Time to look at what I read in 2020, and make some plans for 2021. Let's start with my book bingo challenge. I got three bingos and filled all but five tiles. I enjoyed this challenge a lot, and it led me to seek out a range of books I might not have picked up …
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Favourite 2020 Books So Far
I've read a lot this year. As of writing, I am five books away from completing my Goodreads 80 book reading challenge and I've filled most of my bingo card. I still have a tiny bit of time left on these challenges, so I'll hold off talking about them for now. In this post, I'm …
Review: Slan – A. E. van Vogt
Title: Slan by A.E. van Vogt Published 1940 Score: 8/10 This is another classic science fiction book that has been sitting on my TBR pile for too long. Slan is one of the classic stories of the Golden Age of Science Fiction. For many years after it's publication, it was seen as one of the …
Ayreon Transitus
Time for a fantasy album review. I started this review last month when I got the album, but I held off on it until I receive my companion comic book. The comic has only just arrived, due to a combination of me ordering late and things taking forever to ship to Australia. But I've read …
2020 Book Bingo: Bingo #3 Review
Wow, all but one of the books in this row (Briar Rose) I have already talked about in some way befort. So, yay, quick post full of copy and pasting. I have extended the other reviews a bit, added a few thoughts on the books now that it's been a while since I read them, …
Review: Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus by Chuck Tingle
Trans Wizard Harriet Porber and the Bad Boy Parasaurolophus: An Adult Romance Novel by Chuck Tingle Published June 2020 Score: It's by Chuck Tingle This review needs a bit more context than normal. If you've never heard of Chuck Tingle before, then I assume that the title and the cover of this book have left …
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Review: City – Clifford D. Simak
+ Title: City by Clifford D. Simak Published 1952 Score: 9/10 I was telling my fiancé about this book, and then I realised I sounded crazy, which seemed like a good indicator that I should summerise and review it. The book City is a fix-up novel connecting a series of stories about the decline of …
Ayreon Live
At the end of 2018, I had a choice to make. I could be responsible and keep saving my money, or I could go to Holland to see a metal concert. I chose to be responsible and have regretted it ever since. This week, I watched the DVD of the concert in question - Ayreon's Electric …
The Nominees for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novel, as Pokémon
Yup, I'm doing this Pokémon/Hugo Review mesh up again. Let's go. This year my ability to relate everything back to Pokémon was really tested, but I came through. This is my first theme team on the gen 8 games, but no new Pokémon appeared in this team. If you are wondering what the hell I'm …
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2020 Book Bingo: Bingo #2 Reviews
I got my second bingo on my card. It helped that two of these books were nominated for Hugos this year, so I had an added incentive to finish this line off quick. The Novelette square overlaps with my previous bingo, so it has already been reviewed. I copypasta'd the review from my last update, …
