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Can’t-Wait Wednesday

1 October

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. This week’s Can’t-Wait offering: Ring the Bells – Book 5 of The Stranger Times series by C.K. McDonnell
Release date – 9th October, 2025
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Review of NETGALLEY arc The Time Hop Coffee Shop By Phaedra Patrick

30 September

It was the title that attracted me to this offering – I’m a sucker for any timey-wimey plotting that drops protagonists into different times. The idea of a coffee shop that created the time travelling seemed quirky and enjoyable, so I requested the arc.
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SUNDAY POST

28 September

This is part of the weekly meme over at the Caffeinated Reviewer, where book bloggers can share the books they’ve read and share what they have got up to during the last week. It’s nearly the end of September – and I’m trying to work out how this month has slipped by so very quickly. I wasn’t around last week because my trusty desktop of nine years quite suddenly bit the dust last Saturday. I opened it up as usual – only to find the screen was black and when I tried to access it via MS-DOS, a nasty burning smell accompanied by the side panel becoming very hot told me that something was frying. I’d like to say that I dealt with this setback with dignity and calm. I didn’t.
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Castellan the Black and his Wise Draconic Tips on Life

27 September

I’ve come to the conclusion that the reason why the Great Roarer sends so much trouble my way is that He knows I’ll rip it to shreds, after giving it a thoroughly good flaming.
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Review of NETGALLEY arc The Shattering Peace – Book 7 of the Old Man’s War series by John Scalzi

26 September

I’m a fan of Scalzi’s writing – see my reviews of his Interdependency series –The Collapsing Empire, The Consuming Fire and The Last Emperox, and I loved the Lock In series – Lock In and Head On. I’ve also enjoyed his standalones – Starter Villain, The Kaiju Preservation Society and Fuzzy Nation. But what turned me onto his writing was the Old Man’s War series – a military sci fi adventure featuring an old man who volunteered to join a fighting force off-planet in return for being bioengineered into a super-soldier. It was such a quirky premise, but worked really well.
Now, Scalzi has revisited this world some time after the negotiated Peace has existed for a while and is showing signs of serious wear and tear. Would I love it as much without characters such as John Perry or Jane Sagan enlivening the tale?
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday

24 September

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. This week’s Can’t-Wait offering: A Gargoyle’s Guide to Murder – Book 9 of The Accidental Alchemist series by Gigi Pandian
Release date – 7th October, 2025
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Review of NETGALLEY arc Uncharmed – Book 2 of the Rewitched series by Lucy Jane Wood

24 September

I enjoyed listening to the audiobook version of Rewitched, so when I saw this offering on the Netgalley dashboard – I immediately requested it and was delighted to get hold of an arc. Apart from anything else – I absolutely love the cover.
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