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Mini Book Reviews: Aphrodite & The GildedΒ Crown
Read on for shorter reviews of two very different books!
Two days to go until the @cymerafestival.co.uk !
At 8pm (BST) on Friday 6th of June I am running games of Blood on the Clocktower as part of Cymera's games hall.
Find out more and book your space -- shorturl.at/7BEyj
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It's been a while since I've posted, but I've read a lot of good/great books since then. So here are some reviews of the ones I can best remember.
While it doesnβt feel like doing much in the face of everything, I can help uplift trans voices.
Trans authors, Iβll be offering free 15 min calls to demystify the publishing industry and answer any questions. My email is on the Ki website!
(NOTE: this is not a platform to pitch for rep)
2025 Goals β First QuarterΒ Update
As promised, the slightly late update to my 2025 goal progress. It's mostly going well!
So in the midst of a LOT of awfulness (dear God) I'm going to sneak with news:
If you thought 2025 was going to pass by without a book from me, surprise! I'm announcing the start of my crowdfunding campaign for my SCIFI book, Full Negative, launching March 18.
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Book Review: Shroud by AdrianΒ Tchaikovsky
Shroud is a claustrophobic xeno-sci-fi survival story, with additional themes of alien intelligence and inter-species communication (themes fans of Adrian Tchaikovsky surely love). It's a strong entry into the genre that features a wildly imaginativeβ¦
This Swords of the Serpentine adventure's about intrigue in the supply of raw materials to the ship-building yards in Eversink, and it's called DEAD MEN SELL NO SAILS and I'm unreasonably happy about that title.
14.01.2025 12:56 β π 56 π 4 π¬ 3 π 02025 Goals
I'm breaking format a little bit this year! For the last two or three years, I've split my goals into three categories - general goals, author goals and specific book goals. This past year, while I did fairly well with my goals, I did start to feel the strain of the sheer amount ofβ¦
2024 End of Year Review: GeneralΒ Observations
Welcome to my End of Year Review, where I will muddle along about the books that I've read this year.
2024 Goal Updates: End of year
It's the end of the year, so this notes my final goal updates for this year, encompassing the last three months, as well as the year as a whole.
as Iβm opening to queries in a few days, itβs time for a proper #mswl. Iβm primarily looking for YA/adult SFFH and serious trade non-fic in the broad history/sociology/archaeology space. Iβm very keen on the literary end of genre, as well as commercial stories that say something about society. 1/?
27.12.2024 13:09 β π 44 π 9 π¬ 6 π 0Whoops, The Spear Cuts Through Water is not on my list (this is what I get for copying last year's list to redraft) - but another book by Jimenez is!
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Top Ten Books Read This YearΒ (2024)
It's another top ten list to round out the year, this time highlighting my favourite books read this year. This time I'm doing my best to only select one book per author or series. It's a little early, but the books I'm reading now aren't likely to make it intoβ¦
Spore Valley is on sale as part of the Steam Winter Sale! Go take a peek! π
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All of my books are 50% off on Smashwords through the end of the year! π Happy Holidays!!
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A photo of said bundle contents laid out on indigo cloth with extremely mediocre photographic & presentation skill
So how about that fiveweekiversary Xmas giveaway?
Post a π below & share by the 20th to be in the mix for this bundle -
Signed The Last To Drown & We Are All Ghosts In The Forest, 2 bookmarks, a lovingly felted bee that didn't involve me stabbing myself *at all* & a mini bee cross stitch kit!
Book Review: Death of the Author by NnediΒ Okorafor
In Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor, a woman wrestling with her own sense of self in a family that doesn't quite accept her as she is writes aβ¦
https://doomscribe.wordpress.com/2024/12/01/book-review-death-of-the-author-by-nnedi-okorafor/
Good afternoon!
I'm actively reading two arcs at the moment - Seven Recipies for Revolution by Ryan Rose which is accurately comped as The Bear meets Attack on Titan and Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor which blends the reality of being disabled Nigerian diaspora with near future sci-fi themes.
When the Palleseen empire comes to town, they play for keeps, something that the melting pot city of Usmiat finds in this latest entry of the Tyrant Philosophers series by Adrian Tchaikovsky,β¦
https://doomscribe.wordpress.com/2024/10/29/book-review-days-of-shattered-faith-by-adrian-tchaikovsky/
Love seeing more great works being published in the Sauutiverse. The latest is Songs for the Shadows by Cheryl S. Ntumy which uses it as a backdrop to tell a story about a woman running from her own grief and the echoes it leaves in her soul.
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I like DnD, but I don't really like running DnD as a games master. After being underwhelmed by the upcoming changes (many of which are good!) I'm much more excited to try Nimble5e next time I want to run DnD. The backerkit live streams have given me a lot of confidence in the designer!
20.08.2024 10:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0These white blocks are frustrating, but I am also too lazy to add images to my blog posts, so it's my own fault!
18.08.2024 14:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Finally, a self indulgent piece explaining why so many of my reviews are positive
18.08.2024 14:24 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Next, my review of The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez, a book everyone has probably heard of by now, but one I still can't stop thinking about.
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I've been remiss at posting some of my review blog stuff over the last year, so let me throw some stuff I'm proud of out into the aether!
First, something I wrote extolling the virtues of mosaic novels, an underappreciated narrative style.
Morning!
After casting off some books I've been unenthusiastic to read by DNFing, I started Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds, which is doing a good job of pulling me in.
