Another month, another wrap-up! Still being written essentially one-handed as my left arm is still in a cast so, again, apologies for any typos you might find! In good (?) news, I had my wrist surgery and although it apparently presented the surgery team with some difficulties, everything is holding in the right position. If all goes well, I should be out of the cast by mid-April and then it’ll be time to start building up that book holding strength again.
This month I joined in with the Keymark March Mavericks 5-book readathon and was on Andy Peloquin‘s team: Tome Slayers. This was good fun and provided a perfect distraction to my wrist situation. Everyone involved was lovely and encouraging – I probably wouldn’t have read as many books as I did without the readathon.
Reading
This month’s reads were:
- Future’s Edge (Gareth L Powell)
- From Cold Ashes Risen (Rob J Hayes)
- The Ice (Ryan Cahill)
- Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon (Wole Talabi)
- Star Forge (Cameron Cooper)
- Long Live the Emperor (Cameron Cooper)
As you will have seen above, all except Future’s Edge contributed to my March Mavericks reads. Technically, I started Future’s Edge in February so it couldn’t count. Here are the prompts I fulfilled with my reads (in order):
- Maverick – an independently published book
- Disruptor – a weapon on the cover (includes dragons & spaceships)
- Chaos – includes magic as part of the story
- Shadow – includes and animal companion
- Renegades – includes a motley crew
Writing
As you might imagine, March hasn’t been the most productive of months for writing thought I’ve had plenty of ideas to explore once my arm heals up. In the meantime, I had one review go up on GdM in March.
Upcoming
While, strictly speaking, a couple of things have already gone out via GdM’s site and in issue #42 of the magazine proper, they also fall in April as they released 01/04/2025. Nevertheless, turn your eyeballs their way to find more reviews from me and an essay entitled ‘Ellen Ripley, Action Hero’, which I am super chuffed about.
To come will be further reviews of The Bound and the Broken series by Ryan Cahill, and I’ll be diving into book four, Of Empires and Dust, shortly. I’ve got quite a few exciting books to catch up on so watch this space.
That’s it for now! I hope you’ve found some enjoyment from my little update. I’m over on Bluesky (@magpiepages.bsky.social) and have dusted off my Ko-fi page as well.
Take care, and see you next month!
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