Pots and Plots
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Pots and Plots
@inthebookgarden.bsky.social
One half of Agents of Sigmar on YT, Book Reviewer at GeekDad.com, and gardener at home.
First review on PotsandPlots for @orendabooks.bsky.social. 'The Winter Job' by Antti Tuomainen is a fun, somewhat farcical crime novel, that examines the importance of human connection. Orenda are great, Antti is great. What's not to love? #booksky potsandplots.blog/2025/11/23/t...
‘The Winter Job’ by Antti Tuomainen
Antti Tuomainen’s ‘The Winter Job’ is another quirky Finnish caper with a madcap storyline and a heartwarming centre.
potsandplots.blog
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
New review from me today on GeekDad. Time travel, dino thriller "God's Junk Drawer" by @peterclines.bsky.social is a fun way to spend a few hours reading time. #booksky geekdad.com/2025/11/gods...
‘God’s Junk Drawer by Peter Clines:’ A Book Review
God's Junk Drawer is a hi-concept thriller, filled with time-travel, dinosaurs and astronomical anomalies.
geekdad.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I've been struggling on the book review front. So, I decided to write about pots rather than plots, for a change. #gardening #booksky
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Running Aground
The book reviews are coming slowly, so here’s an update on what I’ve been up to in the garden. More pots, less plots!
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November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A bit of #warhammer for a Friday afternoon. My Kurnoth's Heralds from the new Spitewood Underworlds box #paintingwarhammer.
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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New Review - an excellent tale of digital ghosts, seers, scientists and ethics await in the brilliant The Salt Oracle by @rainewilson.bsky.social out now - very strongly recommended! Huge thanks to @solarisbooks.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...
The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Solaris for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Solaris Published – Out Now Price – £18.99 hardback £7.99 Kindle ebook ...
www.runalongtheshelves.net
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Ahhh - I’m so excited it’s finally been announced!!
Enormous congratulations to our favourite queen of mythology
@shaunalawless.bsky.social!
Not only has she signed her next trilogy but also a TV adaptation!!
The big question is who can they cast that'll bring the Gormflaith energy?
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Every now and then, a book comes along that is an absolute perfect match for its reviewer. 'Exploring the Universe' by @isabelthomas.co.uk is one such book! geekdad.com/2025/11/expl... from @phaidonpress.bsky.social
‘Exploring the Universe:’ A Book Review
The greatest book ever written about Space might be here - Check out 'Exploring then Universe'
geekdad.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Morning! Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon - it's a future where people wear masks of animals that grant them equivalent abilities (like an Ox mask, which gives them strength). It's told from the point of view of a sentient mask in the 2nd person, with a bit of 1st narration thrown in. It's very clever
November 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
We put our order in today. So much lovely stuff!
It's been a very quiet week.
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.

So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.

Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Together at last! The eight books I’ve written for @titanbooks.bsky.social

Grab them all!

#booksky #books
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Blood of the Bull from #warhammerunderworlds finished.
Now to workout which decks to play them with. #paintingwarhammer
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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I somehow missed this back in September, but 👀👀👀
Picador to publish Emily St John Mandel's new 'mind-bending epic'
Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, is set to publish Emily St John Mandel's new "mind-bending epic" novel.
www.thebookseller.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'm now up to a mighty 2 reviews on my new blog, PotsandPlots. This time for @brookmyre.bsky.social's excellent 'The Cracked Mirror' #booksky #bookreview #crimefiction @chrisbrookmyrehttps://potsandplotsblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/the-cracked-mirror-by-chris-brookmyre/
‘The Cracked Mirror’ by Chris Brookmyre
‘The Cracked Mirror’ by Chris Brookmyre smashes together two staples of crime fiction to create an ingenious addictive thriller that will blow your mind.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I have started writing reviews at a new location. My PotsandPlots blog is live! My first review is for "All That We See or Seem" by @kyliu99.bsky.social. from @headofzeus.bsky.social

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#sff #booksky

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‘All That We See or Seem’ by Ken Liu
Ken Liu’s ‘All That We See or Seem’ is a bleak look of the power of AI, enlsavement to tech and the inexorable rise of enshittification.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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@dougjohnstone.bsky.social fans ASSEMBLE!

We are planning a very special cover reveal next Friday (31st) and would LOVE for YOU to be involved.

To find out more, fill in this form and we'll be in touch soon with more information 📖 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#BookSky please like & RT 🙌
a woman with glasses is smoking a cigarette and the words it 's in the vault are behind her
ALT: a woman with glasses is smoking a cigarette and the words it 's in the vault are behind her
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October 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I've struggled to write review recently - but I definitely wanted to shout about the beautiful "The Last Book." Truly a work of art from Hungry Minds. geekdad.com/2025/10/the-...
‘The Last Book:’ A Book Review
Is 'The Last Book' a book or a work of of art? Why not both? Check out this beautiful rumination on what makes us human.
geekdad.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I've been painting up some #warhammerunderworlds minis from the latest Spitewood boxed set that GW sent us to review.
October 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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My current read -
The conclusion of the GAEL SONG trilogy
THE LAND OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD
by the awesome
@shaunalawless.bsky.social !!

Will see after this final volume
if this series ends up being an all-time fav...
It is certainly on track to get there!
October 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Set in a ravaged future ruled by the descendants of those who caused the climate collapse, #TheHope asks it asks the most urgent question of all: what if there’s still time?

The searing finale to Paul Hardisty's #ClimateEmergency trilogy, out 29/01

🌎 bit.ly/48mRk0m

#Booksky #Dystopian #Thriller
Time for a #CoverReveal and its one for 2026 already! #TheHope by Paul E Hardisty will be published on 29 January 2026 by @orendabooks.bsky.social .
The searing, unforgettable conclusion to the internationally acclaimed The Forcing trilogy.
Pre-order The Hope: geni.us/g264BA
October 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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#CoverReveal

`A riveting eco-thriller [that] paints a realistic picture of our future if society as a whole continues to ignore scientific warnings about global warming´ Crime Fiction Lover

Available to pre-order now 👇

The Hope: geni.us/g264BA

@orendabooks.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Just finished the excellent The Damned King by @justinleeanderson.com - by turns twisty and brutal, filled with flawed and broken people trying to do the right thing in the face of overwhelming awfulness - that maybe has a few parallels to present day, given truth matters so little to some.
October 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Happy publication day to
@writtenbythea.bsky.social for #romance The Second Chance Cinema, from @harpercollins.bsky.social. A #magic midnight cinema? A couple with unacknowledged second thoughts? A chance to make it all right? A beautiful read? Yes! bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/10/revi...
Review - The Second Chance Cinema by Thea Weiss
The Second Chance Cinema Thea Weiss HarperCollins, 7 October 2025 Available as: PB, 320pp, audio, e Source: Advance copy ISBN(PB): 978000876...
bluebookballoon.blogspot.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Unfortunately, I'm having to take a break from long-form reviews, but I have a few books I'm slated to review that I'd like to shout about, starting with "Who Will You Save?," a collection of short stories by @garethlpowell.bsky.social from @titanbooks.bsky.social . #sff #booksky
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.

Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
September 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there
for all people mock it wikipedia is genuinely one of the wonders of the modern world
September 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM