Alex - Spells & Spaceships

Where do the cool kids chat about fantasy these days?

Haha I'll just have to get them into Grimdark so we're fighting over who gets to speak to her

I had a dream last night that I met @annasmithspark.bsky.social for the first time randomly in passing but my kids were crying and I had to make sure they were ok and I missed my chance to tell Anna what an amazing author she is 🤣😭

If you want an amazing reading experience, read her work NOW

Just incase you're an author & you've seen I was reading your book or loved the first one but never read the second, I do absolutely plan to get there!

Just had the busiest year of my life and reading has taken a back seat. Hoping to carry on reading more soon.

Unfortunately I don't see it that way 🤣 too many books not enough time

At the start of the year I made a list of 25 books I'd definitely, without a doubt read in 2025.

I read 4.

4 of them.

Sounds like a plan. Small Gods certainly appeals

That's what I'm hoping and fully feel your original recommendation of Guards Guards will be the right choice for me.

I've really enjoyed the charm, humour and thoughtful parts of the books I've read so far but I haven't adapted well to the more farfetched plot elements and pacing

My Discworld Journey In November 2024, I began my Discworld Journey and I plan to read the vast majority (who knows, perhaps all?) of these books and will be updating this blog post with my thoughts on each book as I d…

Today I finished Wyrd Sisters and updated my Discworld Journey

Unfortunately I still haven't found a book in the series I love yet but this was more promising...

Wyrd Sisters - 7/10
Mort - 6.7/10
Reaper Man - 6.4/10
Hogfather - 6.2/10

What's the best novella you've ever read?

My current read is this:

Same... I want one... But 💰💰💰💰

Do any of you own a 'book nook' like this?

I found out on Friday I'd been successful in getting a promotion that I've been working really hard towards for a while now in a management role.

My leadership style has always been empathy, trust and supporting people and that won't change. I'm so excited to make a difference and start in Jan!

Moved house and I tonight unpacked my Lords of the Rings pocket editions and the box is all damaged 😭 gutted

I paid £15 for The Devils by Joe Abercrombie on Gollancz's 40% off Black Friday Sale.

Today it's been reduced to £10 on Amazon 😐

Unfortunately so :(

Since moving to a house with lots of trees nearby and putting bird feeders up it's giving me such a sense of peace when I look outside and see the variety of birds and wildlife 🌲💚

I'm seeing more tits everyday than Hugh Hefner did in the '70s 🪶

Happiness comes in many forms and is sometimes wrapped up by The Broken Binding 😍

Isn't this exquisite?

Where applicable, what is your favourite:

• Epic Fantasy
• Medieval Inspired Fantasy
• Historical Fiction
• Discworld Book
• Mythology Inspired Story
• Comfort Read
• Book you'd save in a fire
• Best book cover you own

It's almost certainly completely imagined, but when it's cold and frosty in the British Isles, I really feel a sense of magic in the air outdoors.

I can't really explain it. It's probably just because I associate winter with Christmas and lights etc but I love the feeling of it - feels otherworldly

Thankyou, I'm feeling so rough

I'm so fucking drunk. Help

Hello I'm drunk

It brings me so much joy that from the kitchen window in our new house, I can see birds nearly all day long.

I was lucky to see a pigeon now and again before.

Now it's blue tits, great tits, blackbirds, robins, thrushes, wrens, pigeons, magpies and squirrels. Hoping to see even more ❤️

Reaper Man is overrated; half of the book is just nonsensical.

Hogfather is hard to follow.

Death as a character is fantastic but his book series aren't as engaging as him alone...

I'm much preferring Witches and City Watch...

This stuff is just getting so deflating, so tiring.

Interesting dragon

🤩

Heard Dan Jones is writing a book on castles. There's one I'll buy the special edition of.

Just bought his Wars of the Roses special from Broken Binding and then got an email to say I'd entered my overdraft 😅🙈

Look at what the post office did to bby 😭