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

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Book review: The City of Veils

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Tomas

After dropping The Rogue Elf series at book two, I moved on to something else. The City of Veils promised a book that should be lighter in nature – a princess-turned-vigilante is to become a queen. Well, it was a fun read for sure.

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2/2022 Summary

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Tomas

As with the January summary, I’m continuing the trend of being more general in nature, focusing on all my hobbies and some personal things in one post. So, what was my February like?

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Book review: Seer of the Lost Sands

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Tomas

After a short break, I read book two of The Rogue Elf series by J.T. Williams. It mostly had the same pros and cons as the first book – and so my rating stays mostly similar.

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1/2022 Hiking look back

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Tomas

Despite the often-gloomy weather, January had seen me spend a fair bit of time outdoors. Let’s have a look.

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1/2022 Summary

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Tomas

It’s quite late, but here comes my January summary. It won!t be only focused on writing, for once, though I have yet to decide whether that’s a temporary approach or not.

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Book review: Half-bloods Rising

Posted on January 30, 2022 by Tomas

Back to fantasy! My next read was J.T. William’s book Half-Bloods Rising – the first book of The Rogue Elf series, though it’s a part of a larger story.

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Book review: Heart of the Talisaar

Posted on January 16, 2022 by Tomas

My first read this year is a Sci-Fi debut that is a decent story, though plagues with smaller issues.

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My 2022 goals

Posted on January 2, 2022 by Tomas

Another year begins, and that’s a chance to think about what I’d like to achieve in 2022. Which, given the ongoing covid crisis and other issues, isn’t easy.

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12/2021 Writing update

Posted on December 31, 2021 by Tomas

The last month of 2021 is over – and so comes the last monthly update of 2021. I won’t make it a yearly update – I made that back in October when I had my one-year self-publishing anniversary.

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2021 retrospective: hiking (mis-)adventures

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Tomas

As the year draws to an end, I’ll look back at a couple of memorable moments from my hikes, focusing on not-so-serious parts of the year. Warning: long post!

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