Eco mysteries
Honest Book Reviews
10/08/25 18:10 Filed in: Reviews Environmental Fiction
Tips on How to Get and to Give Honest Book Reviews.
How to add a review on Amazon.
* Go to the title of the book, underneath the book cover you will see the Read Sample, which allows you to preview the first few pages of the book you are interested in.
* When the selected page opens, click on the star rating underneath the title and author on the page, then click on ‘See all customer reviews’
* The page will scroll down to the customer reviews, and you can click on ‘Add a Customer Review’ at the left side underneath the star ratings. Here you can add your own star rating, your review and title
How to review a book on Goodreads:
- To add a review, search for the book in the toolbar at the top of the page.
- Select the book and add the star rating under the book image on the left-hand side. Then click on ‘Write a review’. A new page will open, allowing you to add the book to your personal shelf’ or to tag the book for your own collections.
- You can add your review in the main text box, add the dates you read the book and any private notes you want to include for yourself.
- How to review a book on Barnes and Noble:
- Search for your book in the search bar at the top of the Barnes and Noble page.
- Select your book and then select ‘Write a review’ under the title and author of the book.
- A new window will then appear, where you will have the option to add a rating, title, your review text, photos, whether you would recommend the book to a friend and your details.
- If you review my books thank you so much and a huge thank you for spreading the word!
- Let me know if you would be interested in having me review your work.
Eco Mysteries Reading List
19/12/24 11:02 Filed in: Environmental Fiction
“Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.” —Japanese proverb
The time has come the whale said, to talk of many things, of plants, and trees, and freshwater fish, octopuses, hurricane, lizards and plastic squid, tigers, racoons, and Monarch butterflies, and why the sea is boiling hot and weather pigs have wings.— Apologies to Lewis Carrol’s “The Walrus and the Carpenter.”
Whether you’re a writer or reader, I hope your pursuits continue to be successful and satisfying. As an author, “success,” in part means publishing your books to share with the world. Success also means perseverance. Case in point, my most recently published books were purchased by Star Bright Books five years ago are now finally printed.
The Japanese quote about perseverance is "石の上にも三年" (Ishi no ue ni mo san-nen), which translates to "Three years on a stone,” meaning, it takes patience to warm up a stone by sitting on it.
For all lovers of stories, this is my somewhat random list. I often choose books with topics that complement my current writing. Some are for adults, others are for ages 9-14, but have crossover appeal for all ages. Looking down this list I see that most have focus on the natural world and how humans relate to it. No surprise since I write eco adventures and climate fiction with a focus on solutions on how to conserve the natural world.
In no particular order or genre:
The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence by Zoë Schlanger
The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life by David Quammen
Alabama’s Surprising Biodiversity and Southern Rivers: Restoring America’s Freshwater Biodiversity, by Scot Duncan
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
Hurricane, Lizards and Plastic Squids by Thor Hanson
All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
Missing Mike a novel in verse by Shari Green.
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Selby VanPelt
Tiger Rising by Kate Dicamillo.
Archipelago by Monique Roffey.
A Girl, a Raccoon, and the Midnight Moon by Karen Romano Young.
All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr.
Flight Behavior Barbra Kingsolver.
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk.
Migrations by Charlotte Mcconaghy
Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson
Song for a Whale by Lynn Kelley
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Sending Kudos to all the talented writers of our SCBWI, Southern Breeze region.
Here are my just published Eco Adventures: Vanishing Birds and Operation Terrapin Rescue that are available now from Star Bright Books.
Please send your ideas and books for the next newsletter to me: cldatnow@me.com