I collect Funko Pops. I've always been a big collector so no surprise there. A few of them have gotten into some of the photos I've shared, and I'd be happy to show off more if anyone is interested. Last year, as I finished off Martha Wells's Murderbot Diaries novellas, I thought to myself how …
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Locus Award Finalists and Nebula Award Winners in 2020
The finalists for the 2020 Locus Awards have recently been announced, and last week the winners of the 2019 Nebula Awards were revealed. I usually only write about the Hugo Awards, but these two other big Speculative Fiction awards that deserve some love. I'll be pretty brief, since well, I'm a bit lazy lately. A …
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Welcome to R’lyeh
I wasn't planning to get Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I skipped New Leaf, and figured playing Wild World back in the day was enough for me. Despite my complete lack of interest in the game and my busy day-to-day life, I still ended up with it downloaded on my switch and my little Island of …
2020 Book Bingo: Bingo #1 Reviews
Technically this is my second update on my book bingo, but this is the first time I got a bingo on my card. I think this line got done first just because I never ended up reading any novels on it. I filled this line with two graphic novels, two novelettes, a novella and a …
2020 Hugo Nominees + 1945 Retro Hugo Nominees
The Hugo Award nominees for 2020 and the Retro Hugo Award nominees for 1945 have been announced today a while ago, and I'd like to talk briefly about them. This post will only focus on a few categories, so if you are interested in seeing the entire list of finalists, click here to see the …
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Plans For the Lockdown
So, Coronavirus is a thing, and my country has started going into lockdown. I'm not going to say too much more about that, because I'm sure your newsfeeds and social media accounts are as full of news about that as mine. My day job is in food production, so I'm an essential worker. Whilst I …
Book Bingo Progress 1
I've completed two challenges on my Book Bingo card, and thought that makes a good excuse for some reviews. What was interesting about both these books is that they've been on my To Read list for a while, but I didn't anticipate that they'd tick off challenges until I started. Get ready for reviews of …
Book Bingo Card 2020
Time to share the Book Bingo card I'll be trying to complete this year. As with my last card, this one was randomly generated from a list of over 200 different challenges. Here's what I got. Despite all that variety, I managed to get two tiles related to the Locus Awards. (Even better, I'd managed …
My 2019 Book Bingo Challenge. Or, What Happened to You?
I haven’t really been posting much. A few technical issues with my blog started the slowdown, but they weren’t the main issue. Whilst I like writing the reviews, it makes reading feel like a job. Not only that, but writing reviews cut into the time I had to write stories. Being consistent with my writing …
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2019 Hugo Award Ceremony
I Was about to write “I watched the Hugo Award Ceremony the other day”, but then realised almost two weeks had gone past. Whew, that went quick. I almost decided I didn’t need to really write anything and could go back to binge watching season 7 of The Amazing Race Canada, but I think it …
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