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Cycle 26’s Reading List
I present to you: my Cycle 26 Reading List! Yes, some of these were supposed to be read in the last cycle (ᵕ—ᴗ—) The List 1. She Who Became the Sun, Shelley Parker-Chan 2. Outback Court Reporter, Jamelle Wells 3.… Continue reading
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Dracula: biggest laughs so far
I’m only up to halfway through the twelfth chapter of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Continue reading
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The Caves of Steel Taught Me Some Words
I don’t know how useful these words from the 1950s will be for me writing in the 2020s but there’s a few fun ones to salvage. Continue reading
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A Garden of Women’s Writing
International Women’s Day is tomorrow and today I’m looking at building a list of classics written by women. Luckily, I found a great list that has diversity in both authors and content: https://bookriot.com/100-must-read-classics-by-women/ The list gives great briefs on each… Continue reading
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Entering The Caves of Steel
1st November 2025 Bookmark: Chapter 3 Baley has just met up with Daneel and there’s an incident going on at a shoe shop. I don’t like Baley and I don’t love the writing. I also am not fond of the… Continue reading
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From Asimov: Humiliation Kink?
I don’t like the main character of The Caves of Steel but it has become a joy following him along him stumbles and a nightmare watching him get close to growth and then reverting. Baley is by no means the… Continue reading
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I have finished a book!
Not since For Today I am a Boy (Kim Fu) have I finished a novel, and that was in 2022 (⌒_⌒;). Technically, I read three of the Heartstopper novels last year, but graphic novels are so much easier to devour… Continue reading
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Book Review — Double Up: Pride & Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility
Book Review for Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen ★★★★★ & ★★★★★ The reason I’m doing this as a bundle is because I have already somewhat reviewed both of these when I first started reading them. They… Continue reading
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Book Review — It
Book Review for It, by Stephen King ★★★★ What I thought it would be going in: It was my first Stephen King fiction book that I had read, and by what I knew about his work, I expected it to be… Continue reading
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Book Review — One Punch Man
Book Review for One-Punch Man, by ONE ★★★★★ Note: I am currently up to Volume 17, and so will be considering the story so far. What I thought it would be going in: I started watching a few episodes of the… Continue reading