Category: Reading
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My Top 5 Sci-Fi Books
I have always been a child of science fiction–which is kind of odd, since neither of my parents were super into it when I was a kid. I don’t know where it came from (though I suspect it was the syndicated Star Trek I watched during the day at my…
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TBR Piles: How I Choose What to Read Next
When I was a little kid, I was a massively avid reader. I would often read three books at a time: whatever I had been assigned for English, and two more for my own pleasure. I consumed books at an incredible rate, and was thus a frequent visitor of my…
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The Yips: How to Break a Reading Slump
As a speculative fiction author, I believe strongly that in order to be a great writer, you must be a great reader. And not just of your preferred genre. You must read wide and often, casting your net as broadly as you can. However, despite that belief, I find myself…
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7 of My All-Time Favorite Books
I’ve been an avid reader since I was young, so there’s no way I could accurately rate every book I’ve ever read. There are definitely some that should be on this list that I have forgotten, and certainly more that I haven’t read yet. So, let’s just call these 7 of my…
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Raye’s Rants: Stories, Politics, and Escapism
We just had a long weekend here in Canada for our Thanksgiving, and it has thrown off my whole work schedule for the week. I usually work on the Mondays of long weekends to avoid that, but this time we took some much needed family time, so I’m a little…
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Do Audiobooks Count as Reading?
I’m going to do something this week I rarely ever do–here or anywhere else on the internet for that matter–give a short, but hopefully somewhat hot take. My takes on the usual pop culture subjects tend to be lukewarm at best, but I think I have a unique perspective on…
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The Next 5 Books on My TBR Pile
I’ve been so busy with editing Gas Giant Gambit lately (plus the whole “adopting a new dog and then creating a new routine to accommodate their needs,” as well as more beer league hockey than I can shake a stick at) that I’ve fallen a little behind on my reading…
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Reading Goals for 2025
Last year I discovered Goodread‘s Reading Challenge and set a goal of 15 books for myself–and reached it. 15 was, admittedly, an easily attainable goal. That said, I had my doubts I would finish, given the fact that many of the books I read are extremely long (The From a…
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Creative Writing Wizard’s Indie Release Radar
I’m going to do something a little different this week. Instead of ramble on about some topic or other, I want to share a project one of my social media mutuals (dare I say, a “social media friend?”) has embarked on. The Creative Writing Wizard, aka Glen Weatherhead, has begun…
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Book Review: The Stardust Grail
Warning: Here there be SPOILERS! It’s been a minute since I’ve done a book review on my blog, and I just happened to finish The Stardust Grail by Yume Kitasei over the weekend, so why not! I’ll start by saying I had not heard of Kitasei’s first novel The Deep…
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