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Thoughts and fantasies of Tomas K. "Grizzly"; hiker, fantasy literature fan and aspring writer

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4/2023 Summary

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Tomas

April was a strange month. Especially in regard to the weather, but that affected many things in my life.

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Book review: A Dragon’s War

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Tomas

The second book in Robert Vane’s series continues back-to-back with the first book, sending Bayloo on an adventure that will test him in many aspects – and show that his struggle for freedom of dragons might be quite complicated.

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March 2023 hiking retrospective pt. 2

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Tomas

Late March announced itself with quite warm weather. Which meant I had to take the opportunity and spend some time outdoors.

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March 2023 Hiking retrospective pt.1

Posted on April 9, 2023 by Tomas

Today, I’ll be looking back at the first two March hikes, with the other two getting their own post later.

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3/2023 Summary

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Tomas

I can say that March was quite an eventful month for me, with progress on most fronts. Let’s have a closer look.

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Book review: A dragon’s chains

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Tomas

My latest read is a book that caught me by surprise with the first sentence. Because, quite unusually, it’s told from the PoV of a dragon.

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Storytelling: Villain’s agents

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Tomas

Today, I’ll look at another storytelling element: a villain’s minions whose goals and working methods are subtle rather than blatantly obvious, agents who may stay hidden in the shadows forever, but their contribution is still significant.

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February 2023 hiking retrospective

Posted on March 12, 2023 by Tomas

Just as January, February was quite a strange month this year. At least for hiking. I’ve ended up with mixed feelings – while I managed three hikes, they were all quite short.

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2/2023 Summary

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Tomas

February is over, and that means looking back, with quite a delay – I was a bit too busy to do a mid-week post, unfortunately.

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Book review: Relics of the Rune imperium

Posted on February 26, 2023 by Tomas

After quite a while, I’ve returned to J.C. Kang’s fictional world with the newest release of his second series. And, despite the long break, it didn’t take me that long to reacquaint myself with the characters.

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