My latest read: "Pact" by Daniel Lorn - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're in search of a quick horror tale to churn your gut and rattle your brain, this one's worth a look!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7829904612
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A great reminder that reviews don't have to be super involved and detailed to be effective. By the way, "8" and its story singles now have well over 50 positive ratings on Goodreads from all sorts of readers. Why not give them a try today?
https://amazon.com/author/michaelshotter
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My latest read: "Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers" from Stars and Sabers Publishing @starsandsabers - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're looking for a smorgasbord of speculative fiction, this one's sure to satisfy!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7830355244
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My latest read: "Badlands" by Gary Kruse - See my Goodreads review for details but if you enjoy crime thrillers with hints of horror and the supernatural, this one's worth a look!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7838921296
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My latest read: "Death of a Clown" by Catherine McCarthy - See my Goodreads review for details but if you enjoy speculative fiction that fills the heart as much as the mind, this is an experience you don't want to miss!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7847517238
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My latest read: "NIGHTMARES" by J.D. Allen - Searching for a new speculative-horror collection to sink your teeth into? This one's worth a look!
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7864768066
StoryGraph:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/238197e5-9b54-4d1a-ba1d-7121db5c3f32
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My latest read: "Rare Specimen and Other Stories" by S.J. Shank - Eager for a satisfyingly-swift swirl of speculative fiction? Give this one a look!
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7874245623
StoryGraph:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/111ac15e-ba5d-4a59-ade5-a9e4e320885f
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A Review of I Found a Lost Hallway in a Dying Mall: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-i-found-a-lost-hallway-in-a-dying-mall/
Giving Up is Unforgivable – A Manual for Keeping Democracy (Highly Recommended)
Giving Up is Unforgiveable by Joyce Vance. Cuts through noise to power we still have, and responsibilities. Note: Could be the most important book you and your friends, family, and red-hat American relatives ever read. #bookstodon #booklovers #bookreviews #books
Fae Reviews makes video book reviews, especially about romantasy books (romantic stories with a fantasy setting). You can follow at:
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They've already uploaded 17 videos, you can browse them all at https://makertube.net/a/faereviews/videos
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Kerry Ferrand is a New Zealander making book review videos, covering both fiction and non-fiction. You can follow at:
There are already seven videos uploaded, you can browse them all at https://spectra.video/a/kerry_ferrand/videos
The videos have subtitles in English, click CC to see them.
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My latest read: "One Day All This Will Be Yours" by Adrian Tchaikovsky - See my Goodreads review for details but if you enjoy time-travel stories, or even if you don't, this one's worth a look!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7803015204
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My latest read: "The Forgotten War" by Adam Hulse - Author - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're a fan of multi-genre speculative fiction, this is a book you won't soon forget!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7790752183
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A Review of Medium Error: https://lydiaschoch.com/a-review-of-medium-error/
My latest read: "Fleet of Knives" by Gareth L. Powell - See my Goodreads review for details but if you enjoyed "Embers of War" and like yourself some full-blown space opera action and adventure, this one's definitely worth a look!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7783350308
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My latest read: "Colossus with a Poison Tongue" by Coy Hall - See my Goodreads review for details but if you're a fan of far-future post-apocalyptic sci-fi stories oozing with vivid depictions of horror and the occult, this one's for you!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7804641794
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My favorite reads of 2025 (so far.)
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See my reviews:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/71384024-michael-shotter
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Ender’s Game is a brilliant #ScienceFiction about relationships - brothers and sisters, children and adults, group dynamics… and #loneliness
A war that begins because they cannot simply talk to each other.
And love for the enemy, without which true victory is impossible.
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Fae Reviews makes videos about books, especially the romantic fantasy (romantasy) genre. You can follow at:
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They've already uploaded more than 30 videos. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://makertube.net/a/faereviews/videos
You can also follow their blog at @faereviews@faereviews.com
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My new #book is now out and about in many #bookstores. A few #bookreviews have appeared that I'll share in this thread.
The Trees of My Country: A Natural History of India in 50 Trees
https://shankarraman.in/2026/05/24/my-new-book-the-trees-of-my-country/
Book Review: Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchettt
Author: Terry Pratchettt
Title: Feet of Clay
Publication Info: Victor Gollancz, 1996
Summary/Review:
Once again, there’s a plot to remove Lord Vetinari the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, who is slowly being poisoned by means the evade Sam Vimes’ skills of “detectoring.” Meanwhile the city’s guilds and nobels attempt to make Nobby Nobbs, of all people, their puppet ruler after learning that he may be heir to the royal family. And Captain Carrot investigates a series of murders apparently committed by a golem that has gone mad, followed by several golems dying by suicide, and a golem named Dorfl falsely confessing the crimes.
This may be the best Discworld novel I’ve read yet. It ties together it’s disparate threads perfectly and is full of humor, wordplay, and imagination. Plus it provides great character moments for the large cast that includes the werewolf guard Angua, a female dwarf and forensic expert Cheery Littlebottom, the vampire Dragon King of Arms, and an unfortunate adventure in the sewers for guard Fred Colon and Wee Mad Arthur, a Nac Mac Feegle. The underlying social message that condemns the aristocracy and slavery is also well-done
Favorite Passages:
You wouldn’t find slum-dwellers in these pages, but you would find their landlords. And, while it was regarded as pretty good evidence of criminality to be living in a slum, for some reason owning a whole street of them merely got you invited to the very best social occasions.
The real world was far too real to leave neat little hints. It was full of too many things. It wasn’t by eliminating the impossible that you got at the truth, however improbable; it was by the much hard process of eliminating the possibilities. You worked away, patiently asking questions and looking hard at things. You walked and talked, and in you heart you hoped like hell that some bugger’s nerve’d crack and he’d give himself up.
Rating: ****1/2
Discworld Reviews Master List
No.TitlePublished1The Colour of Magic19832The Light Fantastic19863Equal Rites19874Mort (radio drama)5Sourcery19886Wyrd Sisters (radio drama)7Pyramids19898Guards! Guards! (radio drama)9Eric (radio drama)199010Moving Pictures11Reaper Man199112Witches Abroad13Small Gods (radio drama)199214Lords and Ladies15Men at Arms199316Soul Music199417Interesting Times18Maskerade199519Feet of Clay199620Hogfather21Jingo199722The Last Continent199823Carpe Jugulum24The Fifth Elephant199925The Truth200026Thief of Time200127The Last Hero28The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents29Night Watch (radio drama)200230The Wee Free Men200331Monstrous Regiment32A Hat Full of Sky200433Going Postal34Thud!200535Wintersmith200636Making Money200737Unseen Academicals200938I Shall Wear Midnight201039Snuff201140Raising Steam201341The Shepherd’s Crown2015Other books by Terry Pratchett I’ve read:
#BookReviews #Books #CityWatch #Discworld #fantasy #humorThe Inquisitive Biologist (https://inquisitivebiologist.com) turns 9 today - 538 #BookReviews and counting! I was hoping to have a big reveal for today, but the truth is that I am still (still!) reading my way through Darwin's Descent. Soon, soon. So all I have for now is
