This has been my latest case making project. As always, when you make it yourself you know all the mistakes you made but I am generally pretty pleased with how this one turned out. Traycases are definitely more challenging than slipcases!

The smallest turns 1 tomorrow so we had a little celebration today. In keeping with tradition I attempt to decorate a cake. Nailed it?

Set myself the same reading target this year as I had last year - 100 books. Set a side target of 40000 pages. If I manage the same level of reading as last year both targets are pretty achievable. Will see how paternity leave affects my reading when I am off work from March to July…

My 2024 in board gaming. A pretty decent year considering I had a new arrival in the family and went to no conventions as a result

Wednesday night is game night! Race for the Galaxy and Agricola were the games today. Rolf won both, I was solidly in the middle of the pack for both

My #goodreadsyearinbooks just came in. Always interesting to reflect on what you have read. Been some really good ones this year!

Latest bookmail from Anderida and Broken Binding. I managed to read an ARC of In The Shadows of Thier Dying and loved it so very happy to get a nice edition. I have enjoyed the other O’Keefe books I have read and look forward to diving into her latest series soon!

This takes me back to my childhood. A significant chunk of my pocket money went on collecting these. Haven’t played any Warhammer in a long time now, but did take part in a couple of Bloodbowl tournaments a few years ago! Still have my old mini’s somewhere though. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

My fancy pants shelf. Suntup Editions, Curious King, Conversation Tree Press, Amaranthine Books, Folio Society, Diamond Editions, Lyra’s Books, Grim Oak Press, GdM, Earthling Publications and Centipede Press all represented here!

This sums it up perfectly. It’s not a conversation.

November reading review. Not my strongest month - some sickness at the end of the month slowed me down a lot! Dreadful was the pick of the month’s reads - it was just a fun and easy read with added moat squid 🙂

Today’s bookmail was the stunning Suntup Edition’s numbered edition of Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham. This one had been delayed a bit by a printing error, but Suntup being the premium brand they are took the time to do it right. Love the choice of art here too!

Bookmail! A couple of LEs from Black Library and a broken binding set of J.E. Hannaford’s Aulirean Gates - a current SPFBO finalist I am keen to read!

Managed to snag publisher rights from Curious King on their latest release (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy). Super pleased as I missed out on this on their first book due to some technical issues. They are the press most closely aligned with my own tastes and their editions are spectacular!

Today’s bookmail! A nice kickstarter special edition from Olivia Atwater and a nice Broken Binding edition from Ed McDonald!

Urgh. I absolutely hate it when big players in a market step into a space traditionally occupied by small and boutique outfits. They always use their leverage to try to bully the smaller players off what made them successful

Bookmail again! This time some lovely Grim Oak Press editions. Fool Moon technically arrived a while ago, but a shipping error with the slipcase means it is only now ‘complete’. Excellent customer service as always from Grim Oak

Wednesday night gaming! Got Arcs to the table for the first time. A proper knife fight in a phone booth type game! Oliver took an early lead and by the time the rest of us got our acts together to target him we were all too weakened so he took a convincing win.

Today’s bookmail is the LE from Black Library. I am genuinely quite impressed with quality of Black Library’s special edition bindings for their price point. This one is cloth bound with 3 colour stamping

I do wonder at the trends to re-imagine or write sequels to classic works of literature. Very rarely do these add any thing, usually they just come across as conceited and lazy, sometimes they actively detract from the original. It is like all the sequels and reboots in film - they are lazy and

OK, I'm bringing out the big guns to test Bluesky engagement😀 Repost & follow to be in the draw! One randomly selected person will get this signed (& dedicated) copy of the Locked Library special edition of THE BOOK THAT WOULDN'T BURN.

Was meant to go and pick up some lumber for skirting boards for the youngest’s room today but the weather is conspiring against me. We are a non car household and walking 3km with lumber in a storm does not seem sensible

Just finished reading this and it was an absolute blast! Can thoroughly recommend it!

Thank you so much to everyone who helped make DREADFUL one of Barnes & Noble's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of 2024! I'm so grateful for everybody who decided to take a chance on this weird little book about evil wizards with amnesia and moat squid.

Game night tonight. 11 of us gathered to celebrate Svein’s birthday so a good turnout! Played some 6 nimmt, Raiders of the North Sea and Camel Up.

Fancy bookmail today! 1st up is this stunning edition of Hyperion from Curious King. These guys are just knocking it out the park with every edition they make. Seriously gorgeous book making

Very efficient boardgamegeek Secret Santa this year! Excited to try these out as they have had a lot of hype.

Latest bookmail! Latest signed and numbered leatherbound from Dragonsteel - The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson. Looks really good lined up with the rest of Wax and Wayne leatherbounds!

The eldest turned 3 today. She is currently obsessed with dinosaurs. So I made a dinosaur cake. Nailed it?

Some tasty bookmail arrived - a well needed distraction from the world at large. First some tasty new lettered editions from Anderida. The latest books from @aptshadow.bsky.social and @edashtonwriting.bsky.social

Today’s bookmail is this gorgeous edition of The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu from Conversation Tree Press. A signed unnumbered edition of 300. That marbled paper is spectacular - I love the tiger’s eyes! CTP is knocking it out of the park at the moment

Jørpeland dawn. Spectacular sunrise this morning!

Wednesday night equals game night. Tonight with Våland gaming forening we had a 5-player round of Vindication. A clear win for Tom, but most impressive was Pål’s jump to second from last on the final turn. An interestingly thematic euro game this one!

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Trains in Glasgow seem quite relaxed

Last day on Sark before back to Norway. This morning took the bubs to the Monument above Havre Gosselin. She enjoyed eating some blackberries fresh off the hedgerows!

La Greve de la Ville, Sark. Lots of boats there today!

Evening at Braye Harbour, Alderney

Last nights game night saw Arboretum and Alien Frontiers on the table. Glen and Roy claimed the respective victories but both games were super tight!

Some tasty bookmail. Double @subpress.bsky.social books today!

Today’s read. Time to dive back into The Seven Swords

Hello Bluesky! And thank you @carolynmk.bsky.social for the invite code!