A quick Google uncovered a bunch of celebs investing heavily in AI concerns or citing the false "AI is inevitable" and caving in. Kristen Bell? Tom Hanks? I used to admire these people. Smh.

What's with all the celebs coming out pro-ai lately??? Trying to pump up their investments?

@bsky.app what was the point of my choosing English in all three places in Settings???

And my love affair with her looks and talent ends - as if often the case with talented figures - when she opens her mouth and speaks.

I should do a giveaway here too!

I'll randomly select someone who retweets this to receive a signed copy of Daughter of Crows 🙂

Cover to The Wolf's Call by Anthony Ryan

#2026Reading

Anthony Ryan's The Wolf's Call, first half of his Raven's Blade duology, became my 20th completed read of 2026.

Pictured is the cover to J G Terral's upcoming fantasy novel He Who Ate the Wild.

#2026Reading

My 19th completed read of 2026: an e-arc of J G Terral's upcoming fantasy novel He Who Ate the Wild, out June 26th.

Pictured is the cover to Red Phoenix by Andrew Warren

#2026Reading

My 18th completed read of 2026 is another military thriller, Andrew Warren's 2nd Thomas Caine book Red Phoenix.

Correction, book 4 in the Gray Man series!

Pictured is the cover to Mark Greaney's DEAD EYE.

#2026reading

While mostly reading fantasy and science fiction, my go-to palate cleansers are usually military thrillers like DEAD EYE, 3rd in Mark Greaney's Gray Man series and my 17th read completed in 2026. (No one will have noticed but I skipped 16, a beta read that has no cover yet).

Hobbit rules rule! In my case I used to do giveaways Hobbit-style because I share a birthday with Bilbo and Frodo!

Guaranteed worthwhile read!

Pictured is the cover to Anthony Ryan's Queen of Fire

#2026reading
My 15th completed book of 2026 is Anthony Ryan's Queen of Fire (2015), book 3 in the Raven's Shadow Trilogy, aka the Blood Song trilogy. Part of my "read the rest of Ryan" campaign and the first novel series I've completed in a while. Still too many book 2's to read!

Pictured is the cover to Anthony Ryan's The Tower Lord.

#2026Reading:
The 14th book I completed in 2026 is The Tower Lord by Anthony Ryan, book 2 in the Raven's Shadow Trilogy, first sequel to Blood Song, one of his very best.

As others have said, Sahara was a well acted, fun film that ignored a zillion details from the novel and Pitt series to the point it barely resembled the original. A great reminder that adaptations are always, um, adaptations. The one film I saw slavishly imitate it's original truly sucked, btw!

Pictured is the cover to Mark Greaney's Ballistic.

#2026Reading
Typically I read military thrillers like Mark Greaney's Ballistic (2011), third in his Gray Man series, very quickly (as I have with at least five others from this series) but for some reason I struggled with this one but now it's my 13th completed read of 2026. And back to fantasy...

Pictured: Cover to Teresa Frohock's Where Oblivion Lives.

Day 30/30 #30daysbooksbywomen: Teresa Frohock
Where Oblivion Lives (2019)
Nefilim and angels wage a cold war as WWII looms over Europe. Book 1 of the Los Nefilim trilogy.

Morning and neurodivergent.

Pictured: cover to The Enchantment Emporium by Tanya Huff

Day 29/30 #30daysbooksbywomen: Tanya Huff
The Enchantment Emporium (2009), book 1 of her Gale Women trilogy. Huff doesn't hold the reader's hand on this one but it's one of her most rewarding reads imo.

Oh, I have Silent City too! (And Last Winter Sun).

I'll certainly be reading more of him. Have you read The Stone Road? I just happen to have that sitting in my Kindle library from a long ago freebie download.

Pictured is the cover to The Silencing of the North by G R Matthews

#2026reading:
I've had my eye on G R Matthews for a while and ran into an offer for an Advance Review Copy of his latest book, The Silencing of the North, sequel to Seven Deaths of an Empire, which comprise the first two of his Six Kingdoms series. 4.5/5 and my 12th completed read this year.

Pictured is the cover to Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty

Day 28/30
#30daysbooksbywomen:
Mur Lafferty
Six Wakes (2017)
"Locked room" murder mystery on a spaceship!

Pictured is the cover of Rachel Aaron's The Spirit Thief

Day 27/30 #30daysbooksbywomen: Rachel Aaron
The Spirit Thief (2010) book 1 of The Legend of Eli Monpress series.
Just couldn't pass up a story that begins with the protagonist "convincing" a prison door to open for him!

Just re-read Blood Song and about to finish the series after I'm done with the arc I'm reading. Blood Song simply rocks - great great storytelling.

Pictured is the cover to Hild by Nicola Griffith

Day 26/30 #30daysbooksbywomen:
Nicola Griffith,
Hild (2013). This, along with the first sequel in the Hild Sequence, Menewood, comprises some of the best historical fiction I've ever read. 7th century Northumbria brought to vivid life.

Pictured is the cover to A True Kill, the final book in Steven Konkoly's thriller trilogy the Garrett Mann series.

#2026reading: Over the years I've been enjoying Steven Konkoly's military thrillers, starting with his Black Flagged series. His Garrett Mann trilogy is the latest, concluding with A True Kill. I got an advance review copy through NetGalley. Releases Mar 10. 5/5 and my 11th completed read of 2026.

Pictured is the cover to Zamil Akhtar's Death Hymns of Homara

Was lucky to receive a digital arc (Advance Review Copy) of Death Hymns of Homara by Zamil Akhtar, a standalone novel in his Gunmetal Gods universe. This was my tenth finished novel of 2026, 5/5 stars.

Pictured is the cover to Naomi Novik's A Deadly Education.

Day 25/30 #30daysbooksbywomen:
Naomi Novik A Deadly Education (2020), book one in her Scholomance Trilogy.