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A book review of “The First Death” by Kendra Elliot Genre: Mystery thriller Originally published in 2023 Page Count: 313 pages Rowan Wolff was rescued after she was kidnapped along with her brother when she was five years old. Their babysitter who had been with them at the time of the kidnapping turned up as a part of a string of serial killings. The man who had held her captive for those few weeks was arrested and charged for multiple murders.

A book review I wrote a while back about a book that had been on my shelf for a while

Rambling – Shrinking my Backlog Over the summer I put a pretty big dent in my gaming backlog. At the start of the season it had about 365 games in it. Now that it's the start of September and I'm writing this it's now down to 319 games. While yes, I have finished several games and was able to remove them from the list after having experienced their credits, I don't think that's the main reason why my backlog shrank so much within the span of a few months.

Rambling – Shrinking my Backlog

Over the summer I put a pretty big dent in my gaming backlog. At the start of the season it had about 365 games in it. Now that it's the start of September and I'm writing this it's now down to 319 games. While yes, I have finished several games and was able to…

A book review of “How High We Go in the Dark” by Sequoia Nagamatsu Genre: Science Fiction Originally published in 2022 Page Count: 288 After the death of his daughter, Dr. Cliff Miyashiro travels to the same facility that she had been working in. This brings him all the way to Siberia where a strange neanderthal woman was found within what can be described as a crater. He’s there to study her and then he will go back home and be with his wife and granddaughter.

A book review I wrote a while ago and now I'm posting online.

Novel November – Preptober 2025 #2 For this past week I was working on characters. The main character I worked on was my protagonist and the relationships she has from the start of the novel. I wanted to think about how I wanted to start this novel first, while also thinking about events that should take place a lot closer to the end. My main plan was to get an idea of how the first part of the story will go up until she meets the ghost and her adventure begins.

Here is this weeks update for my novel planning.

Novel November – Preptober 2025 #1 So if you've followed my blog for a while you would know that I have a history of participating in National Novel Writing Month. Unfortunately it shut down earlier this year. There were a ton of similar events and programs that started last year because of multiple mistakes on NaNoWriMo's part, and I was thinking that I would try one of these ones.

This year I'm not participating in NaNoWriMo because that's not a thing anymore and even if it was I would do something else. Instead this year I'm participating in ProWritingAid's Novel November and I'm going all in with the planning. This will be a fun project. #amwriting

A book review of “Decoding Dot Grey” by Nicola Davison Genre: Contemporary Fiction Originally published in 2022 Page Count: 277 Dot Grey is a girl in 1997 who has a whole future ahead of her. She dreams of being able to help animals and is currently working at an animal shelter. She lives in a small rental apartment in the basement of her landlord and there she keeps her small menagerie of animals which include a lizard, and a rat.

A book review

A book review of “Girl Runner” by Carrie Snyder Genre: Historical Fiction Originally published in 2014 Page Count: 376 pages Aganetha Smart was a normal girl who lived in a rural Ontario town and was born around 1910. She however had a quirk. She was really good at running and though people looked at her funny as a girl who ran, she kept doing it. Eventually after moving to the city she ends up on a path to join the Canadian Olympic team of 1928 as an 800m runner.

A book review of a book about a fictional womans running athlete from the 20's #reading

A book review of “You Are Not Alone” by Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks Genre: Thriller Originally published in 2020 Page Count: 352 pages Shay Miller has found that her life in New York City is far from easy. She wants to find love, but it is something that feels like something she can never have. She is finding it really hard to get a good job that isn’t a dead end. She lives with her roommate who is her only friend in the city, but he is in a relationship now and she knows that its only a matter of time before he won’t be her roommate anymore.

A book review of a thriller where a traumatised woman finds her life getting better after she meets some people, but is it really? #reading

Draconic Rambling – Blackwell game series review Genre: Point and click mysteryOriginally published 2006-2014Five games Rosangela Blackwell lives a quiet life in New York. She doesn’t talk much with her neighbours. She earns a living by writing book reviews among other articles for a small newspaper called the Village Eye. She always makes sure to visit her practically comatose aunt at the psychiatric hospital whenever she can.

A rambly review of a game series I beat from my backlog #gaming

A book review of “The Collection” by K. Kirchberger Genre: Fantasy romance Originally published in 2024 Page Count: 373 pages Kenna became eligible for the Collection five years ago. During this event four mortals over the age of eighteen in every town are collected and brought to Hell. In Hell the four courts each get to claim one. There is the Court of Blood, which is full of vampires, the Court of Moon with werewolves, the Court of Song which is located in a lake, and everyone is a siren, and then there is the Court of Spell where the witches and warlocks live.

A book review of a novel where the protagonist literally goes to Hell for her best friend #reading

Draconic Rambling – My Gaming Backlog I have been working on decreasing my gaming backlog for a while now just like with my to be read list. Lately I decided to enter it all into a website meant for tracking this gaming backlogs. Even though I still have a few more games to enter I was shocked to see that I had enough games in my list that I could beat one each day for a year and only just finish playing all of these games.

I wrote about my gaming backlog. Long story short, it is very long

A book review of “Heartless Hunter” by Kristen Ciccarelli Genre: Fantasy romance Originally published in 2024 Page Count: 406 pages Several years ago Rune was forced to sacrifice her grandmother. Because of this she survived the witch purge which came after a successful revolution. Over night witches who had once ruled society were turned into outcasts. Witch hunters look for the scars they bear from the drawing of blood for their spells.

A book review of a romance novel where a witch and a witch hunter fall in love #reading

I beat Persona 4 Golden over the weekend, also the Blackwell series. I think I'm making a good dent in my gaming backlog finally. I just have all these games I can beat in 10 or fewer areas that I should have played ages ago, and now I'm going through them

Draconic Rambling – AI: The Somnium Files series Today I’m writing about one of my favourite series because I think it should get at least a little more recognition. It is AI: The Somnium Files and it is a murder mystery adventure game published by Spike Chunsoft and is both directed and written by Kotaro Uchikoshi who is also known for the Zero Escape Series. This series has two games.

A post about one of my favourite video games series, AI: The Somnium Files

I played Persona 4 Golden for way too long today, though tbf I was in a climatic portion of the game and then got stuck in a dungeon which I decided to just complete

A book review of “A Lesson in Vengeance” by Victoria Lee Genre: Thriller Originally published in 2021 Page Count: 372 Felicity Morrow is back again to complete her senior year at Dalloway School. The year before she had gotten through the first semester before she had to take the rest of the year off due to tragedy. Her girlfriend Alex died during a tragic accident and it has taken several months plus the help of a psychiatrist to help her move through things.

This is a review of a mystery that has a witchy twist #reading

Draconic Rambling – Waterfront Writing I decided recently that I should start a new series of posts based around things that make me happy. This is only just partially because I’m writing a multipart essay thing about a game series that I really enjoy. I also feel that as a writer I should focus on a lot more positive things when the world around me feels so incredibly negative.

Draconic Rambling – Waterfront Writing

I decided recently that I should start a new series of posts based around things that make me happy. This is only just partially because I’m writing a multipart essay thing about a game series that I really enjoy. I also feel that as a writer I should focus…

It's a good game. I also don't know many people who appreciate it. I hope you enjoy the ending

A book review of “Arsenic and Adobo” by Mia P. Manansala Genre: Mystery Originally published in 2021 Page Count: 308 Lila Macapagal moved back home to Shady Palms for two main reasons. The first was that while she was off at college in Chicago, she had a bad breakup with her boyfriend. The second reason is that she was told about how her Tita Rosie’s restaurant was failing, and she wanted to help out.

A book review of a mystery novel which was big a few years ago

Writing Update – May 13, 2025 It’s been a while since I’ve written a post like this, I had kind of fallen off of it and with the A to Z Challenge and other things I wasn’t writing as many regular posts. I even fell off the top ten Tuesday posts, though I’m planning on continuing with those. I do like having a regular blogging schedule, but at times it can be a bit much.

A quick little writing update for you #amwriting

A book review of “The Crash” by Freida McFadden Genre: Thriller Originally published in 2025 Page Count: 376 pages Tegan is eight months pregnant and working paycheque to paycheque at a grocery store. The thing is that she knows that soon she will have the money needed to give her child a comfortable life. She has been working with the lawyer of her baby’s father, Jackson, to write up a contract that once signed will give her all this money.

A book review of The Crash by Freida McFadden #reading

A to Z Challenge – Zenith Bay – Z is for Zenith Bay This has been the story about how I came to live in Zenith Bay through the various places that I visited on my first journey. This is a place that I have come to love. Nearly every part of the city has been affected in some way by the power of the meteorite. When a new place is built it usually isn’t too long before it’s influenced and for the places that never change because of the meteorite, the people there come up with their own rules to make it different.

We have now come to the end of my Zenith Bay series. I hope you enjoyed.

(btw I have a couple easter eggs based on my pets in here)

A to Z Challenge – Zenith Bay – Y is for Yoga Studio It turned out that the shards of the meteorite had in fact merged with the bones in my hand. I stayed at Rory’s house for the first couple of months I lived in Zenith Bay. Proper word had come from the city that I could not leave until I could find a way to shield the world around me from the strange energies within my hand.

A to Z Challenge – Zenith Bay – Y is for Yoga Studio

It turned out that the shards of the meteorite had in fact merged with the bones in my hand. I stayed at Rory’s house for the first couple of months I lived in Zenith Bay. Proper word had come from the city that I could not leave until I could…

A book review of “The Endless Vessel” by Charles Soule Genre: Science Fiction Originally published in 2023 Page Count: 456 pages The Grey has spread across the entire planet. It is impossible to predict where it will strike next however, however once it infects someone they will never recover. There are three ways it presents itself. Through feelings of emptiness, of despair, or through a sort of joy based around being in the present because nothing else matters anymore.

A book review of The Endless Vessel by Charles Soule #reading

A to Z Challenge – Zenith Bay – X is for X-ray Clinic But it wasn’t the end. I was standing alone, still at the look off. I held an empty bag in my hand. I looked down at the bag in confusion. I was sure that it had been full of crystal shards before. I opened my hand to let the bag fall. But nothing happened. Something was very wrong. I had managed to stop the university Dave, but I hadn’t made it out unscathed.

A to Z Challenge – Zenith Bay – X is for X-ray Clinic

But it wasn’t the end. I was standing alone, still at the look off. I held an empty bag in my hand. I looked down at the bag in confusion. I was sure that it had been full of crystal shards before. I opened my hand to let the bag fall. But…

A to Z Challenge – Zenith Bay – W is for Warehouse I found myself in a large empty building. Light streamed in from some windows near the top of tall walls. The floor was made of concrete and it looked like everything else was made of a combination of metal and wood. It was some form of warehouse, but from the sight of everything that filled it and the moss invading the cracks which had formed in everything, I had to imagine that it was likely abandoned just like the factory had been.

The story continues. Only a few chapters left

A to Z Challenge – Zenith Bay – V is for View “How did you get here?” a voice asked quietly. It was Dave. The two of us were standing at a look off near the edge of the city which looked out over the majority of the city. Everything looked tiny from here. It was this view that I could see through the monitor. Yes, it was just the two of us.

A to Z Challenge – Zenith Bay – V is for View

“How did you get here?” a voice asked quietly. It was Dave. The two of us were standing at a look off near the edge of the city which looked out over the majority of the city. Everything looked tiny from here. It was this view that I could see through…

A to Z Challenge – Zenith Bay – U is for University We ended up spending a few hours in the town office reading through a bunch of those documents. We learned that the university lab of otherworldly chemistry was lead by a man named Dave who enjoyed seeing what the meteorite could do. He wanted to make everything in the city as different from the original world as he could while still being completely functional.

I'm slightly behind, but here is the university at least I have been waiting for

A to Z Challenge – Zenith Bay – T is for Town Office We waited until the next day to follow the second part of the note we got at the restaurant. Rory said that the office the note was talking about had to have been the town office. Unfortunately they only open for two hours every day so we had to wait until one in the afternoon. The exact two hours its open for changes day by day, but tomorrow it was open from one till three.

A to Z Challenge – Zenith Bay – T is for Town Office

We waited until the next day to follow the second part of the note we got at the restaurant. Rory said that the office the note was talking about had to have been the town office. Unfortunately they only open for two hours every day so we had to…

A book review of “The Glass Hotel” by Emily St. John Mandel Genre: Literary Fiction Originally Published in 2020 Page Count: 320 Vincent is a bartender working at a hotel on the same tiny island off Vancouver Island of her hometown. This was where she grew up. Her brother whom she had not seen for a very long time had come to be closer to his family. He also works at the Hotel Caiette.

A book review of The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel #reading