post WWI Britain.  There we meet Caroline (Callie) Seton-Ross and her Aunt Phee at Dalradnor, their home in the wild moors of Scotland.

Dalradnor is where Callie starts her fascinating and sometimes frightening journey through a life of not only privilege, but impoverishment and suffering.  Through it all, however, one thing keeps Callie going, the thought of her son, Desmond.

There are several wonderful sub-plots to this fascinating story all woven into the main plot with the skill of an accomplished writer.  The reader can look forward to a fascinating and enjoyable read travelling page by page through both countries and time, not to mention the mystery behind “the postcard”!

The Captain's Daughter Book Review