Author Archive: SueDavies
Good Omens: The Soundtrack by David Arnold (soundtrack CD review).
The recent showing of the TV adaptation of ‘Good Omens’ by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett adapted by Gaiman confirmed that they have a unique storytelling talent. The evident whimsy and the relish for a tale that teaches without preaching is proof indeed of God’s ineffable plan. We are also blessed with a soundtrack that […]
Lost In Time And Space by Matthew J. Elliott (book review).
The book you didn’t know you wanted or maybe you did. ‘Lost In Time And Space’ is one writer’s effort to plug those mystifying gaps between the televised adventures of the famous Doctor. Taking as its premise that we have seen only selected adventures, Matthew J. Elliott has combed through the episodes from the very […]
Doctor Who: Star Tales (book review).
‘Star Tales’ from BBC Books is a series of stories from different writers based on the current Whittaker Doctor. Sometimes it’s just the time for a short story and this is that time. Each one feels like a high-cost episode of the show. Chasing The Dawn by Jenny T Colgan. The Doctor encounters Amelia Earhart […]
At Childhood’s End by Sophie Aldred with Steve Cole and Mike Tucker (book review).
Ace is gone and Dorothy is home again. She’s rejected the technicolour world of Oz and her travelling days are done. These days Dorothy McShane is a reclusive millionaire philanthropist running a charity called A Charitable Earth. She’s fine, she’s alone and she’s not fine. The nightmares every night might be a clue that something’s […]
Daemos Rising by David J. Howe (book review).
In the world of ‘Doctor Who’, the story of ‘The Daemons’ in the 1970s must have ticked every box for anti-filth campaigner Mary Whitehouse on what to not show children. It’s almost on par with ‘The Wicker Man’ and shown on a Saturday tea time. ‘Daemos Rising’ is a sequel to the story which was […]
Dark Shadows: Heiress Of Colinwood by Lara Parker (book review).
Victoria Winters returns to Collinsport but the family are missing and there’s a gruesome surprise in the kitchen. Welcome back to ‘Dark Shadows’, a delightfully over the top melodrama which kept viewers absorbed in the late 1960s, while it threw the kitchen sink at the script. Since its original death, it has refused to lie […]
Doctor Who: The Target Storybook (book review).
Just the thing, another book to remind us we have no ‘Doctor Who’ on our screens. It’s bleak out there and with the new Doctor barely established, it feels like a massive misstep to leave it so long. After all, fans have other options. But, hey, a book that covers all thirteen incarnations plus the […]
Otherworld Secrets (Tales Of The Otherworld Series book 4) by Kelley Armstrong (book review).
The anthology ‘Otherworld Secrets’ is a collection of six stories about the characters in Kelley Armstrong’s ‘Otherworld’ novels. In other words, essential reading if you’ve bought into the fantasy universe that is made up of vampires, werewolves and other fantastic beasts. Each story is self-contained but does refer to other events in the characters’ lives, […]
Brightfall by Jaime Lee Moyer (book review).
‘Brightfall’ is a story of witches, fae folk and evil. It’s also about Maid Marian and Robin of Sherwood, long after the outlaw years. Times have changed. Robin has taken himself to a monastery. Marian looks after their boy and girl twins. She found happiness with Will Scarlett but bad things are coming and Will […]
Otherworld Night: Book 3 of the Tales Of The Otherworld Series by Kelley Armstrong (book review).
There are thirteen books about the Otherworld, Kelley Armstrong’s heroes are powerful women and men who can raise the dead, cry wolf and play with fire. These characters fit seamlessly into modern society and the books about their lives have proved very popular. No surprise then that they all have other incidents and moments to […]
