Hey all, Sam here. Happy Book Birthday to Paula Lafferty today for the trad pub release of The Once and Future Queen. Originally self-published as La Vie de Guinevere, this book was a fast success, after a massively successful Kickstarter, and lots of social media buzz. I read and reviewed the self-pubbed edition last year,… Continue reading NetGalley Review: The Once and Future Queen by Paula Lafferty
Hey all, Sam here. Several years ago, when I started getting to the point of reading 150 or so books a year, I realized it was absolutely awful for me to try and narrow that number of books down into a top ten list for the year. It was then that I decided to split… Continue reading My Top Ten Reads of 2025 (January-June Edition)
Hey all, Sam here. Welcome to December, which means that 2025 is almost over. That also means that I'm really starting to look back over my accomplishments for the year, as well as planning ahead for 2026 (but I'll have more on that in future posts). For today, I'm looking back at my 25 in… Continue reading Can I Finish These Books in 2025?
Hey all, Sam here I guess I'm just reading and reviewing a bunch of books that started off as indie pub novels and then made the transition to trad pub. You know what, that's fine. Hey, it's even totally fine that I actually already reviewed this book because I never got around to reviewing the… Continue reading NetGalley Review: A Fellowship of Bakers & Magic by J Penner
Hey all, Sam here. I am kind of on a roll at the moment with getting posts up on my blog in a decently regular schedule. I can almost guarantee that it will not last. The last time I was on a rather regular blogging schedule was back in 2021 before I burned out big… Continue reading NetGalley Review: Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree
Hey all, Sam here. All right, hello, and happy book birthday to today's review. This is another one of those books where I bought the indie pub version and then just didn't get around to reading it, so I ended up finally getting around to it in time for the trad pub edition. That's happened… Continue reading NetGalley Review: This Gilded Abyss by Rebecca Thorne
Hey all, Sam here. Well, I was supposed to have this up yesterday, but I didn't get it finished in time. I'll blame the time change messing with my sleep schedule. Once again we've reached the start of a new month, meaning it is time to look back at the just completed month and see… Continue reading October Wrap-Up
Hey all, Sam here. At this point in the month I usually do a post that is my anticipated reads for the following month (and those are typically the books releasing in that month that I've been approved to read through NetGalley). But as I was looking at those upcoming releases, I noticed that I've… Continue reading My End of Year NetGalley Reads
Hey all, Sam here. As soon as I saw the title and the cover for today's book, I knew that I absolutely HAD TO read it. Add in the fact that I've loved every book I've read by Jim C. Hines and I knew I was in for a good reading time. And I was.… Continue reading NetGalley Review: Slayers of Old by Jim C. Hines
Hey all, Sam here. Was I just talking about wanting some atmospheric and spooky reads because it's October AKA Spooky Season? Yes, as a matter of fact, I was discussing that in the past couple of posts. So do I have an atmospheric and mysterious slightly spooky read to talk about today? Why, yes I… Continue reading NetGalley Review: Strange Beasts by Susan J Morris
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