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30 something father of one, happily engaged sff bookworm. CR 📖 Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb
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Finished Assassin’s Apprentice by Robin Hobb last night. Loved every single page! Cannot wait to read the rest of the series! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5

I'm restarting my online Zoom writing classes. The first three will cover : 1. Moving from idea to synopsis to opening chapter 2. World building in SF and Fantasy 3. Creating three-dimensional protagonists, antagonists, and secondary characters Here's how to join: www.garethlpowell.com/classes/

So many books to read, so little time…

I’m far too inactive on this app…

I am incredibly excited to announce that @panmacmillan are reprinting the Of Blood and Bone trilogy in brand new covers. Personally, I’m very happy to have some more covers that match the style and colour palette of The Faithful and the Fallen and I love how these have come out.

Currently about 25% through and enjoying this so much more second time round!

Currently reading…

Finished Theft of Swords by @author_sullivan earlier today and loved every second of it! Hadrian and Royce are the perfect bromance duo! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5

So 2025 is the year I restart and actually continue the Horus Heresy series!

Christmas book haul… The other half did good!

Holding off on planning any kind of tbr until after Christmas as I know that when I get books the current tbr list would go out the window 😂

So I finished A Court Of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas the other day. Definitely preferred it to the other books in the series. Nesta and Cassian felt like much more realistic characters than Feyre and Rhys. 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5

Well, Envoys has been called one of the best indie fantasy debuts of the year...and now it’s been called one booktuber’s Book of the Year! 🎉🎉 Link in the comments! The Envoys discussion starts around the 8 minute mark.

The Broken Binding special edition of ‘A Tide of Black Steel’. I’ll be giving away two of these bad boys as part of my Xmas mailing list giveaway. The email will go out on Monday 9th, so sign up before then if you want a chance of winning. anthonyryan.net/mailing-list/

Book mail! Looking forward to this one next year…

Anyone else just given people lists of books when asked what you want for Christmas?

I actually started my Christmas shopping yesterday!!! Feeling so organised 😂

It's December - I can wear this now, right? "Yule shall not pass!"

51,000 words written in the last 19 days. Maybe another 40,000 to write in the next 9-10. The grind continues. But the end is in sight.

So I may have caved this morning and ordered some books from @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social Black Friday sale… Oops 😳

So I finished Best Served Cold by @joeabercrombie.com this morning. Loved it! I’ve missed Joe’s writing so much! 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5

The weather has turned distinctly wintery up here in the North. So why not dive into Thilde Kold Holdt's Hanged God trilogy - starting with NORTHERN WRATH! Nothing signals the approach of the festive season like a Norse Fantasy epic full of giants and magic! https://geni.us/NorthernWrath

I don’t think I’m ready for this 😢

Anyone else planning their TBRs for 2025 yet?

What a miserable morning. Strong winds and heavy rain. Lazy day by the fire it is! May even put the tree up later 👀

To celebrate the release of @natania.bsky.social's QUEEN OF FURY next month, we've come over all medieval and put 12 titles on sale for only 0.99 exclusively on our website until 11:59pm on Sunday 1/12! Ft @aptshadow.bsky.social @slhuang.com @emmanewman.bsky.social & more! geni.us/Solarissale

⚔️🔥 PUBLICATION DAY! 🔥⚔️ My latest book and book 3 of my 'Last viking' series; Emperor's Axe, is out today. It tells the story of Harald Hardrada's most extensive and impressive military campaign. This is a remarkable and nearly unknown story, and I think you'll love it. mybook.to/Emperors_axe

What an achievement! Congratulations @petrikleo.bsky.social so well deserved!

Anyone else starting plan what they’re hoping to read in 2025?

🔥🔥 Plotting on The Broken Sword is underway! 🔥🔥 I would LOVE for The Shadow Gate to hit 100 Goodreads & 50 Amazon ratings by the end of 2024 🤩🤩 Dragons! Curses! Corruption! A cat called Fergus! 🔥 Some review snippets below: