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. 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. Am I back with another cozy fantasy book review? Well of course I am! Yesterday was this book's birthday, so welcome to the world. I literally read this the day after reading The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong, so one could definitely say that I am in a cozy… Continue reading NetGalley Review: Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife by Deston J Munden
Hey all, Sam here. October has been filled with wonderful reads so far, and I am trying to be better about getting my reviews typed up and posted in a more timely manner. Obviously, I still have so many that I need to catch up on, and I fear that I will always be striving… Continue reading NetGalley Review: The Keeper of Magical Things by Julie Leong
Hey all, Sam here. Today's review is definitely proof that sometimes I am really bad at getting my reviews written and posted in a timely manner. This was...I believe...the second book I completed in 2025 (as in I marked it as finished on January 5th). And yet, here we are, almost at the end of… Continue reading NetGalley Review: The Starlight Heir by Amalie Howard
Hey all, Sam here. I hope your day is not too terrible (although with the current state of the US, I understand if it's not). As long as I can, I plan to continue talking about books and board games and D&D and attempts at creative writing (although I definitely admit my writing productivity has… Continue reading NetGalley Review: I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I’m Trapped in a Rom-Com by Kimberly Lemming
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. 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. 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
Hey all, Sam here. So I finished...10 books in April. That's honestly not bad at all, although it is still lower than what I'm used to. When I was really dialed in to my reading and blogging, so around 2018-2019, I was reading something like 20 books each month, and posting something like 45 posts… Continue reading April Wrap-Up
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