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SUNDAY POST

7 December

A very belated Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. It’s been a busy couple of weeks as we deal with family birthdays and start to prepare for Christmas. We have all managed to avoid the various illnesses making the rounds – though a lot of folks have gone down with flu, so I’m really glad I got the vaccination this autumn. I had a hearing test to see if they could help with my severe tinnitus. It turns out that I have significant hearing loss, so in a fortnight I have another appointment to be fitted with hearing aids. I’m a bit winded by the news – I thought I couldn’t hear because of the racket the tinnitus made. The audiologist assured me that much of the tinnitus will disappear once I can hear better, so I am very much looking forward to getting that sorted out.
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Castellan the Black and his Wise Draconic Tips on Life

6 December

As a half-fired youngling, you’ll be constantly hungry and assailed by all sorts of difficult emotions as your furnace prepares to fully ignite. Try to hang onto your temper and don’t give the cranky alpha lords in your aery the chance to batter you bloody.
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Review of NETGALLEY arc This Gilded Abyss – Book 1 of The Titan’s Wrath trilogy by Rebecca Thorne

5 December

I’d read and thoroughly enjoyed Thorne’s Tea & Tomes series – see my reviews for Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea, A Pirate’s Life for Tea, Tea You at the Altar and Alchemy and a Cup of Tea. While I was very aware that This Gilded Abyss was a completely different cup of tea – recalling the author’s skill in handling the tricky sub-genre of feel-good fantasy, I was confident I’d enjoy this one, too.
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday

3 December

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: Awkward on the Rocks by Marcel Feldmar
Release date – 9th December, 2025
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Review of NETGALLEY arc Brigands & Breadknives – Book 2 of the Legends & Lattes series by Travis Baldree

2 December

Like most of book bloggerdom, I adored the other books in this entertaining series – see my review of Bookshops & Bonedust. If Baldree didn’t actually start the feel-good fantasy upsurge, this series certainly was one of the mainsprings. So the anticipation for this next slice of the adventure has been huge and I was delighted to be able to get my hands on a copy.
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Castellan the Black and his Wise Draconic Tips on Life

30 November

In recent years, some overlords who should know better have begun suggesting that magic can be used for good. They’re wrong. Magic is nearly always obtained by wickedness and mages are invariably corrupted by the dratted stuff.
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Review of NETGALLEY arc The Last Wish of Bristol Keats – Book 2 of The Courting of Bristol Keats duology by Mary E. Pearson

30 November

I read and enjoyed the first book in this romantasy duology – see my review of The Courting of Bristol Keats. So it was a no-brainer that I’d request a copy of this offering – and I was delighted to receive a copy.
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Can’t-Wait Wednesday

26 November

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: The Girl Out of Time – Book 3 of the Mine Through Time series by Kate Serzenta
Release date – 1st December, 2025
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