Now that I’ve hit one hundred videos and six months of content, it’s time to niche down and get focused. I’ve decided that the best way to start doing that is to give you something of a “clean slate” when it comes to all of the books I have reviewed since I started this whole project. If you’re new to my content and want a rapid-fire overview of all the books I have read since starting this, this is the stop for you. Hello. Greetings. Welcome.

It’s time to talk about my channel goals, accomplishments, and future. It’s hard to believe it’s been six months, but… simultaneously it definitely feels like it’s been at least six months since I started this. I’ll get into what I mean by that and more here in this post. More importantly, I’ll be talking about what’s next for the channel and my plans going forward.

Let’s stop pretending that book covers don’t matter. For just a second, let’s all be honest with ourselves: we do judge books by their covers, to at least some degree. When you’re perusing and looking for a book without a recommendation, what gets you to pick up a book is the cover, the spine, and/or the title. Covers matter. They’re important and they absolutely sell books. Okay, now that we’ve all admitted that to ourselves (right?), let’s talk about what makes a cover good, at least in my personal opinion.

ype can be a double-edged sword, though; on one hand, it got me excited for the book, but on the other, it raised my expectations to unbelievable levels. So the question for today’s post is: did The Shadow of the Gods live up to the hype? Let’s get into that in today’s spoiler-free review of the first book of John Gwynne’s Bloodsword Saga!

Last week, I released part one of a two-part series discussing Young Adult books. In that post, I talked specifically about the arguments against Young Adult novels that are often presented and aren’t necessarily genre-specific. I countered them, but also discussed their merits. Today, however, I’m going to be addressing a lot of pros for the Young Adult genre as I see them. This is the last planned part of this two-part series, so I’ll wrap up with my final thoughts on the matter at the end of it.

ne week. It was easy at times, stressful at others, but all around the result at the end was notable. I’ll be talking about how the experience went, my pitfalls and struggles, and finally how I’m feeling now that this little experiment is over!