Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this weekly reading vlog, I read several sci-fi books including a new favourite and the new Hunger Games prequel, as well as finishing off a fantasy book from last vlog.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
5:25 Age of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan
8:51 The Martian Contingency by Mary Robinette Kowal
12:23 Date Day
13:36 The Martian Contingency final thoughts
18:42 The Outside by Ada Hoffman
21:34 The Far Reaches short story anthology
23:30 River Walk
24:17 Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
25:55 The Outside update
26:57 Cemetery Walk and Autumn
27:35 Sunrise on the Reaping final thoughts
30:40 The Far Reaches update
33:45 The Outside update
37:20 Lake Walk with Rocko the Rock Snake
39:01 The Outside final thoughts
31:06 The Far Reaches final thoughts
44:28 Conclusion
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