I love a good mystery and regularly visit my Sherlock Holmes novels to get my fix along with any British murder/mystery TV show. Which is why, I was very interested in The Bakers Wife after reading the blurb. It was the cover that attracted my attention, I love the it. Even though I'm more at home in the tropics, I could feel the snow squeaking under my feet and the bracing chill of the mist on my face. Erin Healy's bio says that she writes supernatural suspense novels from a Christian worldview. Her books explore what it means to be a spiritual being in a physical world, and a physical creature in a spiritual world. She is an award-winning fiction editor who worked with Ted Dekker on more than a dozen of his stories before their collaboration on KISS and BURN. If you're a fan of Ted Dekker then you should like this book. Good luck to you if you can find a copy of the book in Australian though, I've only been able to find a limited number of the audio book, whi...

This week we is very science heavy since I've been reading a lot of Astronomy and Space articles. But at the end there's an article on writing your first novel. Of special interest this last week is that Tabbies Star is staring to dim again so a lot of telescopes are trained in that direction. If you haven't seen my latest video yet , I discuss Tabbies Star and a possible scenario about what could be happening alone with a novel Pandoras Star by Peter F Hamilton , it's worth a look. There's also my latest articles: Redshirts by John Scalzi | DNF Discover | Ninth City Burning by J. Patrick Black So when it's time to relax this weekend, grab your favourite beverage and enjoy exploring the galaxy with the following articles

I was really excited to read Redshirts it had all the hallmarks of a story I thought would like.   It's a story that pokes fun at some of the Science Fiction tropes, kind of like Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy or any of Terry Pratchett's Sci-Fi or Fantasy novels. Here are the notes that I took while still reading it:

Want to travel the galaxy, but can't find a spaceship within five light years that you can hitch a ride on? Well, here we'll see how Science Fiction can be instrumental helping you do that and for less than $30 a trip. The towel's optional! With  KIC 8462852 or Tabby's Star in the news again, I thought I'd get cracking and finish editing a video I started months ago.  Here's the results. Enjoy with your favourite beverage, of course. Interested? Click here to get a copy.

This week's breaking news, apart from the new Star Trek Discovery TV series trailer dropping, is the amazingly well preserved dinosaur found in a quarry, by accident! Along with that we look at how science fiction writers are shaping our future, the next mission to Pluto, encasing radioactive material in glass plus much more. So this weekend when it's time to relax this weekend, grab your favourite beverage and have a read of the following articles. Start by reading through my latest three articles: Discover | Ninth City Burning by J. Patrick Black A Quick Look at Revenger by Alastair Reynolds Up and Coming Reads | Far Space by Jason Kent

If you're in the mood for an Apocalyptic Alien Invasions story then this is the book for you. This debut novel by J. Patrick Black, is brought to life by the many narrators of the book, each one represents a different part of the society of Ninth City. Seanan McGuire , author of Magic for Nothing , says that "Ninth City Burning is simultaneously an epic fantasy, a science fiction adventure, a coming of age story, and a delight." Fans of Ender, Harry Potter, Starship Troopers, and manga-style armored mobile suits will find Black’s debut the perfect ticket to a fantastic new world…This thrilling kickoff to an action-packed series will appeal to those who enjoy science fiction mixed with fantasy. –Booklist Have you read it yet? If so catch up with me on Twitter or Facebook and let me know what you thought.

This article started off as an Up and Coming Reads however I was able to read  Revenger   before that post went live, so here were my initial thoughts before reading: We all love a good swashbuckling adventure filled with pirates and buried treasure... so this type of adventure set in space has placed this book to the top of my To Be Read list. Alastair Reynolds is a good old school, Hard Sci Fi writer and I'm very interested to read his version of a space pirates adventure. It splits the difference between Firefly and Chris Wooding’s Retribution Falls novels, albeit with more of an emphasis on the sci in sci-fi than in either of those tall tales. Niall Alexander Tor.com After Reading...