I didn't find all that many books during March to add to the TBR pile. Probably self-preservation, combined with an increased amount of gardening! #booksky potsandplots.blog/2026/04/01/g...

It my turn on the online tour for 'The Dead Man's Empire' by @willwiles.bsky.social. Due to a scheduling mix up I haven't finished the book yet, but here are my thoughts so far. potsandplots.blog/2026/03/30/t... @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social

Morning everyone! Here is my #SixOnSaturday post for 28/3/2026. This week, I'm starting to enjoy the benefits of joining the SoS community, and I discovered the amazing garden of Mary Keen. (And by discovered, I mean I saw it on the telly.) potsandplots.blog/2026/03/28/s...

In today's #SixOnSaturday... fragrant Narcissus 'Geranium,' a stripy Tulip, the scented flowers of Osmanthus x Burkwoodii, Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve,' the fragrant blooms of Viburnum carlesii 'Compactum' & yes, more Tulips 🌱 onemanandhisgardentrowel.wordpress.com/2026/03/28/s...

#SixOnSaturday - Six things happening in my garden this week #gardens #gardening #nature #flowers #growyourown

All eight #SmallProphets covers are available as a pack of postcards. Buy here: colemandesign.co.uk/shop and love them. Forever. 9/

Finished painting a bit more #Warhammer! #nurgle #darkwater #paintingwarhammer

'Seasons of Glass & Iron' by Amal El-Mohtar. Loved some of the stories, less keen on others. A book that made me question myself and my reading habits. #booksky potsandplots.blog/2026/03/24/s...

#SixonSaturday. Spring is officially here, and the #garden is loving it. potsandplots.blog/2026/03/21/s... #gardening

#SixOnSaturday - Six things happening in my garden this week #gardens #gardening #nature #flowers #plants

More from me on GeekDad today. I very much enjoyed @comicstitan.bsky.social new Hawkmoon books. Adapted from Michael Moorcock's 'Jewel in the Skull' geekdad.com/2026/03/hawk...

So many great authors in this line up. A pledge was inevitable.

Reading TRACE ELEMENTS is like having one of those wonderful idea-spinning conversations that can happen in the SF world. Open to any page and fall immediately in. Genre, genre conventions, writing craft, disability—the spectrum is so wide and so full of sparks

There's a tweet for everything but for all the good stuff in life there's usually a Tom Gauld cartoon.

Good Morning Blue Sky! Hope you’re all ok? Today I’m currently reading Intergalactic Feast by Lavanya Lakshminarayan for science fiction mixing aliens, culture and food. What are you reading at the moment?

#sixonsaturday for 14/3/26. Chilly morning in the garden. Lots of things almost ready to explode, but not much looking its best. #gardening. potsandplots.blog/2026/03/14/s...

I'm back on GeekDad today reviewing 'America as it Happened', a history of the country, starting from before it even existed. It's from the excellent @whatonearth.bsky.social books. Good luck to them - The 2nd edition will make for interesting reading. geekdad.com/2026/03/amer... #booksky

What happened is I mentioned this absurd idea to a BBC producer and now I am writing an afternoon play for Radio 4 called THE CALL OF CTHUDO, to be recorded sometime in June with (ideally) various Green Wing alumni doing their best 1930's detective voices.

New book review. 'The Library of Traumatic Memory,' by Neil Jordan from @headofzeus.bsky.social. It's a novel that captivated me in places and lost me in others. #booksky #sff potsandplots.blog/2026/03/12/t...

If we really want to capture the essence of Britishness on our currency we should just go with pictures of Notey McNoteface.

My two themes intersect as my current read unexpectedly has a chapter about miniature daffodils. This niche for this joke is just a nanometer wide.

Storygraph are giving away ten copies of The Sleepless! Ends the 18th of March (for UK peeps) app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/21...

The Prunus incisa 'Kojo-no-mai' has blossomed #GardensHour 🌱

#SixOnSaturday is an explosion 💥of #Spring color. I haven’t bought any new bulbs in two years because I really wouldn’t know where to put them at this point😂🌱🌱 #Flowers #Gardening #SpringFlowers #GulfOfMexico #FlowerReport #Plants

Another grey Saturday, hopefully brightened up by a #sixonsaturday post. Photos from around the garden as spring continues springing. #gardens #gardening potsandplots.blog/2026/03/07/s...

The cover reveal for Our Lady of Blades dropped into my inbox a little while ago, and as it's discoverable online by searching at the author's website, figured it's worth shouting about a little bit. Still looking forward to it? @fantasybooknerd.bsky.social @eleni-argyro.bsky.social

Squeezing out a quick review before the end of the week. 'Death and the Gardener' by Georgi Gospodinov. A beautiful read from start to finish #booksky potsandplots.blog/2026/03/06/d...

I wasn't entirely sure of what to make of 'Nonesuch' by Francis Spufford. I enjoyed reading it, and elements of it are great, but the central story felt a little thin. #booksky #bookreview potsandplots.blog/2026/03/04/n...

February was a fun reading month! #booksky #storygraph

Three days in a row of blog posts. They really are like buses. Here's the inspiration I found last month from #booksky and beyond. potsandplots.blog/2026/03/01/g...

With huge thanks to @financialtimes.com for featuring our forthcoming book Woman Alive in their #htsi section - as introduced by Graham Norton and illustrated by the fabulous @tomgauld.bsky.social This book will be published next weekend on #internationalwomensday

Well, it's out about in the world now, it seems! Check out the US cover for the next big novel, EXHUMATION, out October 2026.

Lost my reviewing mojo for a few days, which always seems to ebb and flow. Back again today with a book that's been out for a couple of years, but well worth a look, 'The Curse of Pietro Houdini' by @derekbmiller.bsky.social potsandplots.blog/2026/02/27/t...

I was wondering where I'd left my reading list...

It's Saturday and I've managed another #sixonasaturday post! potsandplots.blog/2026/02/21/s... #gardens

I haven't listened to an audiobook for years, and then two come along at once. I very much enjoyed listening to Ben Elton's "What Have I Done," read by the author at characteristic high speed! potsandplots.blog/2026/02/20/w... #booksky

My latest #book arrival is very on brand. Bit worried it might break me though. #reading

Sometimes I read reviews and think, "That book can't possibly be as good as they say it is," but sometimes it is. I was mesmerised by 'On The Calculations of Volume (I)' by Solvej Balle. It's wonderful. Deep in unexpected ways. #booksky potsandplots.blog/2026/02/18/o...

New #bookreview on the blog! 'The Wombles' series by Elisabeth Beresford nsfordwriter.com/the-wombles-...

After the quality of Perilous Times, pre-ordering this was a no brainer. This coming from a confirmed "I'll-wait-for-the-paperbacker" We can argue about whether the word "pre-order" is utter nonsense, later. Key thing is, I've ordered it!

New review from me ahead of the @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social reissue of "Of Blood and Fire" from @ryancahill.bsky.social. It's the first steps in an old-school fantasy epic. Many thanks to @blackcrowpr.bsky.social for sending me a copy. #booksky potsandplots.blog/2026/02/16/o...

Inspired by Cathy and the whole idea of #6onSaturday I put together my own post! #gardens potsandplots.blog/2026/02/14/s...

Buds and blooms feature in my #6onSaturday #gardens #gardening #Gardeningfeed #flowers

A @geekdad.twit.social.ap.brid.gy review for you today. For @phaidonpress.bsky.social's "Formula Fast." A book perfect for young Formula One fans. #booksky #F1 geekdad.com/2026/02/form...

well i for one couldn’t be more excited for the possibilities of AI. finally a technology that answers the age old question ‘what if clippy was wormtongue’

Cover reveal!

Man with blog doesn't like "greatest living American author." potsandplots.blog/2026/02/08/v... #booksky

Raven reviews-Paul E. Hardisty-The Hope "I loved this trilogy, not only for its poignancy, urgency and prescient observations, but also for its energy and sense of danger that kept me completely engaged." #PaulHardisty @orendabooks.bsky.social ravencrimereads.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/b...

'Pagans' by @jamesbluecat.bsky.social has set a very high bar for the rest of my year's reading to follow! New review on the blog. potsandplots.blog/2026/02/04/p... #booksky @moonflowerbooks.bsky.social

I was reading the version of this list in the back of the book last night (Waterstones PB) and was reminded that I have never read Moorcock's 'Gloriana'