by philwilliams | Mar 12, 2025 | Book Reviews, SFINCS
You may have heard, but I had the fantastic fortune and honour that my Blood Scouts novella, Oksy, Come Home, was chosen as a finalist in this year’s SFINCS competition. SFINCS is a marvellous initiative to highlight indie novellas in the speculative fiction...
by philwilliams | Jan 2, 2025 | Book Reviews
We’re into the New Year, so I’m now completely done with list of reviews of every book I read in 2024. According to my list, I got through 126 books this year, which is somewhat down on the previous two years, but it had been my aim to read a bit less, so I kind of...
by philwilliams | Feb 1, 2024 | Book Reviews
You may be aware that I read a lot of books. So many that I often forget to talk about them until I’m lumbered with making a big list at the end of the year. This is a shame because I’d like to talk more about and share the things I’ve enjoyed. This...
by philwilliams | Dec 11, 2023 | Book Reviews
Each year I try to find ways to manage my vast reading list better so it’ll be easier to draw up concise recommendations. Each year I fail. I read a lot of long books this year (I usually much prefer short and sweet) and I simplified my scoring system to just...
by philwilliams | Jan 5, 2023 | Book Reviews
This year I read a hearty 148 books, which is a drop down from 2021, but it was my intention to read a bit less to avoid drowning in it all. While I have a mountainous pile of books to get through, often I find I can’t properly remember them without prompts, only a...
by philwilliams | Dec 16, 2021 | Book Reviews
I’ve read an utterly absurd 180+ books this year, in huge part thanks to audiobooks. which make every idle moment an opportunity to drink book juice through your earholes. This is something of a double-edged sword, because reading tons also means it’s hard to narrow...
