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A book I admired more than I enjoyed. The writing is exceptional. The plot is almost nothing. Both of those things are true, and it’s still worth reading.

I read this for book club. I made it to page 109 before putting it down and accepting that life is too short and my to-read list is too long.

I watched the first episode of the HBO series and wasn’t sure it was for me. Three days and 337 pages later, I was very glad I’d given it another …

Buckeye is immersive, beautifully researched, and written by someone who clearly knows how to construct a sentence. It also kept me at arm’s length for most of its 448 pages. …

You’ve almost certainly read something I wrote without ever knowing my name. Here’s how a digital marketer quietly became a content writer, and the numbers that prove it.

Free where possible, paid only when it’s worth it. The software that runs my freelance content and digital marketing practice.

Teenage me would have made this book my entire personality. Adult me finished it in nine days and felt every single one of them.

At a glance The Poet Michael Connelly Genre Crime Fiction / Thriller Format Paperback (1996 edition) Source Gifted Did I finish it? Yes My rating 3 / 5 Read if …

The writing is lovely. The story has been told before. Weyward is three stars of a very specific kind; the kind where the craft outpaces the originality.

A Romantasy sceptic’s honest take on Devney Perry’s Shield of Sparrows. Four stars, a bobbing throat, and a genuine recommendation — with where to find it in Australia.