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I will never shut up about how amazing Kings of the Wyld and Bloody Rose are.
My Broken Binding set is now complete.
Kings made me cry....
I will never shut up about how amazing Kings of the Wyld and Bloody Rose are.
My Broken Binding set is now complete.
Kings made me cry....
January 9, 2026 at 5:55 AM
@nicholaseames.bsky.social
I will never shut up about how amazing Kings of the Wyld and Bloody Rose are.
My Broken Binding set is now complete.
Kings made me cry....
I will never shut up about how amazing Kings of the Wyld and Bloody Rose are.
My Broken Binding set is now complete.
Kings made me cry....
Reading Dragons of Autumn Twilight which is my first Dragonlance novel.
I am loving it. There's something in "band of friends" books for me. Maybe it's because I don't have a lot of friends that tickles my timbers.
I got excited about the Unicorn too. I felt the reactions of the characters.
I am loving it. There's something in "band of friends" books for me. Maybe it's because I don't have a lot of friends that tickles my timbers.
I got excited about the Unicorn too. I felt the reactions of the characters.
January 3, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Reading Dragons of Autumn Twilight which is my first Dragonlance novel.
I am loving it. There's something in "band of friends" books for me. Maybe it's because I don't have a lot of friends that tickles my timbers.
I got excited about the Unicorn too. I felt the reactions of the characters.
I am loving it. There's something in "band of friends" books for me. Maybe it's because I don't have a lot of friends that tickles my timbers.
I got excited about the Unicorn too. I felt the reactions of the characters.
2025 at a glance:
Left an extremely toxic work space where those that should have stopped the toxicity ignored, hid, or outright accused employees of lying to cover their abusive manager's behaviour
Read a lot of books
Discovered new authors
Rediscovered old authors
But I still h*te winter.
Left an extremely toxic work space where those that should have stopped the toxicity ignored, hid, or outright accused employees of lying to cover their abusive manager's behaviour
Read a lot of books
Discovered new authors
Rediscovered old authors
But I still h*te winter.
December 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
2025 at a glance:
Left an extremely toxic work space where those that should have stopped the toxicity ignored, hid, or outright accused employees of lying to cover their abusive manager's behaviour
Read a lot of books
Discovered new authors
Rediscovered old authors
But I still h*te winter.
Left an extremely toxic work space where those that should have stopped the toxicity ignored, hid, or outright accused employees of lying to cover their abusive manager's behaviour
Read a lot of books
Discovered new authors
Rediscovered old authors
But I still h*te winter.
Finished Red Rising.
I enjoyed it. But the pacing was much slower during the last few chapters. The ending pulled me back in. I definitely didn't expect that to happen. But I found myself skimming through pages as well.
The second is on the TBR.
Dragons of Autumn Twilight is up next.
I enjoyed it. But the pacing was much slower during the last few chapters. The ending pulled me back in. I definitely didn't expect that to happen. But I found myself skimming through pages as well.
The second is on the TBR.
Dragons of Autumn Twilight is up next.
December 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Finished Red Rising.
I enjoyed it. But the pacing was much slower during the last few chapters. The ending pulled me back in. I definitely didn't expect that to happen. But I found myself skimming through pages as well.
The second is on the TBR.
Dragons of Autumn Twilight is up next.
I enjoyed it. But the pacing was much slower during the last few chapters. The ending pulled me back in. I definitely didn't expect that to happen. But I found myself skimming through pages as well.
The second is on the TBR.
Dragons of Autumn Twilight is up next.
Halfway through Red Rising.
It's good, I am enjoying it.
But it's definitely very Hunger Games-ish.
I like the premise and how the main character is looking for vengeance by convincing people who he is vs who he really is.
There are some parts that are draggy but I am enjoying it.
It's good, I am enjoying it.
But it's definitely very Hunger Games-ish.
I like the premise and how the main character is looking for vengeance by convincing people who he is vs who he really is.
There are some parts that are draggy but I am enjoying it.
December 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Halfway through Red Rising.
It's good, I am enjoying it.
But it's definitely very Hunger Games-ish.
I like the premise and how the main character is looking for vengeance by convincing people who he is vs who he really is.
There are some parts that are draggy but I am enjoying it.
It's good, I am enjoying it.
But it's definitely very Hunger Games-ish.
I like the premise and how the main character is looking for vengeance by convincing people who he is vs who he really is.
There are some parts that are draggy but I am enjoying it.
Finished Empire of Silence.
A few pacing issues towards the end but still really good.
Hadrian is sent away by his Dad, his mother hatches a plan that goes awry.
On a distant planet, Hadrian must survive by any means necessary. While keeping his real identity a secret.
Next Red Rising.
A few pacing issues towards the end but still really good.
Hadrian is sent away by his Dad, his mother hatches a plan that goes awry.
On a distant planet, Hadrian must survive by any means necessary. While keeping his real identity a secret.
Next Red Rising.
December 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Finished Empire of Silence.
A few pacing issues towards the end but still really good.
Hadrian is sent away by his Dad, his mother hatches a plan that goes awry.
On a distant planet, Hadrian must survive by any means necessary. While keeping his real identity a secret.
Next Red Rising.
A few pacing issues towards the end but still really good.
Hadrian is sent away by his Dad, his mother hatches a plan that goes awry.
On a distant planet, Hadrian must survive by any means necessary. While keeping his real identity a secret.
Next Red Rising.
Almost halfway through Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio.
It's definitely Dune-esque. But I am enjoying Empire way more than I liked DUNE(I DNF DUNE)
I like the tenacity of the main character. But I also felt sorry for him because of his parents.
I am anxious to see where it's going.
It's definitely Dune-esque. But I am enjoying Empire way more than I liked DUNE(I DNF DUNE)
I like the tenacity of the main character. But I also felt sorry for him because of his parents.
I am anxious to see where it's going.
December 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Almost halfway through Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio.
It's definitely Dune-esque. But I am enjoying Empire way more than I liked DUNE(I DNF DUNE)
I like the tenacity of the main character. But I also felt sorry for him because of his parents.
I am anxious to see where it's going.
It's definitely Dune-esque. But I am enjoying Empire way more than I liked DUNE(I DNF DUNE)
I like the tenacity of the main character. But I also felt sorry for him because of his parents.
I am anxious to see where it's going.
Finished the Silverblood Promise.
It was okay.
Definitely some parts that felt Tamblyn and that I skipped over.
But I did like the relationship between Flea and Lukan. I loved Flea's attitude and her sassy replies to Lukan.
Still 3 stars.
Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio is next.
It was okay.
Definitely some parts that felt Tamblyn and that I skipped over.
But I did like the relationship between Flea and Lukan. I loved Flea's attitude and her sassy replies to Lukan.
Still 3 stars.
Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio is next.
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Finished the Silverblood Promise.
It was okay.
Definitely some parts that felt Tamblyn and that I skipped over.
But I did like the relationship between Flea and Lukan. I loved Flea's attitude and her sassy replies to Lukan.
Still 3 stars.
Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio is next.
It was okay.
Definitely some parts that felt Tamblyn and that I skipped over.
But I did like the relationship between Flea and Lukan. I loved Flea's attitude and her sassy replies to Lukan.
Still 3 stars.
Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio is next.
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Finished Empire of The Damned.
I am a sobbing, snotty, swearing mess.
It's three a.m. and I am not sure if I will actually be able to sleep after this.
As he says in his author notes "he doesn't believe in happy endings"
Definitely a five star read and in the rightful spot for favourite book.
I am a sobbing, snotty, swearing mess.
It's three a.m. and I am not sure if I will actually be able to sleep after this.
As he says in his author notes "he doesn't believe in happy endings"
Definitely a five star read and in the rightful spot for favourite book.
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Finished Empire of The Damned.
I am a sobbing, snotty, swearing mess.
It's three a.m. and I am not sure if I will actually be able to sleep after this.
As he says in his author notes "he doesn't believe in happy endings"
Definitely a five star read and in the rightful spot for favourite book.
I am a sobbing, snotty, swearing mess.
It's three a.m. and I am not sure if I will actually be able to sleep after this.
As he says in his author notes "he doesn't believe in happy endings"
Definitely a five star read and in the rightful spot for favourite book.
Jay Kristoff just made me cry a snot festival
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Jay Kristoff just made me cry a snot festival
110 pages into Empire of The Damned....
I can not get over how fu*King fabulous this bl00dy book is.
Holy flipping cow!!
I can not get over how fu*King fabulous this bl00dy book is.
Holy flipping cow!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
110 pages into Empire of The Damned....
I can not get over how fu*King fabulous this bl00dy book is.
Holy flipping cow!!
I can not get over how fu*King fabulous this bl00dy book is.
Holy flipping cow!!
@misterkristoff.bsky.social I started Empire of The Damned at 1 am while waiting for my watch to charge.
Next thing I know, it's 3am, the watch was charged, and I am suddenly aware that I will be very tired when I have to get up in a few hours.
Next thing I know, it's 3am, the watch was charged, and I am suddenly aware that I will be very tired when I have to get up in a few hours.
October 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
@misterkristoff.bsky.social I started Empire of The Damned at 1 am while waiting for my watch to charge.
Next thing I know, it's 3am, the watch was charged, and I am suddenly aware that I will be very tired when I have to get up in a few hours.
Next thing I know, it's 3am, the watch was charged, and I am suddenly aware that I will be very tired when I have to get up in a few hours.
Finished the Price of Power by Michael Michel.
It was good, the multi - character pov was a little hard to follow at times but that's more me than the book.
I giggled at a couple of parts and was surprised by a few parts as well.
All in all it's one I would recommend.
Onto Empire of The D*mned.
It was good, the multi - character pov was a little hard to follow at times but that's more me than the book.
I giggled at a couple of parts and was surprised by a few parts as well.
All in all it's one I would recommend.
Onto Empire of The D*mned.
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Finished the Price of Power by Michael Michel.
It was good, the multi - character pov was a little hard to follow at times but that's more me than the book.
I giggled at a couple of parts and was surprised by a few parts as well.
All in all it's one I would recommend.
Onto Empire of The D*mned.
It was good, the multi - character pov was a little hard to follow at times but that's more me than the book.
I giggled at a couple of parts and was surprised by a few parts as well.
All in all it's one I would recommend.
Onto Empire of The D*mned.
Making my way through the Price of Power...
There's more than a few editing errors and spelling errors which isn't a big deal for me but ones that an editor probably should have caught.
Overall I am enjoying it. It's a neat story and the world is interesting as well.
There's more than a few editing errors and spelling errors which isn't a big deal for me but ones that an editor probably should have caught.
Overall I am enjoying it. It's a neat story and the world is interesting as well.
October 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Making my way through the Price of Power...
There's more than a few editing errors and spelling errors which isn't a big deal for me but ones that an editor probably should have caught.
Overall I am enjoying it. It's a neat story and the world is interesting as well.
There's more than a few editing errors and spelling errors which isn't a big deal for me but ones that an editor probably should have caught.
Overall I am enjoying it. It's a neat story and the world is interesting as well.
Blacktongue Thief is awesome!
Hilarious but also serious. It definitely earns the grimdark fantasy label.
Giants, goblins, mysterious creatures, things that live in the skin of people, giant attack birds, and even love.
Definitely a five star read.
Next up The Price of Power
Hilarious but also serious. It definitely earns the grimdark fantasy label.
Giants, goblins, mysterious creatures, things that live in the skin of people, giant attack birds, and even love.
Definitely a five star read.
Next up The Price of Power
October 17, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Blacktongue Thief is awesome!
Hilarious but also serious. It definitely earns the grimdark fantasy label.
Giants, goblins, mysterious creatures, things that live in the skin of people, giant attack birds, and even love.
Definitely a five star read.
Next up The Price of Power
Hilarious but also serious. It definitely earns the grimdark fantasy label.
Giants, goblins, mysterious creatures, things that live in the skin of people, giant attack birds, and even love.
Definitely a five star read.
Next up The Price of Power
I can say this here because I think it's vague enough...
I am very happy that the part of the Blacktongue Thief did not turn out the way I thought it was going to.
There was bad words being prepared.
I am very happy that the part of the Blacktongue Thief did not turn out the way I thought it was going to.
There was bad words being prepared.
October 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I can say this here because I think it's vague enough...
I am very happy that the part of the Blacktongue Thief did not turn out the way I thought it was going to.
There was bad words being prepared.
I am very happy that the part of the Blacktongue Thief did not turn out the way I thought it was going to.
There was bad words being prepared.
Hey! Ontario!
I was very much liking the warmer weather.
Please come back. I don't want to turn on the heat.
I was very much liking the warmer weather.
Please come back. I don't want to turn on the heat.
October 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Hey! Ontario!
I was very much liking the warmer weather.
Please come back. I don't want to turn on the heat.
I was very much liking the warmer weather.
Please come back. I don't want to turn on the heat.
It's two a.m. and I finished Priest of Bones by Peter McLean.
It's really good but definitely has some triggers.
Returning from war, to nothing, Tomas Piety rebuilds what he lost, often with brutal justice.
There were parts that made me sad, I laughed as well.
Next up the Blacktongue Thief.
It's really good but definitely has some triggers.
Returning from war, to nothing, Tomas Piety rebuilds what he lost, often with brutal justice.
There were parts that made me sad, I laughed as well.
Next up the Blacktongue Thief.
October 8, 2025 at 6:04 AM
It's two a.m. and I finished Priest of Bones by Peter McLean.
It's really good but definitely has some triggers.
Returning from war, to nothing, Tomas Piety rebuilds what he lost, often with brutal justice.
There were parts that made me sad, I laughed as well.
Next up the Blacktongue Thief.
It's really good but definitely has some triggers.
Returning from war, to nothing, Tomas Piety rebuilds what he lost, often with brutal justice.
There were parts that made me sad, I laughed as well.
Next up the Blacktongue Thief.
You know when you can't sleep so you start doing weird things?
Wednesday night, by 3 am, I kept wondering what would happen if a Cyclops was gifted an eye that could see the future.
Wednesday night, by 3 am, I kept wondering what would happen if a Cyclops was gifted an eye that could see the future.
October 4, 2025 at 1:24 AM
You know when you can't sleep so you start doing weird things?
Wednesday night, by 3 am, I kept wondering what would happen if a Cyclops was gifted an eye that could see the future.
Wednesday night, by 3 am, I kept wondering what would happen if a Cyclops was gifted an eye that could see the future.
Well I gave up on Navola.
It just wasn't working for me.
I got to page 123 and I said out loud, oh, only page 123...
It was too much of this.."we saw flowers and dogs and pigs and chickens and horses and dogs"
Less of that and more story may have held my attention.
Trying Priest of Bones.
It just wasn't working for me.
I got to page 123 and I said out loud, oh, only page 123...
It was too much of this.."we saw flowers and dogs and pigs and chickens and horses and dogs"
Less of that and more story may have held my attention.
Trying Priest of Bones.
October 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Well I gave up on Navola.
It just wasn't working for me.
I got to page 123 and I said out loud, oh, only page 123...
It was too much of this.."we saw flowers and dogs and pigs and chickens and horses and dogs"
Less of that and more story may have held my attention.
Trying Priest of Bones.
It just wasn't working for me.
I got to page 123 and I said out loud, oh, only page 123...
It was too much of this.."we saw flowers and dogs and pigs and chickens and horses and dogs"
Less of that and more story may have held my attention.
Trying Priest of Bones.
Finding Navola a little slow.
It's not that I am not enjoying it but there's definitely some repetition of description in a few places.
I am only on page 89 so perhaps I am not giving it a fair break.
It's not that I am not enjoying it but there's definitely some repetition of description in a few places.
I am only on page 89 so perhaps I am not giving it a fair break.
September 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Finding Navola a little slow.
It's not that I am not enjoying it but there's definitely some repetition of description in a few places.
I am only on page 89 so perhaps I am not giving it a fair break.
It's not that I am not enjoying it but there's definitely some repetition of description in a few places.
I am only on page 89 so perhaps I am not giving it a fair break.
So...
I ended up putting down The Song of the First Blade.
But it's weird because I was enjoying it.
The multiple character pov lost me a few times but left me interested in at least one character arc.
The interest in what was happening kept me going and likely will bring me back.
Navola next
I ended up putting down The Song of the First Blade.
But it's weird because I was enjoying it.
The multiple character pov lost me a few times but left me interested in at least one character arc.
The interest in what was happening kept me going and likely will bring me back.
Navola next
September 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
So...
I ended up putting down The Song of the First Blade.
But it's weird because I was enjoying it.
The multiple character pov lost me a few times but left me interested in at least one character arc.
The interest in what was happening kept me going and likely will bring me back.
Navola next
I ended up putting down The Song of the First Blade.
But it's weird because I was enjoying it.
The multiple character pov lost me a few times but left me interested in at least one character arc.
The interest in what was happening kept me going and likely will bring me back.
Navola next
Sitting outside with the doggo, a book and the smell of someone burning leaves is probably peak September in Ontario.
But, I really wish that this 20 degree temperature would hang around until Christmas, snow on Christmas Day and then go away again.
Because I hate winter.
But, I really wish that this 20 degree temperature would hang around until Christmas, snow on Christmas Day and then go away again.
Because I hate winter.
September 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Sitting outside with the doggo, a book and the smell of someone burning leaves is probably peak September in Ontario.
But, I really wish that this 20 degree temperature would hang around until Christmas, snow on Christmas Day and then go away again.
Because I hate winter.
But, I really wish that this 20 degree temperature would hang around until Christmas, snow on Christmas Day and then go away again.
Because I hate winter.
Finished Rise of the Ranger.
I really enjoyed it.
The relationship between Asher and the people hired to capture him was pretty heartwarming especially as they started helping each other.
Knowing that he fought a lot of battles blindfolded was pretty cool too.
Up next Song of the First Blade !
I really enjoyed it.
The relationship between Asher and the people hired to capture him was pretty heartwarming especially as they started helping each other.
Knowing that he fought a lot of battles blindfolded was pretty cool too.
Up next Song of the First Blade !
September 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Finished Rise of the Ranger.
I really enjoyed it.
The relationship between Asher and the people hired to capture him was pretty heartwarming especially as they started helping each other.
Knowing that he fought a lot of battles blindfolded was pretty cool too.
Up next Song of the First Blade !
I really enjoyed it.
The relationship between Asher and the people hired to capture him was pretty heartwarming especially as they started helping each other.
Knowing that he fought a lot of battles blindfolded was pretty cool too.
Up next Song of the First Blade !