Dan's Sci-fi & Fantasy Blog

Howdy, So far this month, it feels like I've read a little bit of everything. I finished off an excellent fantasy series, followed Saxons...

Howdy, This is a companion piece to my post entitled Favorite Authors. The authors I will address in this post are ones I admire and who...

Howdy, I've been thinking lately about my favorite authors, how they've changed over time, and who they are today. Years ago, my favorite...

Howdy, This second edition of what I've been reading for August 2020 finds me knee-deep in a couple of fantasy series, one adult and one...

Howdy, I have to admit, I was skeptical when I first heard about Libby, the app that lets you check out ebooks, and, more importantly to...

Howdy, Feels like I haven't posted here in quite a while. Well, it's only been a couple weeks, but that's off from my usual once a week...

Howdy, Finally, I've finished Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. Just a warning, I might drop in a spoiler or two for...

Howdy, What is this? A second July 2020 what I've been reading? Maybe I have been consuming a bit more literature lately. The coronavirus...

Howdy, Lately, I've been reading fantasy with a side dish of YA dystopia. Two of the books are quite good but not great. The third book,...

Howdy, This past month has been a reading smorgasbord. I’ve consumed a dash of pop science, a historical action-adventure, and a YA...

Howdy, Some people claim to be reading more than usual due to stay home orders. Me, not so much. Overall, my reading habits are about the...

Howdy, Hopefully, with everything going on in the world, you've found time to read and study published works. I've been reading steadily,...

Howdy, Does the plague outbreak seem like something writers have been training for their entire lives? Long hours of self-isolation…etc.,...

Howdy, Recently, I finished off some excellent sci-fi and a book that falls somewhere between history and current events....

Howdy, The new year of reading is a bit more eclectic for me than usual, considering my typical fare is fantasy, science-fiction, and...

Howdy, I’ve started the new year off with a thriller and a couple of fantasy novels, including an introduction to the Witcher. I read The...

Howdy, Recently, I polished off a couple of extra-long audiobooks. I listened to both of these on Libby, the audiobook app that lets you...

Lately, I've been devouring YA. I’ve read some exceptional YA over the past month or so. This is great since my current WIP is a YA...

Howdy, I’ve gobbled up some satisfying adult fantasy and YA sci-fi since the last reading update. So, without further ado, here we go....

Howdy, After reading On Writing by Stephen King and discovering the master storyteller doesn’t plan (most of the time, anyway), I started...