Tag: book-review
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2025-12-15—The 2025 Blog in Review
Ah, the blog—how much has changed in just a year. I started out with inconsistent, relatively disorganized posts that threw a bunch of unrelated topics together, but ended a lot more consistent with my weekly scheduled and a lot more focused in each individual post. While this blog exists to support my writing, I’m still…
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2025-08-25—Travel By Star
Just in case this is a dealbreaker for anyone, I have to state this as plainly as I can: at no point in Travel by Star (by Paul Scott Grill) does a tiny pink blob hop on a five-pointed glowing stellar object and ride it to another location—or, in other words, travel by star. This…
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2025-07-28—Bartimaeus (Amulet of Samarkand, Golem’s Eye)
Let’s throw back to the early 2000s today. Remember Bartimaeus? The Bartimaeus Trilogy is an alternate history, fantasy YA series by Jonathan Stroud. Since it’s an alternate history (and events are often moved around and reinterpreted in that genre), I’m not confident about the exact years the books take place in, but for general context…
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2025-07-21—The Lost Colony (Chloe’s Kingdom)
We’re back, baby! The Lost Colony, the sequel to Chloe’s Kingdom (by Gregory Michael), has been out for a few weeks. At the time of writing it’s sitting at five stars on Amazon and Goodreads, which is really good, despite the low total number of reviews. Speaking more anecdotally, I’ve only seen praise for the…
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2025-04-30—The Good Stuff on the Back Shelf: Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, After Moses
Today, we’re talking about the good stuff. Some of the best reading I’ve had in a long time. The kind of stuff that only people who are in the know ask about. (At least, as far as I’m aware. Saga of the Forgotten Warrior and After Moses are criminally underrated.) But first! Inner Demon is…
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