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2026 Book Bingo Reviews #1

On July 14, 2026July 14, 2026 By Jayde HolmesIn Reading Challenges, ReviewLeave a comment

Got my first bingo on my 2026 Book Bingo Card.(Click here if you have no idea what I'm talking about) As always, I'm going to take some time to share my thoughts on these five stories. There are a few highs here, but also some mehs. Overall though, there is nothing I hated to read, …

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The 2026 Hugo, Locus, and Nebula Nominated Short Stories

On May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 By Jayde HolmesIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

The ballots of the three major SFF awards have been out for a while now, so it's time for one of my favourite yearly traditions: reading all the short stories that have been nominated for a Hugo, Nebula or Locus. Well, I say all, but I'm a bit cash strapped at the moment, so I …

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Jayde’s Book Bingo Challenge 2026

On January 2, 2026 By Jayde HolmesIn Reading ChallengesLeave a comment

The moment you've all been waiting for is here, behold, my 2026 Book Bingo Card. This was generated with my randomized Book Bingo Generator, which every year I fire up so it's always a surprise what I'll have to do. I've already shown off the design, but now here it is with the challenges all …

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2025 Book Bingo Wrap Up

On January 1, 2026 By Jayde HolmesIn Reading Challenges, Review1 Comment

Welcome to the wrap up of my 2025 Book Bingo Challenge. I will try to keep the preamble short, because I have a lot of books to review here. First, let's see what my card looks like now that the year is done. I did really well this year, with the only two tiles missing …

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My 2025 Wrap-Up

On December 7, 2025 By Jayde HolmesIn Essays, My Stories, Reading Challenges, Review, Uncategorized, World of Green and Black1 Comment

2025 is almost over, and I managed to get a lot done. Not as much as I would have liked, but there's been some downs this year, so that's to be expected. At the start of the year I set myself a few goals, so now it's time to see how I went. These were …

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2025 Book Bingo Reviews #4

On November 25, 2025 By Jayde HolmesIn Review1 Comment

Got another book bingo. So time for another set of reviews. We've got a bunch of really good stories here... plus one I hated. But talking about books I didn't like is sort of fun. Anyway, can't waste too much time on an intro; I still have six squares to fill and I'm running out …

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2025 Book Bingo Reviews #3

On November 4, 2025 By Jayde HolmesIn Reading Challenges, ReviewLeave a comment

I got another bingo on my Book Bingo Card, so now it's time for some reviews. I'm making a lot of progress on this card. Not sure if I'll be able to finish it, but for now I have five good books to talk about. This was a very horror focused line, which is not …

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2025 Book Bingo Reviews #2

On September 23, 2025December 2, 2025 By Jayde HolmesIn Reading Challenges, ReviewLeave a comment

After taking eight months to get my first Book Bingo, the 2nd one is ready right away. Hopefully the rest of the card fills up quickly. For now though, let's get to the best part of the Book Bingo challenge; talking about the books I've read. If you want to know all the details of …

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2025 Book Bingo Reviews #1

On September 13, 2025 By Jayde HolmesIn Reading Challenges, ReviewLeave a comment

Okay, it has taken me most of the year, but I have finally gotten a bingo on my 2025 Book Bingo card. Well, to be honest, I got a bingo last month and have since gotten a second one, but it took me a while to write up these reviews. The next lot should be …

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Madam, Don’t Forget Your Sword is OUT NOW

On July 13, 2025 By Jayde HolmesIn My Stories, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Just giving a quick update post to say that the anthology containing my short story Lucky Charm is out now. It's called Madam, Don't Forget Your Sword, by Dead Fish Books and you can find out more here: DEAD FISH BOOKS I have to admit, I don't have a lot of new things to say …

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A five-by-five bingo card. Colour scheme is orange and grey and there are gears in the background. In the heading is the title ‘2026’, and the website address jaydeholmes.com/book-bingo-cards/ It has the following challenges, listed row-by-row and left-to-right: Row One: 1. Written in the 90s 2. Miliary Science Fiction 3. Translated from Spanish 4. Title Contains the Letter ‘X’ (The Adventure of the Demonic Ox) 5. Written in the 80s (The Long Habit of Living) Row 2: 1. Psychological Horror 2. Recommended by a Friend 3. Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel Winner 4. Set on a Spacestation or Space habitat (Platform Decay) 5. Own Voices (Sovereign) Row 3: 1. Has Non-Humanoid Aliens 2. Set in the Ocean/Under the Sea 3. Free Square 4. Has Werewolves 5. Post-Apocalyptic (Sand) Row 4: 1. Tittle Starts with ‘J’ (Japanese Gothic) 2. Alternate History 3. Written in the 1920s 4. Isekai 5. Start or Continue a Series with Six Books or More (Saga Vol. 12) Row 5: 1. Hugo Award Winner 2. Non-Fiction 3. Hard Science Fiction 4. Animal Protagonist 5. Twenty Flash Fiction Stories (Small Wonders Feb 26)

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