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Book review: Keeper’s Tempest

Posted on February 16, 2025 by Tomas

The conclusion to a series I started reading some 4 years ago has finally arrived. Sometimes, it’s a surprise how long it’s been.

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Storytelling: the power of friendship

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Tomas

Today, I’ll look into another storytelling element: the power of friendship and love in fiction with its pros and cons as I see them.

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Book review: A God’s Plea

Posted on September 15, 2024 by Tomas

The final book in the Legend of Tal series takes the heroes to the final stand – though the face of the true enemy might be different than they expected.

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Book review: An Emperor’s Gamble

Posted on August 25, 2024 by Tomas

The third book of the Legend of Tal series follows right after the destructive battle at the end of the second book – and delivers a good chunk of backstory that puts some current events into perspective.

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Book review: A Queen’s Command

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Tomas

The second book in the Legend of Tal series continues exactly where the first one left off, promising another part to an adventure journey – and a fair amount of challenges.

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Quo Vadis, Goodreads?

Posted on July 21, 2024 by Tomas

In today’s post, I’ll look back at my experience with the Goodreads site and what its future holds for readers and writers in the light of the last two years or so.

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Book review: Destroyer’s curse

Posted on February 18, 2024 by Tomas

I continued in 2024 where I left off in 2023 – with Marie Andreas’ second Sci-Fi trilogy. The book doesn’t see as much action as the previous one(s) but delves deeper into the backstory.

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Book review: Tratior’s Folly

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Tomas

My last read of 2023 (yes, I only now got to write the review) was a return to Sci-Fi. A spin-off of a trilogy I’ve read a couple of years ago.

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Book review: The Pale Princess

Posted on July 23, 2023 by Tomas

After a couple of years since my last time, I returned to one of the big names among self-published fantasy authors, D. K. Holmberg. With it starts a journey of mystery…

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Writing: mid-series book endings, take two

Posted on July 16, 2023 by Tomas

In November 2022, I delved into mid-series book endings in regard to their length. Today, I’ll be looking at the topic in relation to the plot.

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