At the start of the year, I will log in to my Goodreads account and set a reading challenge for the year. Last year in 2021, I set a goal of reading 20 books. However, I blazed through my goals and achieved reading 29 before the year ended. Initially I set my goal to read... Continue Reading →
Good urban fantasy novels are rare
There is a sub-genre of fantasy novel that I really like, and that is urban fantasy. What is urban fantasy? It is basically a type of fantasy fiction in which a narrative takes place in a city. Take the Harry Dresden files for example. It is a series of urban fantasy novels written by an... Continue Reading →
Gifting books as Christmas presents
As always, I gift books to two of my closest friends as Christmas presents. I select the best books I have read for the year as recommended reads for my friends to enjoy. Usually, I will buy the books, wrap them up and gift to them just in time for the holidays. But because of... Continue Reading →
Selling my games and my books. (some of it)
I was looking at my bookshelf, packed with trinkets, figurines, souvenirs from friends around the world, and a couple of figurines. It is currently jam packed with stuff. So I decided to sell some of my books, especially the old ones, those that I would never read it again. It was hard to choose the... Continue Reading →
Harry Dresden Novels (an impression)
As of this writing, there are about 14 books written by Jim Butcher on Harry Dresden, the Wizard cum private investigator of Chicago. I read the first 7 during the last summer holidays, and I am attempting to finish the remaining 7 books. Im currently somewhere on either book 9 or 10, and I must... Continue Reading →
Kindle and the future of e-books
If one were to ask me to name the most used app in my iphone other than Facebook, it would be the Kindle E-reader from Amazon for the iphone. I am an avid reader and I make an effort to read on a regular basis. I even surf and shop around Amazon from time to... Continue Reading →
A Reader’s Guide to R.A. Salvatore’s Legend of Drizzt
Finally the mother of all Drizzt books has been published! The ultimate guide to all things Drizzt, based on the novels by R.A.Salvatore, covering every book that has ever been published about the legendary Forgotten Realms character, Drizzt Do'urden. The book, entitled, A Reader's Guide to R.A.Salvatore's Legend of Drizzt, encompasses all the background information... Continue Reading →