Hey all, Sam here. This post should have been up MONTHS ago. It's kind of obvious to say that it has really been a struggle for me to write, whether that is my stories or here on the blog. I'm trying to work my way through some things and find ways to motivate myself to… Continue reading My Top Ten Reads of 2025 (July-Dec Edition)
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. 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. Yep, I fell off my schedule again. This post was definitely meant to go up about a week ago. I'm sorry. I keep seeing my dozen partially written up drafts and then basically freezing up and not finishing any of them. Somehow I need to figure out how to actually get… Continue reading Book Review: Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree
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. It should not take reading a book four times to get a review written up....and yet here I am, a couple years late, finally getting a review written up and posted here. Clearly I enjoy this book. I've read it multiple times (and I own several copies). But I still want… Continue reading Book Review: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
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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