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!

Book Haul – Look What I Scored.

 

Pile of books

Hello Readers,

A writer friend of mine here in Australia recently moved back to the USA. Having lived here for some years he had years of possessions to get rid of before the move. Amongst these possessions was a stash of books. So naturally, when he put the call out for anyone interested in buying any of them at a discount, I put my hand up. Now I was only expecting to come away with a few books of interest, but wow, what a collection. I came away with 12 books on the craft of writing (and I even left a handful of others as I am limited on shelf space at home). Thankfully someone got in and bought his whole collection of fantasy/sci-fi novels before I got there, or I would have been in a real fix.

So, what did I get? Here is the list:

Fondling Your Muse

Picture of book titled Fondling Your Muse

How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy

Picture of book title How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy

Scene and Structure

Book titled Scene and Structure

Characters and Viewpoint

Book titled Characters and Viewpoint

Worlds of Wonder

Book titled Worlds of Wonder

Creating Characters: How to Build Story People

Book titled Creating Characters

Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction

Book titled Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction

Make a Scene

Book titled Make A Scene

Eyes Like Butterflies

Book titled Eyes Like Butterflies

The Forest for the Trees

Book titled Forest for the Trees

The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy

Book titled The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy

The Writers Complete Fantasy Reference

Book titled The Writers Complete Fantasy Reference

What a haul!

A stack of books

I have started reading a reviewing these books already, it will take me a while to get through them, but I plan to get to them all in coming months. If you’ve read any of them and care to comment, please do so below, it may sway my reading order.

Happy Reading.