Rosie Amber #RBRT Book Awards Are Open

To Vote go to this link      http://wp.me/P2Eu3u-8wt

The books ~ how they were chosen
The books are taken only from those that have been submitted to the Rosie Amber book reviewing team #RBRT for reviewing, so it is not a far reaching selection, though we still had a few hundred to choose from.  I divided all the books that have been submitted up to the cut off point in 2015 into five general categories, and the review team members (around 30 members) each nominated up to three out of each category.  There are six in each category ~ these are the books that you, the reading public, may vote for.  You may vote for up to two per category.

Please only vote for a book that you believe deserves an award.  We value everyone’s contribution and you are not required to vote in each category; it may be that you will vote for just one book if there is only one that you a) have read and b) deem worthy of the accolade of the virtual

 Golden or Silver Rose!  

Obviously, authors are asked not to vote for their own books.

Winners and runners -up will be announced on December 15th.

The Rosie Amber Book Awards Are Coming Soon #RBRT

The Rosie Amber Review Team Awards

Please get ready to vote next week! 

 

The books ~ how they were chosen
The books are taken only from those that have been submitted to the Rosie Amber book reviewing team for reviewing, so it is not a far reaching selection, though we still had a few hundred to choose from.  I divided all the books that have been submitted up to the cut off point in 2015 into five general categories, and the review team members (around 30 members) each nominated up to three out of each category.  Please see below the six in each category with the most nominations ~ these are the books that you, the reading public, may vote for.  You may vote for up to two per category.

Please do NOT vote in a comment on here, or by tweet, but wait until voting opens on THIS blog, on November 30th.
The voting will be open for ONE WEEK ONLY.
Results will be announced on December 15th.  

Please only vote for a book that you believe deserves an award.  We value everyone’s contribution and you are not required to vote in each category; it may be that you will vote for just one book if there is only one that you a) have read and b) deem worthy of the accolade of the Golden or Silver Rose!  

Obviously, authors are asked not to vote for their own books.

These are the books available for your votes on November 30th.  These are the ones that received most nominations from the members of Rosie Amber’s Review Team.
(please note, some of the reviewing team are writers, too.  We were only allowed to nominate ONE book by a team member)

Historical Fiction

An Unlamented Death by William Savage

Two Rivers by Zoe Saadia

Danger at Thatcham Hall by Frances Evesham

The Black Hours by Alison Williams

Owen by Tony Riches

The Doctor’s Daughter by Vanessa Matthews

Romance/Chick Lit

Holding Back by Helen Pollard

French Kissing by Lynne Shelby

The New Mrs D by Heather Hill

Playing House by Donna Brown

The Promise Of Provence by Patricia Sands

Lovers By Midnight by Emily Arden

Contemporary Fiction

The Cunning Woman’s Cup by Sue Hewitt

Last Child by Terry Tyler

The Night Porter by Mark Barry

Public Battles, Private Wars, by Laura Wilkinson

The Song of the Cypress by Tonia Parronchi

Jack Gets His Man by Dena Haggerty

Mystery/ Thriller/Crime

Concealment by Rose Edmunds

Any Man Joe by Robert Leigh

The Jack Lockwood Diaries by Geoffrey West

Death in a Dacron Sail by Noelle Granger

Rise Of The Enemy by Rob Sinclair

A Deadly Learning by Faith Mortimer

Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Post Apocalyptic/Horror

The American Policeman by John Privilege

The Sickness by Dylan J Morgan

Will O’ The Wisp by C.S Boyack

One Way Fare by Barb Taub

Fallen on Good Times by Rewan Tremethick

The Viper and the Urchin by Celine Jeanjean

See you on the 30th! 

The Night Porter by Mark Barry @GreenWizard62 #Bookreview

The Night Porter by Mark Barry

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Night Porter is a modern contemporary piece of art. November, England and the prestigious Arkwright Book Awards are just around the corner. A golden award for Best Writer is the ultimate prize along with it’s cash reward, and receiving an “Alf” is the book equivalent of the Grammys.

Organisers of the ceremony have taken over all the local hotels and this story is based around 4 authors they have booked into The Saladin Inn. During their stay nothing is too much, their every whim must be catered for and everything is paid for by the Arkwright group.

Amy is a best selling romance novelist, Frank a thriller writer, Jo a YA/NA fiction writer and Julian the outsider, a self-published e-book writer of contemporary fiction. Each with their own characteristics, it’s Julian who causes trouble. He is argumentative and rants about the other authors. Amy says he has a chip on his shoulder because he hasn’t been through and survived the ritual of selection that traditionally “published” authors have gone through.

The story is told by The Night Porter of the Saladin, the one who listens late at night to those wanting to talk, he tends to their late night needs and is professional to the end. He’s there when a shocking event occurs and he’s there at the final awards as a guest.

There are plenty of twists and turns and the musings of the Night Porter in detailed foot notes to the text make an extra layer to the book. (footnotes are only in the paperback version)

For my own personal reading experience the footnotes were a distraction and slowed down my read, but I can see them being entertaining, you almost need to read the book twice, once without the footnotes and then with, to get the most from the book. They are a clever style which puts Mark Barry “out there” as an artistic writer.

Find a copy here from Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com

View all my reviews on Goodreads.

Costa Book Awards Shortlist

The shortlist for the Costa Book Awards were announced yesterday. There are 5 categories;

Novel Award nominees are; Bringing Up The Bodies, by Hilary Mantel, Life! Death! Prizes! by Stephen May, The Heart Broke In by James Meek and Days of the Bagnold Summer by Joff Winterhart.

First Novel Award nominees are; The Notable Brain of Maximilion Ponder by J.W. Ironmonger, Snake Ropes by Jess Richards, The Innocents by Francesca Segal ans The Bellweather Revivals by Benjamin Wood.

Other categories are; Biography Award, Poetry Award and Children’s Book Award.

Winners will be announced on the 3rd January 2013

http://www.costabookawards.com/this-year.aspx

Good Luck Everyone!