I Color Myself Different will be released on 5th April 2022 Continue reading Colin Kaepernick to release ‘deeply personal’ children’s book inspired by his own childhood
A superb debut novel Continue reading Yellow Tape and Coffee by Pat Luther Review
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Despite a challenging year the number of independent bookshops increases. Continue reading Indie bookshop numbers rose again in 2020
Harry Potter is one of the major contributing factors that has helped fuel a boom in online sales of second-hand books. Sales at online “resellers” like MusicMagpie have jumped more than 22% in the UK last year, taking their earnings to over £120min. The sale of second-hand books alone has increased by 75% over the last year. In the run up to Christmas, and with … Continue reading Harry Potter helps fuel UK online reselling boom
The author Jerome Dickey, who was a common feature on the best-sellers list for more than 20 years, has sadly passed away at the age of 59. The US writer created 30 novels about thrilling daring adventures and heart pounding romances that revolved around young African American characters. He also wrote a series of Marvel comics about a love story between X-Men’s Storm and the … Continue reading Eric Jerome Dickey: The best-selling author dies at 59
Who’d have thought that Star Wars and Shakespeare go hand to hand perfectly? Well it turns out that author Ian Doescher did and he hits it out the park with ‘Verily, A New Hope’ the first entry in his Star Wars/Shakespeare saga. As it turns out, the story of Star Wars, with all of its drama, tragedy, romance, humour, and amazing characters fits brilliantly into Shakespeare literary … Continue reading William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, a New Hope Review
If you could go back in time and change the course of human history would you do it? Even if it meant sacrificing so much of your own life in the process? Well that’s the premise of Stephen Kings 54th fiction book, 11.22.63. King gives us a new protagonist in the form of Jake Epping, a high school English teacher from Lisbon Falls Maine, because … Continue reading 11.22.63 by Stephen King Review
To celebrate the re-birth of Booklytical we have decided to give five lucky readers a copy of the very brilliant crime thriller Nevada Noir. If you missed our review of this short trilogy you can find that here. I’d recommend giving it a read. The copies of Nevada Noir will be bought through Amazon and will be in kindle format. To enter this giveaway all … Continue reading We’re giving away copies of the brilliant Nevada Noir by David Arrowsmith
D.A. Butcher comes out swinging hard with this stunning debut novel. Eyes of Sleeping Children is a psychological thriller set in the 1930’s and takes place in a depression hit Kansas that is about to bare the brunt of a giant dust storm. The focus of this story falls squarely upon the Lockhart family, and specifically upon the father Louis. As the storm begins to … Continue reading Eyes of Sleeping Children by D.A. Butcher Review
We have a lot of awesome submitted books in our list that we have to review and sadly we aren’t superheroes. I know its sad right? I so wish we were Iron man, or at the very least hawkeye. But we aren’t. I cry myself to sleep every night because of it. But I digress. We need reviewers. We need people who love books and … Continue reading We are looking for reviewers
On the face of it Hollow Road (The Maer Cycle Book 1) by Dan Fitzgerald sounds like a straightforward and very formulaic fantasy novel. Three characters, Sinnie, Carl, and Finn are sent off on an adventure by a wealthy benefactor, and of course each character has devoted their life to a different profession. Sinnie works for a travelling circus and is a badass with a … Continue reading Hollow Road (Maer Cycle book 1) by Dan Fitzgerald Review
By Dominic Hodgson When I saw the posting for being among the authors contributing to this series, the examples given for the kinds of topics that could be covered included discussing why I got into writing in the first place. Well, the answer to that is that I always have been, at the latest since the age of four, wherein toys would become characters and … Continue reading Author Spotlight: Dominic Hodgson discusses his love for writing and his series The Ragnarök Chronicles
JK Rowling has decided she will be giving back an award associated with the US Kennedy family, this comes after the author’s faced continuing criticism for her views on gender and trans issues. Rowling was given the Ripple of Hope honour by the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights organisation last year. However, earlier this month, the foundations president, Kerry Kennedy, said views expressed by the … Continue reading JK Rowling returns award after Kerry Kennedy criticism
This is an interesting novel with complex moral issues at its core, and an interesting sci-fi plot to keep you engaged. Continue reading Warehouse Dreams by Theresa Halvorsen Review
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