Amaze Amaze Question? Does Project Hail Mary Live Up To The Hype? I’ve mostly tried to stay away from reviews of Project Hail Mary as much as possible, but as perhaps the first “major” sci fi movie to come out in 2026, it’s hard to complet…

Been a while since I got anything posted on the blog, but did manage to review a certain successful sci-fi film currently in theaters . . . It's #ProjectHailMary and it was awesome.

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Beyond the Wax and Feathers: A Deep Dive into ‘Daedalus is Dead’ Time passes, but some stories never get old. I’ve always — since like 6th grade — had a bit of a penchant for Greek Mythology. It’s an itch that seems to most frequently be …

Really thought provoking take on the #Daedalus myth in 'Daedalus is Dead' by Seamus Sullivan.

This is head-canon for me now any time I see Daedalus in a story!

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Wait, Are Hadrosaurs Carnivores? A Mostly Loving Review of Boy, With Accidental Dinosaur It occurs to me as I write this review, that Ian McDonald is something of a big name in Science Fiction. A Hugo Award winner (The Djinn’s Wife in 2007), and Grand Master of Science Fiction (a…

Wow feels like forever since I've been on here. Still been reading books though. Here's a review of a novella I read recently: Boy, With Accidental #Dinosaur by Ian McDonald. Enjoy! 🦖🦕

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#RickRubin 's #TheCreativeAct but abt dieting:

"For a dieter struggling w/ eating ice cream before bed, I suggested a change in perspective.

Had they tried eating the dessert suspended upside down?

After two spoonfuls the dieter's cravings were gone. They've sworn off all desserts."

😂😂

The Unhaul Challenge Returns! One of my reading goals in 2025, was to finish more books I already own before purchasing new books. This decision was not part of some buy nothing rebellion or book buying ban, but simply because …

It was a tough thing but I managed it . . . Ten books removed from the shelf! The #UnhaulChallenge is back!

See which books I got rid of and why:

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Explain a book plot badly:

Only female mage of her generation breaks glass ceiling and saves the world using a magic typewriter to code spells in Wingdings 😂

Loving #BloodOverBrightHaven so far but once I made the association I couldn't unsee it 😅

#Typography #Dingbats

Rewinding to 2003 – Is Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Still a Masterpiece? It’s funny how things line up sometimes. Last week I wrote a review of The Amulet of Samarkand which came out in 2003, and this week I have a review of the game Prince of Persia: The Sands of…

Doing a rewind on the blog today. Replaying an old videogame, which felt like a huge part of my childhood, but looking back at old saves, was apparently only 3 hrs worth of my childhood lol. Enjoy my review of #PrinceOfPersia #SandsOfTime

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The one change that worked: I tried all the hobbies I thought I’d hate – and found friendship and escape I was in a work-commute-collapse cycle and didn’t know what to do. Then I began sampling activities I’d previously dismissed – book clubs, line dancing, chess – and it became oddly addictive

Generally I feel like I'm pretty alright at this (aka just trying stuff) but it's cool to see the lightbulb going off for someone else.

Now what I need to learn is how to not immediately think I need to become semi-professional at every lil random hobby 😅

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A Second Look at ‘The Amulet of Samarkand’: Funny, Immersive, with a side of Social Critique Goodness, we’re already in our third week of 2026 (or I guess second full week), and I’m happy to say we’ve got another book review ready! Here we go . . . The Amulet of Samarkand…

Taking a look at an older book on the blog today. From 2003! Please enjoy my review of book 1 of the #Bartimaeus trilogy, The Amulet of Samarkand!

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I'm either a 14 year old magician working for British Internal Affairs summoning Djinn . . .

Or said summoned Djinn. (depending on the chapter)

Lolz me thinking:

"Caleb Williams is a rather literary thing to be trending right now."

Nope. It's not that Caleb Williams 🤣😭

Reindeer Book Tag! Well, looks like we’re going to keep this book tag magic alive one more week (last week I did my End of Year Book Tag for 2025!). This week we’ve got The Reindeer Book Tag, in which the…

Continuing my end of the year #booktag magic, please check out these book categories centered around Santa's Reindeer and the books I felt matched up best!

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End of the Year Book Tag 2025! All I have by way of an introduction for this post, is just to say, “It’s that time of year again!” We’re staring down the barrel of the approaching new year, but it isn&#82…

New Post up on the blog today. Something of an end-of-the-year recommendation list (in the form of a #booktag!).

Check it out!

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On a whim I hope there is like a cult of Jack Black some day the same way there are Dead Heads and Whovians and like . . . When he passes they just impersonate him the way they do Elvis.

7 min into Pick of Destiny and already feel this way 😶

Christmas sale! Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music is 50% off from Repeater Books for the rest of 2025 with this code! this is likely the best price you'll ever find for my book, spread the word!
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I’ve Read 500 Books! Let’s Celebrate With a Review of Andrew Ford’s The Shortest History of Music According to Goodreads, I’ve read 500 books! I’m only at 450 posts on the blog, so somewhere along the way I must have missed some lol (also not all my posts here are about books so I&#…

More Book Review goodness on the blog today. This time we're looking at some non-fiction about one of my all-time favorite subjects . . . #MusicHistory! 🎸🥁🎵🎹

We're looking at Andrew Ford's 'The Shortest History of Music'. Enjoy!

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Dark Lord’s Guide to Dating: The Romantasy Book That Had Me Feeling All Kinds of Ways To put it simply, this book had me feeling all kinds of ways at different points throughout, but overall, I’m glad I read it. I’ll start with the things I liked first. Just right off th…

New post up on the blog today. In my #Romantasy era I guess. Looking at Tiffany Hunt's "The Dark Lord's Guide To Dating (and other war crimes)"

Check out my review on the blog!
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A Brutal and Beautiful New Slavic Myth: Veronica Roth’s When Among Crows So it’s actually been a little while (about three months) since I first read When Among Crows by Veronica Roth, and I’ve recently finished with its sequel (To Clutch a Razor), which I d…

Getting back into some #SlavicFolklore inspired Fantasy with a Veronica Roth's 'When Among Crows'. Just the fix I didn't know I needed. Check out my review in the post below:

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Bookstore vs The Library (TBR Challenge) YouTube video by dylan joseph

Doing the Lord's work promoting libraries! 🤩

Just finished the #CurseBearer series he talks about (reviews up on the blog soon).

He picks up The Witcher for his next Slavic Fantasy. I'll be curious what he thinks. In some ways similar, in some ways very different.

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The Best Kind of Nonsense: Why I Loved T. Kingfisher’s Nine Goblins Looks like I’m back on my T. Kingfisher kick. This author is becoming somewhat ‘old-reliable’ when it comes to having a good audiobook for a long drive. I went into this one prett…

A look at a fun/different take on Goblins from T. Kingfisher. Check out my review of 'Nine Goblins' on the blog!

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Outside My Normal Haunts: Exploring Rez Gothic With ‘Mapping The Interior’ Well we’re in the second week of our spooky era here on A&A and the shivers are starting to (ahem) creep down the spine. Excellent. I have to admit, this is not my first Stephen Graham Jo…

Taking a look at some more #spooky #hauntedhouse fiction on the blog today: Stephen Graham-Jones's "Mapping the Interior"

I've actually already read it years ago but never reviewed it. Couldn't let that stand so here we are . . . Enjoy!

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More Palahniuk Than Poltergeist: A Look at Gillian Flynn’s ‘The Grownup’ It’s October again, which means I’m officially back in my Haunted House Era until we hit November. Looking back at last October (2024), it seems we were a bit light with only my review …

New post up on the blog today! Easing into my #spooky era for October with a quick "haunted house" story from Gillian Flynn called "The Grownup". Check out my review:

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Cats, Kids, and Close Encounters: Diving into Emily Jane’s ‘On Earth As It Is On Television’ Back in January (2025) I reviewed Emily Jane’s second novel, Here Beside the Rising Tide and was pretty excited by the whole thing. It was exactly the right mix of weird, goofy, funny, and li…

Another book review up on the blog today! We're taking a look at Emily Jane's 'On Earth As It Is On Television'.

It's a #funny (and slightly #existential) riff on #firstcontact with aliens. A thoroughly enjoyable ride. Check out my review:

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Godzilla 1998: The Weird, The Wacky, and Ohh The CGI (lol) I have to admit, I don’t really a very strong narrative for revisiting this film right now, other than that I may want to reference it in an upcoming post. I considered trying to tie it in to…

I bet you didn't think I'd be talking about #Godzilla on the blog this week. Well I am lol. Yup the one from 1998. Enjoy!

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Effortless Awe: Why Sword of the Sea is 2025’s Coolest Surprise Without a doubt, Sword of the Sea is the most effortless fun I’ve had playing a game in 2025. Sit down, start up, be amazed. It’s really that simple. I almost started this review by say…

So I had no idea today was #VideoGamesDay so I'm a little freaked out that I have a review of Sword of the Sea ready which I had planned to post today anyway, but here we are! lol

This game is pretty much amazing. Check it out!

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Capitalism, Robots, and Libraries: A Review of Service Model So we’re going to interrupt our regularly scheduled #Blaugust programing because: the Hugo Awards were last weekend! In years past, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to ‘keep up&#82…

Have read relatively few of this year's #HugoAward contenders, but did managed to finish Adrian Tchaikovsky's 'Service Model'. Only a bit late lol 😅

Here's my review. Enjoy!
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Well it's only been like 3 years since I've come across another example of #3DPrintingInFiction but Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model briefly nods at it in a workshop at a manor house . . . I'll take it!

Some Books I’ve Read at the Beach (Pt.1) We’ve just closed out our first full week of August (and also #Blaugust!), and I’m really starting to feel that we’ve lost the breaks on summer and it’s skidding by faster t…

I think I'm missing the sand beneath my toes a bit lol. Here's 5 books I've Read at the Beach, though most of them I'd hardly call "#BeachReads" hahah.

Enjoy!

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Tryna! I reposted a petition. Idk how much those things help but can't hurt hahah

The First of #Blaugust! And a Mid-Year Freakout Book Tag It’s finally (already?) Augusts 1st! Which means we have a bit of a confluence of events happening here on the blog. The first event is the start of #blaugust, which is a blogging event runni…

Happy #Blaugust 1st everyone! Celebrating with a #booktag 🙂

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