Ranger’s Oath is the first book in the Fall of Radiance series by Blake Arthur Peel. I had the honour of sending this book to the final round as I judged it in the first two rounds. Sadly, I wasn’t assigned this one to read for the finals, but what I read was so good, Read More
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5 J/K-dramas From My Youth On Netflix
My interest in Japanese culture started early when I became friends with an adopted Japanese girl. But it wasn’t until I hit my teens that I started looking for pop culture to consume. Pokemon is still one of my favourite franchises, but I hungered for more. I read a ton of manga and watched a Read More
6 Fantasy Romances To Check Out This Valentine’s Day
It’s nearly the middle of February which means Valentine’s Day is coming up. Whether you love or hate the day, or don’t celebrate at all, it’s hard to escape. But in case you need some escapism or just a good romance story, here are five fantasy romances that came out since the beginning of the Read More
Book Blogger Novel of the Year 2021
Last year, just before the holidays, the winners of the first annual Book Blogger Novel of the Year Award were announced. Now, the signups for this year are opening up, and I wanted to talk a bit about my experience on last year’s panel. For Panelists I knew when I first heard about BBNYA, I Read More
Reading Challenge 2021
2020 was supposed to be the year of the chonk, but 2020 had different plans. While I did read a record number of books (100+?!), it wasn’t really a chonky year. So I want to take on the challenge again. I don’t mind the slimmer books I read last year. Heck, it was a year Read More
Best Reads of 2020
This has been a strange year. I started out with a reading goal of thirty books. I ended up reading 103 books! The most I’ve ever read in a year. Yes, I’m including comics and manga too. But still, it’s a lot. Over 20k pages. And I’m not even counting the reading my own books Read More
Booktour: A Sparrow Alone by Mim Eichmann
Thanks to TheWriteReads and the author for the review copy as part of the book tour. All opinions are my own. I want to start with content warnings for rape, murder, and racism. I initially wasn’t sure if I should sign up since historical novels aren’t my most read genres but I used to read Read More
Devil’s Deal Is Available Again!
A little later than I had hoped, but Devil’s Deal is out now! I’m really proud of what it is now. David Taylor helped me to polish this gem even more and most of the problems reviewers mentioned have been addressed. This new edition has a deleted scene and various new ones, so it’s worth Read More
Trying Out Kobo Plus
I got a month of free Kobo Plus when I purchased my new Kobo Clara HD. With their free trial month, I now have two months of unlimited free reading of the Kobo Plus catalogue. I’m lucky they have this program available in the Netherlands, and I can try it out. This post isn’t sponsored. Read More
Devil’s Deal And The Future Of Infernal Contracts
This year has been full of surprises. Most of what I had planned got chucked out of the window early on. Sounds familiar? I’m not alone, right? Well, some of it got delayed, but this year also had pleasant surprises. And that’s why I have some exciting news to share with you today. Devil’s Deal Read More