Month: January 2025

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Book Haul for 2025

Hello Readers,

I scheduled this post to be published in January, but I just realised it didn’t publish for some reason. I have already reviewed a few of the books in this book haul and am still reading through the others. While this is later than intended, I thought I would post it anyway. so you can see what’s left on my reading list for this year and check out the previous reviews you may have missed.

Here is the originally intended post:

Ok, so here are the books I plan to read over 2025, in no particular order:

Red Sister – Mark Lawrence

Prince of Thorns – Mark Lawrence

King of Thorns – Mark Lawrence

Emperor of Thorns – Mark Lawrence

Dead Man’s Steel – Luke Scull

The God is Not Willing – Steven Erikson

I picked all these up from local secondhand bookstores. If I enjoy them, I will find a place for them on my bookshelf, among the others in my collection, and give them a new home. If not, I will send them back to one of the local secondhand stores for someone else to enjoy.

I have read Mark Lawrence before and enjoyed his work. So, I grabbed a few more of his books when I saw them. I can’t wait to get stuck into these, but I need to finish my re-read of Half a War by Joe Abercrombie first.

As always, I will post my reviews for you after I finish reading each book.

Happy Reading!

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2024 in Review.

Hello Readers,

Well, another year has passed by and what do I have to show for it? To be honest, as far as my writing goes, not a lot. I can’t recall doing any writing in 2024. I’m sure I did a little bit on some works in progress, but it was so long ago, I can’t remember how much or on what. I did manage to read 4 books through the year and I also got half way through a re-read of Half a War by Joe Abercombie. Pretty poor, I know. You can read all my reviews under my Author page on Goodreads.

I’m setting a target of 6 books for 2025, which is manageable for me while also working full time, and doing the other things I enjoy, like playing badminton and travelling. I’m hopeful I will also get some writing done in 2025. I plan to work on my works in progress and have also been looking at extending my short story and novella in the Blood Rage series to turn it into a trilogy of novels. I’m just not sure how much I will get through and what will take priority at this time. That’s something I need to sit down and work out, but I think I will most likely try to finish the WIP projects, before rewriting other work.

Happy Reading!

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Merry Xmas & Happy New Year!

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Hello Readers,

This is my first post of 2025 and I just wanted to wish you all a (belated) very happy Christmas and all the best for the New Year.

I didn’t do much in the way of writing or blogging in 2024. I have been taking some time out to enjoy other interests, but the thought of writing is always there in the back of my mind. This year I try to post a bit more frequently, and hopefully do some more writing too.

Until then,

Happy Reading!