by lauralizbuckley | 9 May, 2020 | Book Reviews
The Song of Achilles – Plot Summary Patroclus, having accidentally killed another boy, is exiled from his father’s lands. Sent to the court of King Peleus and his son Achilles, Patroclus still struggles to find his place. At least until he forms an unlikely bond with...
by lauralizbuckley | 2 May, 2020 | Book Reviews
Severance – Plot Summary Shen Fever has spread across the world. Those afflicted, called ‘Fevered’, are doomed to repeat mundane activities from their lives, mindlessly, until they die. Candace has joined a group of survivors, traveling together to find a place where...
by lauralizbuckley | 25 Apr, 2020 | Book Reviews
Plot Summary Joe Thorne, an overgrown chimneysweep with thievish ambitions, has got himself in trouble. After his bothersome magical cough turns his hard-earned/stolen treasure to literal potatoes, he is unwillingly swept up into an adventure on the mystical Isle of...
by lauralizbuckley | 18 Apr, 2020 | Book Reviews
Plot Summary – The Lie Tree Faith has an insatiable hunger for knowledge. Her desire to learn unhindered by a strict upbringing, she’s developed a talent for discovering things she shouldn’t. But when she finds notes from her disgraced father about a mysterious...
by lauralizbuckley | 11 Apr, 2020 | Book Reviews
The Devil’s Porridge Gang Plot Summary 1969. In a town where nothing happens, a gang of kids uncover a kidnapping plot. In the days following the excitement of the moon landings, a group of criminals plan to kidnap the son of a Government rocket engineer –...
by lauralizbuckley | 7 Apr, 2020 | Author Interviews, Writing
Given the current state of events, I’ve been thinking a lot about time management and writing. Not in the sense of how to fit writing in, although I’ve written about that before. More in terms of organising your time, especially now many of us find ourselves unable to...
