Pots and Plots
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One half of Agents of Sigmar on YT, Book Reviews at PotsandPlots.blog and gardener at home.
While I mostly blog at PotsandPlots these days, I still do the odd review for @geekdad.twit.social.ap.brid.gy. I very much enjoyed @richardswanauthor.bsky.social's 'The Infinite State' geekdad.com/2026/08/the-... #booksky Many thanks to @torbooks.bsky.social for sending me a copy.
‘The Infinite State’ by Richard Swan: A Book Review
Richard Swan's 'Infinite State' is excellent dystopian fiction with echoes of the Star Wars orginal trilogy and shades of Andor.
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Change of pace on the blog today as I take a look at some children's non-fiction. @whatonearth.bsky.social never disappoints, and The Palace of Facts is excellent! potsandplots.blog/2026/08/04/w... #booksky #children'sbooks
Welcome to The Palace of Facts
‘The Palace of Facts’ is another excellent What on Earth book brought to you by the team that gave us the ‘Factopia!’ series.
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Maybe it's time to dust off my old books and relive my Dargonlance years.
W&S_BOOKCLUB@wsbookclub.bsky.social · 6d agoI'm here with a review of Dragonlance: War Wizard by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Come see what I thought of the latest addition to Dragonlance! Full review ⏬️ wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog/2026/08/02/b... #Dragonlance #booksky #WarWizard #bookblogger
New review from me today for a book that has been around a while. I didn't love it as much as a lot of other people do, but All the Colours of the Dark is definitely a compelling thriller. #booksky #reading potsandplots.blog/2026/07/31/a...
All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whitaker: Bright but No Masterpiece
‘All the Colours of the Dark’ is a sprawling thriller set in late 20th Century America. Readable but overreliant on coincidence.
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"...and then I found him. Mr Holbrook was standing amid the trees, speaking to whomever might be listening, the mice and voles, the birds and insects. The spell was in his hands and he offered this up. In the dusty darkness, dark dusty words are waiting." @jeffnoon.bsky.social
Book 107. My first @bluejo.eurosky.social, but certainly not my last. A perfect read after The Sentence. Simply brill. #booksky 📚
@thomasdlee.bsky.social yo dude. 150 pages into Perilous Times and loving it. Smart, sophisticated and funny. Excellent job bud.
More Arthurian excellence from @thomasdlee.bsky.social. These books have formed the spine of an excellent reading year! potsandplots.blog/2026/07/22/t... #booksky #reading
The Knight Watch by Thomas D Lee: Knights Vs Nazis
‘The Knight Watch’ by Thomas D. Lee sees the Knights of the Round Table take on Nazi Germany in this brilliantly reimagined tale of Arthurian Legend.
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I keep forgetting to post my #sixonsaturday on here, but this week I have remembered. The pots are strong in this post, but the garden is feeling the heat. potsandplots.blog/2026/07/18/s... #gardening #plants
#SixOnSaturday 18/07/2026
#SixOnSaturday for 18/07/2026. The dry continues, the garden feels like it’s in stasis.
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For my latest review, I have gone for some book loving non fiction. I enjoyed Lucy Mangan's tour of her life in books. potsandplots.blog/2026/07/17/b...
Bookish by Lucy Mangan: A Life Well Read
A book by a book lover for book lovers. How we bibliophiles are shaped by what we read. Albeit from a narrow, middle class perspective.
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@headofzeus.bsky.social very kindly sent me a copy of "A God of Countless Guises" by @bradleypbeaulieu.bsky.social. Thrilled to see this at the beginning. The Dragons of Deepwood Fen was a deeply immersive but had a lot of threads to it. Why doesn't every series do this? #booksky
Finally got all my review and book club commitments out of the way and I can read my most anticipated book of 2026! The Knight Watch by @thomasdlee.bsky.social If you haven't read Perilous Times yet, I wholeheartedly recommend you do!
Not entirely sure a Pulitzer Prize winning book really needs a review from me, but nevertheless, here we are. I think Angel Down by Daniel Kraus will be read for decades to come. Many thanks to @titanbooks.bsky.social for sending me a copy. #booksky potsandplots.blog/2026/07/08/a...
Angel Down by Daniel Kraus: War! What Is it Good For?
‘Angel Down’ by Daniel Kraus is a masterful anti-war novel that well deserves its Pulitzer Prize.
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#SixOnSaturday - Six things happening in my garden this week #gardens #gardening #growyourown #flowers #nature
#SixOnSaturday – Six things happening in my garden this week
Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations. Another heatwave on the way. This is now getting boring as well as frustrating. On the bright side a few of the things I featured last week have moved on significantly. Plus I had my first ever sighting of a hummingbird hawk-moth.
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Due to the hot weather and perhaps the realisation I'll be dead before I read all the books on my wishlist, I only added 3 new books last month! #booksky potsandplots.blog/2026/07/02/g... Perhaps if I travel in time, I can get more of the list read? 🤔
Growing the Shelves – July 2026
Another month has gone by. Here are three books I added to my pile for July.
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Moon Over Brendle, by @jeffnoon.bsky.social (pub by @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social) is an ode to the creative process with the distinctive weirdness of Noon's writing; it's difficult to capture in words how I felt about this book (it's brilliant). Full thoughts: jamreads.com/reviews/moon... 💙📚
JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite
In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world
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Starting the month with a review! A Numbers Game by R.J. Dark. Very much enjoyed this one. It's out in August from @daturabooks.bsky.social. It's definitely worth a look! #booksky #crimefiction potsandplots.blog/2026/07/01/a...
A Numbers Game by R.J. Dark – Maybe I’m a Winner Playing in a Losing Game
Set in the margins of a changing Britain, R.J. Dark’s ‘A Numbers Game’ an occasionally violent crime novel with a huge amount of heart.
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Completely forgot to share my #sixonsaturday for this week. Must be the heat, which mercifully feels like it's finally abating potsandplots.blog/2026/06/27/s... #garden #plants
#SixOnSaturday 27/06/2026
#SixOnSaturday for 27/06/2026. A week of heat. Not much gardening done but there’s always something going on.
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This review was hard work thanks to the weather, but the book was a great read! Latest #bookreview 'The Final Chapter' by C.B. Everett (@martynwaites.bsky.social). An intriguing crime novel with an Inception vibe. #booksky potsandplots.blog/2026/06/25/t...
The Final Chapter by C.B. Everett – Nothing Is Real
C.B. Everett treats us to identities within identities in ‘The Final Chapter’ a book that features a book with in a book. What’s not to love?
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Been hiding from the heat today, reviewing Solace House by @willmac23.bsky.social from @atlanticbooks.bsky.social. It's set at the same time I was a student and brought back all the feels. Though my student days were significantly less sinister. potsandplots.blog/2026/06/19/s... #booksky
Solace House by Will Maclean – Where Reality Weakens
Solace House is a mindbending interdimensional mystery set in a house, a very big house, in the country.
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New review from me today. 'Gliff' by Ali Smith. There's so much in this slender volume, I had to read it twice before I could write about it. potsandplots.blog/2026/06/16/g... #booksky
‘Gliff’ by Ali Smith – The Power of Words
‘Gliff’ by Ali Smith. A book that demands to be read multiple times.
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It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's my rave review of The Dungeon Book by Gareth Hanrahan! Come see what made this book a standout for me. #TheDungeonBook #bookblogger #booksky
Book Review: The Dungeon Book by Gareth Hanrahan
A young girl is left to die in a wizard’s dungeon but finds a new home with the monsters around her in this humorous and heartfelt standalone epic fantasy from acclaimed author Gareth Hanraha…
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Alan Moore's 'I Hear a New World' is the latest review on the blog. potsandplots.blog/2026/06/11/i... #booksky
I Hear a New World by Alan Moore – Unparalleled Folk Weirdness
The second book in Alan Moore’s Long London series, didn’t quite live up to my expectations, but is still a very fine read.
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✨The Shortlist 2026!✨ DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL, Matt Dinniman THE DREAM HOTEL, Laila Lalami LUMINOUS, Silva Park THERE IS NO ANTIMEMETICS DIVISION, qntm WHEN THERE ARE WOLVES AGAIN, E.J. Swift THE SALT ORACLE, Lorraine Wilson This year’s winner will be announced on Weds 12 August.
It has over 18,000 reviews on Amazon, so here is a review that is almost certainly entirely unnecessary. Nevertheless, I found lots to love in 'The Wedding People' by Alison Espach. potsandplots.blog/2026/06/04/t... #booksky
The Wedding People by Alison Epsach
‘The Wedding People’ is a surprisingly thoughtful examination of life, love and relationships.
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I'm running a little behind, but here are the books that caught my eye last month. The TBR pile grows ever larger... The number of books in these posts always outweighs the number of books I read a month... #booksky potsandplots.blog/2026/05/28/g...
Growing the Shelves – June 2026
Here are the books that caught my eye in the last month.
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