Tag: Review
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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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2025-05-13—Proofs, After Moses: Prodigal, Marlin on Conclusions and Canon, Olney on New Stories
Get yourselves settled in for a long one. After I provide my writing updates, I’ve got a review for After Moses: Prodigal in the pipeline, musings on deathbed repentance as a story element (I hate it), and I’m entering into conversation with two other blogs on articles/essays they’ve posted. Yeah, I know, insane. I disappear…
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2025-05-06—This Can’t Be Right, It Hasn’t Been a Month Yet

Less than a month between blog posts? Clearly something is wrong with me. Well, read on to learn about The Gaslight District, read about some thoughts I have on the nature of art, and get another Devon Eriksen recommendation. (This time it’s an interview!) I ordered proofs for Inner Demon recently, so I should get…
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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…