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Next in Line, by T.W. Baker | Book Guide and Review
I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect when I picked up Next in Line by T.W. Baker going by the cover. As it turns out, this is a workplace comedy novel that tackles the chaos of pharmacy life through oodles of dry…
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The Migration of Vivex, by Xyne | Book Review
Released on 23 March 2026, The Migration of Vivex by Xyne is a LitRPG novel that slithers straight out of the dark swamp of survival fiction. I reviewed the first book a couple of months ago—in fact, it was my first real…
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The Last Diaspora: Book 1: Letters To Earth, by Mandy Gardner | Book Review
Released in 2019, The Last Diaspora: Letters to Earth by Mandy Gardner is the first in a five-book sci-fi series about planetary colonisation, published by Endless Ink Publishing. While comparisons inevitably arise to Interstellar and Andy Weir novels like The Martian, this…
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The Dyre Prophecy, by Wyatt Moore | Book Review
Some books feel like they were made to be discovered on a school library shelf, shoved into a bag and finished in one sitting. Wyatt Moore’s second novel after 7 Days to Die is that kind of book. The Dyre Prophecy follows…
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How to Sit with Someone, by John Gerrard | Book Review
How to Sit With Someone: Peer Support Skills for Connection & Mental Health is a short and accessible guide by John F. Gerrard on the often-overlooked craft of being there for someone in distress. Drawing on his training as a peer support…
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The Dreamer’s Path: Twin Peaks and David Lynch the Actor, by Brent Simon | Book Review
The Dreamer’s Path: Twin Peaks and David Lynch the Actor by Brent Simon, published in February 2026, is one of those wonderfully obsessive books that feels less like a standard film study and more like stumbling into a hidden archive assembled by…
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What Lies through the Smoke, by C. C. Ford | Book Review
What Lies Through The Smoke by C. C. Ford, released in 2025, is a debut novel that introduces readers to a world of dieselpunk vibes, a term I had never even heard before reading this book (in contrast to steampunk). The easiest…
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When the Darkness Swallowed the Sun, by Robin Newbold | Book Review
Robin Newbold’s fourth novel, published by Spectrum Books in 2026, is a dark, twisting thriller set against the sweat and neon of Thailand’s islands. The author is apparently a former foreign correspondent, who has spent years living and working across Thailand. That…
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I Fall to Pieces, by Dani Lewis | Book Review
First published in November 2025, I Fall to Pieces is the first entry in Dani Lewis’s Cassie Hunt series, and it is one of the most hilarious mysteries I’ve read in quite some time. Blending dark humour, crime and an unforgettable narrative voice, it…
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The Dyre Prophecy, by Wyatt Moore | Book Review
Some books feel like they were made to be discovered on a school library shelf, shoved into a bag and finished in one sitting. Wyatt Moore’s second novel after 7 Days to Die is that kind of book. The Dyre Prophecy follows fourteen-year-old…
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