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11/2022 Summary

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Tomas

November is always a weird transition between the colorful autumn and the bleak days of cold but snowless early winter. And a time that affected my hobbies, though this year, some things were a bit different.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Hiking, personal, reading, Writing | 1 Comment

Writing: mid-series book endings

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Tomas

In today’s post, I’ll explore the topic of ending a book in a series considering the lead into the next book.

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Posted in Books, Writing | Tagged Books, reading, Writing | 4 Comments

9/2022 Summary

Posted on October 1, 2022 by Tomas

Another month has passed by, and this time things actually happened, so here’s my monthly summary again, after not making one for August.

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Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Hiking, personal, reading | 3 Comments

Book review: The Butcher’s endsong

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Tomas

When the next book in James Harrington’s Drakin series was announced, I was quite hyped. More so when it was said it’ll follow another plotline concurrent to Empire of Ashes. And while I’m bad at managing my expectations… I wasn’t disappointed.

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Storytelling details: custom swearwords

Posted on June 26, 2022 by Tomas

Today, I’m delving into a topic that may be quite unusual: swear words in writing. Specifically, when writers have characters use swears specific to the story. I’ll aim for both a general approach and my personal opinion.

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Posted in Books, Writing | Tagged Books, reading, Writing | 8 Comments

The Bookworm’s tag

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Tomas

I think it’s been a while since I’ve revealed some “fun” facts about me in a not-so-serious way, so here comes another tag.

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Posted in Books | Tagged Books, personal, reading | 11 Comments

Book review: Ezaara

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Tomas

My next read is a three-book bundle from Eileen Mueller’s Riders of Fire series. In this post, I’m reviewing the first book in the series.

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Posted in Books, Fantasy | Tagged book review, Fantasy, reading | 2 Comments

Book review: The Veil of Ashes

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Tomas

The City of Veils was a pleasant surprise for a detour from my usual reading tastes. The second book in the series, The Veil of Ashes, was just as enjoyable.

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Books: re-reading

Posted on October 10, 2021 by Tomas

Today will be a lighter post that’ll look into what makes me consider re-reading a book I’ve already read instead of reading something new. I have brifly touched this topic a couple of years ago, I believe, but I’ll try to look at it from a bit different angle.

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Reading habits questionnaire/tag

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Tomas

An out-of-schedule post! Since readers are a diverse sort, I’m taking a clue from Ed White’s post – 20 questions about reading habits, which originally comes from a tag post I can’t find the original source of.

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