Reviews | Andrew Ferguson

App Review: Storywriter

Posted on April 25, 2021 Leave a Comment

I, too, despair of the hope of ever finding such an app. It was in this context that I downloaded Storywriter by Raindrop for Android but the question is: did it deliver?

Super Snappy Speed Reviews: Children’s Books Edition

Posted on April 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

I might have mentioned once or twice before that I have a little daughter….

‘And so,’ my wife suggested, ‘why not write a Super Snappy Speed Reviews post about books for children?’

App Review: Goodreads Android App 2.0.2

Posted on April 16, 2021 Leave a Comment

Anyway, today I got an email asking me to download the new and improved Goodreads App.

‘Yes, I will.’ I thought. ‘And then I’ll tell all my faithful readers exactly what I thought of it, mwahaha!’

Super Snappy Speed Reviews – Writing Apps for Android

Posted on April 3, 2021 Leave a Comment

As ever, the apps I have reviewed here are not necessarily apps that I particularly liked or disliked, but are simply a random selection of writers’ apps that I have tried out at one point or another. As usual, these reviews only reflect my own personal opinions and impressions, squished, squashed and squeezed into a few short sentences.

Book Review: Chino & The Boy Scouts by Nancet Marques

Posted on March 8, 2021 Leave a Comment

I consider Nancet Marques, author of Chino & the Boy Scouts, to be a personal friend… so I do hope you’ll bear with me as I share some of my thoughts and impressions on this debut novel.

10 Reasons Why I Still Love Scrivener

Posted on October 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

Occasionally I’ll look around to see what else is out there (mainly so I can review it here!) but I always come back to Scrivener for any writing project that matters to me. Here’s why.

Throwback Thursday: Different Seasons (Book Review)

Posted on October 8, 2020 Leave a Comment

I’ve never been a fan of horror stories (but power to you if you like them) and for that reason, I’ve avoided the work of Stephen King for far longer than is healthy for someone who claims to love a good story. However, on my birthday at the end of last year, I unwrapped not one but two Stephen King books: Different Seasons and The Green Mile… I haven’t got around to reading The Green Mile yet but if it’s half as good as Different Seasons then I might have just become a Stephen King fan. It’s a fantastic book.

Book Review: The Alloy of Law

Posted on August 23, 2020 Leave a Comment

If there is one series of fantasy novel I absolutely loved, it was the Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson, so I felt I was on pretty safe ground picking up this spin-off novel set some 300 years after the events of the original Mistborn trilogy.

Super Snappy Speed Reviews: Cbeebies Edition

Posted on August 9, 2020 Leave a Comment

As ever these reviews reflect nothing more than my own personal opinions and impressions, squished, squeezed and diminished into just a few short sentences. The shows I have selected have nothing in common, save the fact that they are all fictional stories for very young children and are all found on Cbeebies.