reading

Do you write for yourself, or do you write for the reader? Everyone has a different opinion on this, but I think the question of who you’re writing for really …

This post summarises my Goodreads 2021 reading challenge, as I did for my Goodreads 2020 reading challenge last year. Does that make this post a tradition? Possibly. Probably. I like …

Ahh, trashy reads… When life gets messy – or virus- and lockdown-ridden – a trashy read is equivalent to eating an entire chocolate bar. There may not be lots of …

Have you ever read a book that you didn’t know whether you liked or not? That you didn’t know how to rate on Goodreads? I have. I definitely have. In …

I have nothing to say to 2020. I will bite my thumb at it, sir. But, that being said, I did have more time for reading and listening to audiobooks. …

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin follows Ged, a boy who becomes a wizard. Ged’s journey, however, is ‘not only to learn to be a wizard, but …

Do you reread books? Replay games? A lot of people do, and I’m one of them. But what is it that brings us back to media we’ve already finished and …

The Shining by Stephen King is recognised as one of the best horror stories of all time. A family stranded in a hotel during winter, and the curious and unexplainable …

I like writing the unreal, but I also like writing the real with unreal possibility. Sci-fi is fascinating because of the possible scenarios based on real world logic. There are …

If I had unlimited bag space and the strongest bag to exist, I would take books with me everywhere I go. But I don’t, because I would rather not injure …