Category Archives: book reviews

Strange worlds and Awkward reviews

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Mark Hayes

As anyone who reads my blog is aware I review Indie authors books on a semi-regular basis.Partly I do reviews because I am an indie writer myself. Thus I know how hard it is to get people to do reviews. … Continue reading →

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Cider Lane Reviews

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Mark Hayes

A few recent reviews for Cider Lane :Of Silences and Stars from +Amazon.co.uk , as once in a while it’s nice to blow one own trumpet. 5.0 out of 5 starsI thoroughly enjoyed this incredibly compelling bookByMark AdamsFormat: PaperbackVerified PurchaseI thoroughly … Continue reading →

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Wife in space: the scruffy drunk

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Mark Hayes

A while ago a good friend thrust a book into my hand called Adventures with the Wife in Space: Living with Doctor Who.  Which was written by +Neil Perryman and in part his wife Sue after Neil, a lifelong Doctor Who … Continue reading →

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The Watching : the waiting book 2

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Mark Hayes

Book review   The Watching : the waiting book 2 I reviewed the first two books in this series earlier in the year and the first of these can be found here .  This, the third book in the series … Continue reading →

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Alice’s Adventures in Steamland, the clockwork goddess

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Mark Hayes

  Among other things, I like me a bit of a steam punk. Which is to say i find the whole idea of stream driven tech and mad gadgets in alternative history both wonderfully inventive and alluring. That said, I … Continue reading →

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Ann Girdharry Tales of the unexpected, book review

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Mark Hayes

This is a little unusual as book reviews go because this is actually four separate short stories from the same author. Each available on amazon. They are however artfully crafted and an interesting read if you have a short time … Continue reading →

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Demon Frenzy book review

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Mark Hayes

Demon Frenzy by Harvey Click First book in the Demon Frenzy series The thing about Genre books is this, it’s very easy to write an average one. That is to say by their nature they often follow set simple patterns … Continue reading →

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Misdirection, book review

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Mark Hayes

Misdirection  by Elizabeth Burges  Book 1 of  Counterplay Books come in many categories’s, many forms, and you never quite know what you’re going to be reading until you start turning the pages. This is perhaps even more true of independently … Continue reading →

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cider lane reviews

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Mark Hayes

I review books fairly often here , or at least it is my intent to do so , but it would seem some what incestuous to review my own. Instead as nice people have taken there time to read and … Continue reading →

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Immortown book review

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Mark Hayes

This is not the easiest book I have ever read, stylistic I would even call it awkward. But when the world is full of simple formulaic books that are written in familiar patterns reading then something with interesting quirks that … Continue reading →

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