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• The Gentleman Bastard Sequence – The Best Adult Fantasy Series To Date

  I have been reading The Gentleman Bastard Sequence by Scott Lynch over the last six months, and I honestly feel like my perception of fantasy and writing has changed thanks to his works. From the filthy Camorr origins in The Lies of Locke Lamora, to the deadly swashbuckling adventures of Red Seas Under Red Skies,…

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  February 22, 2025

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• Queer Book Recs to Celebrate Pride Month

  It is Pride Month in New Zealand, so for today’s post I have a collection of book recommendations for you with LGBTQ+ themes and characters, some of which are also written by authors who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. With so many perspectives, experiences, and voices to listen to from this community, I thought…

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  February 8, 2025

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• My January 2025 Reading Summary

  Overall mood: disbelief. 2025 feels like it has been a series of months: Holiday break, then moving back into work mode, throw in a ten-day indoor sentencing for the cat and suddenly three different months have happened in the span of 31 days. I have managed to get a fair number of books read in…

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  January 31, 2025

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• Dealing With Reading Mood Changes

  I’m sure we’ve all been there: the week has been leading up to a day off, a day to read and relax and get a book off your tbr list. Maybe it is a long weekend, or a week away, or even the big holiday break. Either way, the day arrives and you have these…

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  January 27, 2025

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• Managing Long-Term Plans and Goals

  As a PhD student, an aspiring writer, and a young adult who likes to plan and set goals, January is a bit of a hectic month. As most of us do during the New Year, I set a few goals for 2025. I have also tried to bring goals from last year into the new…

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  January 22, 2025

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• My Review of Claudia Gray’s Firebird Trilogy

  Claudia Gray’s Firebird trilogy is a YA sci-fi romance that will take you all over the world, jumping into multiverses and dropping you in places of rich detail, vivid world building, and budding romance. It is an immersive, fun, and creative series that I happily reread in 2024 and maybe I can convince you to…

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  January 17, 2025

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• My 2025 Reading Goals

  2025 is here and with it comes a new set of reading goals. To be honest, several of these goals are repeats from last year reading goals because I genuinely feel so much better doing them. Without further ado, let’s jump into it. Reading Goal #1 – No reading tally goal I switch between calling…

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  January 12, 2025

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• Alexandra Bracken’s The Darkest Minds Series Review

  It has been a long time in the making doing my reread of The darkest Minds series by Alexandra Bracken, but I have finally completed it and had the time to ruminate on my feelings. Now, it is about time I get to posting my review of the trilogy. Note there is a fourth book…

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  January 10, 2025

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• My Favourite Reads of 2024

  It’s time to share my 2024 favourites! I am very happy with the books I read in 2024, finding so many gems and enjoying far more genres than expected. I have rated a far few books a 4.5 or 5 stars and I highly recommend them all. This list goes in chronological order of when…

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  January 3, 2025

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• My 2024 Reading Summary

  Wow. The year has flown by and I am struggling to remember what’s happened over the last twelve months. All I know is that is has been a wild ride. From PhD application to Spooktober daily posts, 2024 has been a busy year but it has been so incredibly fun and rewarding too. I want…

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  January 1, 2025

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