Yet another crucial news item ignored by mainstream media.

BOOK POST: It’s that time of year again! List time! Yep, I thought I would get in on the act and do my top books of the year. www.fantasybooknerd.com/2025/12/book...

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Who do we think has had a a worse 2025, The Louvre or Ubisoft?

Domino has always had his own place/bed in the kitchen but given that it’s behind the table he can’t really keep an eye on us while we’re cooking. Which means I get to have the cutest comp pictures from his favorite observation corner🥹 2 months vs 3 years

“Reading before bed is your best bet for a good night’s sleep”. Wrong. Reading before bed is a losing gamble on whether I sleep before 1AM or am still awake at 4:30AM regretting both my life choices and those of the characters that are keeping me up that late!

2025 was an AMAZING year for reading and, of course, I came up with my own Favorite Reads of 2025! Check it out -- fanfiaddict.com/wills-favori... @fanfiaddict.bsky.social #BookSky

Reminder - The Waking Fire (book one of my Draconis Memoria trilogy) is on sale in ebook in the UK at £0.99 until the end of December. #BookSky Links here: anthonyryan.net/books/the-wa...

If I see one more online dog trainer expunging the merits of Trust and Love™️ for a dog’s recall when they’re clearly only ever working with herding breeds instead of high prey drive hounds, I might just break my no snarky commenting rule🙄

Up to the halfway point of season 2 & the observations are many but condensed as follows: -seems Dean matured & passed his red flags onto Rory who is swinging wildly between little Angel & poorly written -Luke is just trying his best™️ -Lorelei is slipping into random & petty moments of immaturity

“Reading before bed is your best bet for a good night’s sleep”. Wrong. Reading before bed is a losing gamble on whether I sleep before 1AM or am still awake at 4:30AM regretting both my life choices and those of the characters that are keeping me up that late!

Been watching Fallout, playing Metro 2033, and reading Darcy Coates’ Black Winter tetralogy. Bit of a post apocalyptic mood? Surely not.

The occasional line that aged poorly is to be expected from a 2001 show but I’d argue this scene from Gilmore Girls aged like the finest of wines

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May the Ents march forth and tear your data centres to the ground

Had a blast with Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn of @FanFiAddicts discussing swashbuckling! 🗡️ From The Three Musketeers to humor in action, we covered it all. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch #FanFiAddict #Fantasy #BookTalk #InterviewView

We asked @taranhunt.bsky.social for her best books of '25, books she'd love for Xmas & anticipated reads of '26. Read on https://geni.us/SolarisBks2025 to find out why she picked @voidcricket.bsky.social @guygavrielkay.bsky.social & more! https://geni.us/TheImmortalityThief https://geni.us/unkprin

Travelling tomorrow so here's wishing a merry Xmas eve-eve to those who celebrate. Anyone looking for book recs over the festive season might want to check out the Recommended Reading page on my site (featuring updates I was too lazy to include before now): anthonyryan.net/recommended-...

It's THAT time of year again...

My Fanfiaddict bandwagon Best reads of 2025 is up!! I've not read nearly as much as I'd like this year but I did discover some real gems!! fanfiaddict.com/best-reads-o...

If your response to people trying to raise valid concerns over The Odyssey movie is to say “It’s fictional, get over yourselves”, then you need to grow up. In between the usual naysayers there are people actually trying to start meaningful conversations about their culture & you’re being a dick.

A zoo full of magical creatures, and a passionate zookeeper determined to save a beloved species from the brink of extinction make for a delightful mix of conservation biology and fantasy in The Phoenix Keeper by SA MacLean. Review here: fanfiaddict.com/review-the-p... #booksky #bookreview

So apparently there’s a “streaming service” that uses AI to turn books into TV series? How do I know? I got not one but *three* sponsored ad accounts in a row telling me!

I’d rather have nice safe emotions about shows on the entertainment media; having them about things real-life humans said and did just led to stupid decisions.

“Spread Me,” by @sarahgailey.bsky.social is a revolting delight of a story, a piece of defrosted John Carpenter turned Cronenbergian sleaze, with a cocked hip and a knowing look. Arresting, astounding..arrousing..? fanfiaddict.com/review-sprea...

It seems that with every year I need to sit & write this type of list, I find more excellent books to read & can narrow down my favorites even less. So, for 2025, I present you a Top 15 of fantasy, thriller, horror, post-apocalyptic, and historical fiction flavors! fanfiaddict.com/elenis-top-r...

Non malicious sexism in gaming is actually very entertaining to me. I especially love the moment of silence it takes for the older nerd folk to come to terms with the fact that a young woman is indeed buying the violent shooter game with monsters for herself and not a brother or boyfriend.

First time watching Gilmore Girls cause my mom insisted. Halfway through season 1 I have the following observations: -Rory tends to be a brat -Dean is the biggest red flag to ever wave -Luke is the biggest green flag to exist -Lorelei is surprisingly well adjusted for growing up with such abuse

A little blog post about some of the great books I've read this year. Did you read any of these too? fanfiaddict.com/tom-bookbear...

I’ve been slumping in my reading so I turned to my trusted popcorn author #DarcyCoates, for yet another surefire. I chose #VoicesInTheSnow because I wanted some winter spookies and My Word™️ did she once again deliver! Unsettling cover✔️ Eerie build up & atmosphere✔️ Post apocalyptic monsters✔️ 1/2

Need to tidy up my NetGalley shelves which means it’s time to do some irreparable damage to my ratio, I fear😭

It’s the end of 2025, and I’m here with my Top Reads of the Year! Check it out Fanfiaddict! Very thankful to @fanfiaddict.bsky.social for letting me join the team!

Trying to read from a specific TBR: Managing maybe ten minutes at a time before picking up the phone or getting distracted. Taking four days to get to 25% if lucky. Reading based on whim: Full uninterrupted hour of reading, forgetting the world & making it 40% through. The joys of mood readers✨

Remember that brief moment in time when Disney was suing them and we dared believe they weren’t *entirely* villainous? What a pivot into utter villainy instead…

All Hail the Queen of Horroromance: @isabelcanas.bsky.social ! We've had a haunted hacienda (with a hot priest) and vampires vs. vaqueros amidst the Mexican-American War, now we're delighted to bring her latest novel - THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ - to the UK! Buy now: geni.us/palbad

There comes a time in a romance reader’s life when they need to face the fact that the one super prolific author, whose one book/series they really liked, actually fluked into writing it and the rest of their work is actually not great.

A fantastic review for @voidcricket.bsky.social 's AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by @frasierarmitage.bsky.social over on FanFiAddict! "A serious contender for my favourite book of the year...This is next-level awesomeness on an intergalactic scale. Pure storytelling magic." Buy: https://geni.us/unbrw

Saying Hans Zimmer is brilliant would just be beating the dead horse again and again. But whenever I find myself listening to The Kraken again with headphones it truly is a mystical experience? That whole soundtrack is so iconic but this particular song, I feel, gets overshadowed at times.

The boyfriend and I are two very different types of gamers sometimes. Example 1: debating the merits vs downfalls of turn based games Example 2: Me: I’m struggling to understand how a bit of the Alien game works Him:

Have to say that for a few eye brow raising details #YourFriendsAndNeighbors definitely is a trust the process kinda show. I worried they were going down the same old clichés road for some things but the satire and irony did indeed deliver after all👌🏼

Anytime I start gaining actual confidence in my gaming skills I’ll try out a slightly different sub-genre and get humbled almost immediately. What do you mean now that I’m in a space station I need to look out for floor vent access?🤦🏽‍♀️ Duh, Eleni, you amateur. #AmPlaying #Alien:Isolation

“AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by @voidcricket.bsky.social breaks the mould. This is next-level awesomeness on an intergalactic scale. Pure storytelling magic.” 10/10 Full review 👇🏻 fanfiaddict.com/review-an-un...

When a would-be dragon-slayer is defeated, the last thing she expects is for the dragon she attacked to invite her in for breakfast... So begins The Sunset Sovereign by Laura Huie. It's a cozy read with an emotional ending. My review: fanfiaddict.com/review-the-s... #booksky #bookreview

You know what I heard, frens??? Everyone loves a good year end list, so I have one for you! Bill's Best of 2025 Indie Awards Extravaganza! Like last year, I'm giving some major awards to some of my fave indie books I read this year! Check them out in the link below! #booksky

🚨 ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 CALLING ALL FANS OF #TheImmortalityThief! We're delighted to announce the acquisition of THE DEATHLESS COUNCIL the third and final book in THE KYSTROM CHRONICLES! To find out more, head over to FanFiAddict for a Q&A with @taranhunt.bsky.social#TheImmortalityThief! 👉 https://bit.ly/3MDqwAd

At FanFiAddict we care, so we share, all the best bookish news! The sheer unadulterated ✨delight✨ I feel in being able to tell everyone that @solarisbooks.bsky.social have officially acquired @taranhunt.bsky.social's next book in #TheKystromChronicles🪐! Come along👀 fanfiaddict.com/exclusive-ac...

NEW REVIEW: It’s been a while since I did a review so here’s one I did earlier. www.fantasybooknerd.com/2025/12/book...

Check out FanFiAddict's post anticipated books of 2026 (so far), feat. two books by yours truly! A lot of amazing titles here, I'm particularly excited about SISTERS OF THE LIZARD by @realjacksonford.bsky.social and ASH BLACK AND THE SEVEN WOLVES by Effie Joe Stock. fanfiaddict.com/ffas-most-an...

“[The writing style] lent the book an unsettling feeling that wasn’t overwhelming but still put me on the suspicious side the entire time. The short chapters also kept convincing me to continue, to read just one more chapter. Just one more. Or three.” fanfiaddict.com/review-the-w...