Hi friends!! It has been a while so I thought it was about time for an update from me. I did pop in with a big old list of anticipated books for 2025 post just before Christmas1 but otherwise not a whole lot since Blaugust last year. So what’s been going on with me since August 2024? Well… to quickly recap, at that point I was streaming (mostly World of Warcraft), I was playing WoW of course and the expansion…
Title: Kagen the Damned Series: Kagen the Damned #1 Author: Jonathan Maberry Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Genre: Grimdark; Epic Fantasy Length: 560 pages Goodreads – The StoryGraph Content Warnings Sworn by Oath Kagen Vale is the trusted and feared captain of the place guard, charged with protection the royal children of the Silver Empire. But one night, Kagen is drugged and the entire imperial family is killed, leaving the empire in ruins. Abandoned by the Gods Haunted and broken, Kagen is abandoned…
I think for this first day of Blaugust I want to talk a little about how I’m spending my time these days. I would be remiss if I didn’t start with why I have so much time to spend, so I’ll just explain where I am health-wise first. The Spoon Question Very often I’ll mention “not having enough spoons” for an activity and be asked what that means. Other people have explained this better than I can. But in essence,…
Years ago in the book blogging world, I recall a weekly feature literally called: “It’s Wednesday! What Are You Reading?” It did what it said on the tin, you’d just talk about what you’re reading that week. Heck, it may still be around, I don’t know. As a slow reader, I never took part because it’d often take me a couple of weeks to finish a book and I didn’t think people would want to read about how I was…
Title: Legends & Latte Series: Standalone Author: Travis Baldree Publisher: Cryptid Press Genre: Cosy Fantasy Length: 258 pages Goodreads – The StoryGraph Content Warnings High Fantasy with a double-shot of self-reinvention Worn out after decades of packing steel and raising hell, Viv the orc barbarian cashes out of the warrior’s life with one final score. A forgotten legend, a fabled artifact, and an unreasonable amount of hope lead her to the streets of Thune, where she plans to open the first coffee shop the…
Hello blog friends! Today I wanted to talk a little about this “12 Books for 2022” challenge I took on back in December. The template by @shadowbooker on Instagram was going around on Twitter and while I usually fail horribly at challenges and readathons, finding them more pressure than fun, I figured heck it. It might be interesting to see what people recommend and you know what, it was! Yes, I’m a tiny bit late with this but I make…
Hi blog friends! Right now like the perfect time to switch off and just talk about books, so I’m going to do just that. Turn off the news, grab a cuppa, and let’s have a little chat. How have you all been? I’ve been mostly good. Found myself unable to write for several months and I’m still kind of there, but sometimes you just need to ride an urge into the sunset while you have it, you know? So here…