COVER REVEAL We are thrilled to be re-publishing @dougjohnstone.bsky.social’s raw, darkly funny novel #TheOssians 9/04 with a STUNNING new cover & an intro from @valmcdermid.bsky.social A Scottish band’s last-chance winter road trip spirals into rock’n’roll chaos. 🎸 bit.ly/3N1XxWR #BookSky

Probably my last review of 2025 on GeekDad. It's for "Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel" by Aimee De Jongh #booksky. Very much enjoyed this retelling. Wonderful art beautifully complementing a classic story that's as relevant today as it ever was. geekdad.com/2025/12/lord...

New review on GeekDad today. Really nice book about plants and all the things we make from them. 'The Stuff Stuff is Made Of' from @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social geekdad.com/2025/12/the-... #booksky

Rip roaring fun in the Fractured Europe universe. If you've read those you know what to expect. If not, what are you waiting for? #wasreading #booksky

Publishing January 2026... In a dying world, it asks the most urgent question of all: what if there's still time? #TheHope the searing finale to Paul Hardisty's critically acclaimed #ClimateEmergency trilogy - an absolute MUST-READ! 🌎 bit.ly/48mRk0m #BookSky #CliFi #NewBooks

Reviewing seems to take me forever these days, especially when they're for books as engaging as Alan Moore's "The Great When." "I loved it," would have been a much simpler review. Probably should have stuck with that. #booksky potsandplots.blog/2025/12/04/t...

Trying something new on the blog. A chart of all the bookish inspiration I discovered in the previous month. Here is my first "Growing the Library" post. #booksky There's not much doing in the garden right now, but I have just put up my Christmas lights! potsandplots.blog/2025/12/01/g...

Finishing Friday with a review. My first children's book on PotsandPlots! 'Avalanche' by Simon Fox out now from @nosycrow.bsky.social. Simon always delivers great reluctant heroes in his books and avalanche is no exception. potsandplots.blog/2025/11/28/a... #childrensbooks #booksky

First review on PotsandPlots for @orendabooks.bsky.social. 'The Winter Job' by Antti Tuomainen is a fun, somewhat farcical crime novel, that examines the importance of human connection. Orenda are great, Antti is great. What's not to love? #booksky potsandplots.blog/2025/11/23/t...

New review from me today on GeekDad. Time travel, dino thriller "God's Junk Drawer" by @peterclines.bsky.social is a fun way to spend a few hours reading time. #booksky geekdad.com/2025/11/gods...

I've been struggling on the book review front. So, I decided to write about pots rather than plots, for a change. #gardening #booksky potsandplots.blog/2025/11/18/r...

A bit of #warhammer for a Friday afternoon. My Kurnoth's Heralds from the new Spitewood Underworlds box #paintingwarhammer.

New Review - an excellent tale of digital ghosts, seers, scientists and ethics await in the brilliant The Salt Oracle by @rainewilson.bsky.social out now - very strongly recommended! Huge thanks to @solarisbooks.bsky.social www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/11...

Ahhh - I’m so excited it’s finally been announced!!

Every now and then, a book comes along that is an absolute perfect match for its reviewer. 'Exploring the Universe' by @isabelthomas.co.uk is one such book! geekdad.com/2025/11/expl... from @phaidonpress.bsky.social

Morning! Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon - it's a future where people wear masks of animals that grant them equivalent abilities (like an Ox mask, which gives them strength). It's told from the point of view of a sentient mask in the 2nd person, with a bit of 1st narration thrown in. It's very clever

We put our order in today. So much lovely stuff!

Together at last! The eight books I’ve written for @titanbooks.bsky.social Grab them all! #booksky #books

Blood of the Bull from #warhammerunderworlds finished. Now to workout which decks to play them with. #paintingwarhammer

I somehow missed this back in September, but 👀👀👀

I'm now up to a mighty 2 reviews on my new blog, PotsandPlots. This time for @brookmyre.bsky.social's excellent 'The Cracked Mirror' #booksky #bookreview #crimefiction @chrisbrookmyrehttps://potsandplotsblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/30/the-cracked-mirror-by-chris-brookmyre/

I have started writing reviews at a new location. My PotsandPlots blog is live! My first review is for "All That We See or Seem" by @kyliu99.bsky.social. from @headofzeus.bsky.social potsandplotsblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/a... #sff #booksky Sign up for great books and dubious gardening tips!

@dougjohnstone.bsky.social fans ASSEMBLE! We are planning a very special cover reveal next Friday (31st) and would LOVE for YOU to be involved. To find out more, fill in this form and we'll be in touch soon with more information 📖 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #BookSky please like & RT 🙌

I've struggled to write review recently - but I definitely wanted to shout about the beautiful "The Last Book." Truly a work of art from Hungry Minds. geekdad.com/2025/10/the-...

I've been painting up some #warhammerunderworlds minis from the latest Spitewood boxed set that GW sent us to review.

My current read - The conclusion of the GAEL SONG trilogy THE LAND OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD by the awesome @shaunalawless.bsky.social !! Will see after this final volume if this series ends up being an all-time fav... It is certainly on track to get there!

Set in a ravaged future ruled by the descendants of those who caused the climate collapse, #TheHope asks it asks the most urgent question of all: what if there’s still time? The searing finale to Paul Hardisty's #ClimateEmergency trilogy, out 29/01 🌎 bit.ly/48mRk0m #Booksky #Dystopian #Thriller

#CoverReveal `A riveting eco-thriller [that] paints a realistic picture of our future if society as a whole continues to ignore scientific warnings about global warming´ Crime Fiction Lover Available to pre-order now 👇 The Hope: geni.us/g264BA @orendabooks.bsky.social

Just finished the excellent The Damned King by @justinleeanderson.com - by turns twisty and brutal, filled with flawed and broken people trying to do the right thing in the face of overwhelming awfulness - that maybe has a few parallels to present day, given truth matters so little to some.

Happy publication day to @writtenbythea.bsky.social for #romance The Second Chance Cinema, from @harpercollins.bsky.social. A #magic midnight cinema? A couple with unacknowledged second thoughts? A chance to make it all right? A beautiful read? Yes! bluebookballoon.blogspot.com/2025/10/revi...

Unfortunately, I'm having to take a break from long-form reviews, but I have a few books I'm slated to review that I'd like to shout about, starting with "Who Will You Save?," a collection of short stories by @garethlpowell.bsky.social from @titanbooks.bsky.social . #sff #booksky

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again. Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

New review time - 'The Transcendent Tide,' the final part of the Enceladons trilogy by @dougjohnstone.bsky.social from @orendabooks.bsky.social I really enjoyed this trio of first contact novels about the best and worst of humanity. geekdad.com/2025/09/the-... #sff #booksky

Stayed up late finishing 'Daughter of the Otherworld' by @shaunalawless.bsky.social. A great transition into a new era of the Gael Song saga. I'm so invested in these characters' lives, it's almost painful. Once again, the end has left me hanging out for more! #booksky @headofzeus.bsky.social

A review for a cracking book has gone up today! 'The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good' by Kirsty Applebaum is a gothic mystery that keeps the reader captured throughout. Out now from @nosycrow.bsky.social geekdad.com/2025/09/the-... #booksky

Been working hard on my #childrensbook reviews this week. Here's another for @davidfarr.bsky.social's excellent "Book of Stolen Dreams" trilogy. All three are available now from Usborne Books #booksky geekdad.com/2025/09/the-...

Well, I guess I can talk about it now. Out in December, date tbc. Do you believe in miracles?

Sometimes it feels like reviewing a book is like putting an umbrella up in a hurricane, but I wrote another one, so here it is! #YA thriller 'Oxford Blood' by Rachael Davis Featherstone from @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #booksky geekdad.com/2025/09/oxfo...

I'm fortunate enough to review lots of great books for GeekDad, but few of them have been as good as "The Strange Disappearance of Imogen Good" by Kirsty Applebaum. It's a perfect gothic tale for the Autumn months for readers aged 9+. Out tomorrow from @nosycrow uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

#D&D Horrified reviewed on Agents of Sigmar, my other hobby project. We take a look in the box and run through how to play this great fun game youtu.be/UFcrBKxt-d8. #tabletopgames

My latest post on @geekdad.twit.social.ap.brid.gy is not a book review, but an excited look at an #RPG. #warhammer The Old World RPG from @cubicle7games.bsky.social. Can't wait to dive deeper into this and head back to the beginning of my fantasy gaming roots! geekdad.com/2025/09/goin...

New book post today and some rain! Caught beautifully in my echeveria bluebird. Looking forward to reviewing this one. Magic and libraries - What's not to love? Many thanks to @blackcrowpr.bsky.social for sending me a copy. #booksky

New review time. 'Acts of God' by Kanan Gill. A mind-bending pocket universe story with an excellent narrator. From @blackstonepub.bsky.social geekdad.com/2025/08/acts...

'Circular Motion' is a fascinating if uneven read about a world spinning inexorably out of control. Alex Foster examines our relationship with technology and inability to relinquish it even though it's destroying the planet. #sff #booksky @atlanticbooks.bsky.social geekdad.com/2025/08/circ....

I too was one of those people. Do read the series because it's awesome!

Seeing a few people surprised and/or irritated that The Damned King isn’t the final book in a trilogy, so please help me spread the word: THE EIDYN SAGA IS A FOUR-BOOK SERIES. It has been ever since I signed with Orbit in 2021. I’m writing book 4 right now. It’s coming!

Same same!

Please read this series 💙