Hey all, Sam here. Well....August was another interesting reading month. It took a whole week for me to even have one completed book for the month. Overall, the number of reads for this month is actually pretty darn good. However, most of those reads were shorter or quicker reads: a handful of novellas, a couple… Continue reading August Wrap-Up
Hey all, Sam here. Today, I am so very excited to be on the cover reveal team for an upcoming release. While this book won't be out until early 2025, I was immediately intrigued by the book's title...and then the fact that it is being pitched as gay "Charmed" meets "The Hunger Games." So, yeah,… Continue reading Cover Reveal: The Witch and His Crow by Ben Alderson
Hey all, Sam here. I'm very excited to announce that I have been accepted to the Kickstarter Hype Team for a really beautiful special edition of a fantastic romantasy book/series, so I'm going to talk about the Kickstarter a bit today. First off, if this isn't something that I've talked about much before, I am… Continue reading Signal Boost: The Night Market: A Bound by Ravens Special Edition Kickstarter by Jesikah Sundin
Hey all, Sam here. Hello, hello, and as promised, I am here to give you the wrap-up of all things Gen Con. This year the tabletop gaming convention took place August 1-4 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, and I knew it was going to be a good time. I had a whole bunch of panels planned,… Continue reading Tabletop Tuesday: Gen Con 2024 Wrap-Up
Hey all, Sam here. Were you expecting a tabletop game related post today because it's the first day of Gen Con? Because that is absolutely what you are getting...because I absolutely love books that incorporate tabletop games (whether that's TTRPGs or any sort of board game/card game/dice game/etc), and there are more and more coming… Continue reading NetGalley Review: Taking Initiative by Elle M. Stewart
Hey all, Sam here. Back in the early days of my blog, long before it became Free State of Geek and long before Mondays became Manga Mondays here...it used to be Middle Grade Monday. Even now, as an almost 36 year old woman, I still hold a great affection for Middle Grade books. They are… Continue reading NetGalley Review: First Test Graphic Novel by Tamora Pierce, Devin Grayson, and Becca Farrow
Hey all, Sam here. Have you ever wanted to have a creative life but it always feels like there's just something in the way? Because lately I have just felt like writing is such a struggle. I want to write, and I can feel the words sitting in my mind, the scenes wanting to play… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Embrace Your Weird: Face Your Fears and Unleash Creativity by Felicia Day
Hey all, Sam here. May has been quite the reading month for me, and I am not at all complaining. I think this was one of the best reading months I've had in a long time (second best month this year). I have completed 19 books in the month of May, and was actually in… Continue reading May Wrap Up
Hey all, Sam here. Blogging catch up continues. I have so many books that I've read this year (I'm at almost 70 books already) and I still need to review them. I can only blame myself for not getting the posts drafted and scheduled in a timely manner. Anyway, I'm trying to get myself focused… Continue reading NetGalley Review: Attached at the Hip by Christine Riccio
Hey all, Sam here. I am so far behind on all of my book reviewing, and my book writing....and just life in general it feels like. Perhaps I shouldn't be so hard on myself, but I look back at the history of this blog to when I actually was posting like 10-12 posts each week… Continue reading NetGalley Review: Twelfth Knight by Alexene Farol Follmuth
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