Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this weekly reading vlog, I'm re-reading a grimdark sci-fi/fantasy (and it turns out I loved it even more on a re-read!) as well as trying a couple of weird books and continuing Legends of the First Empire :)

My 2025 Reading Vlogs: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyl52mJCaGO0vTA_G8UXye2dqRA9iCAU1
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
5:24 Blossom Walk
5:45 God's War (Bel Dame Apocrypha) by Kameron Hurley
9:47 The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
11:42 River Walk
12:03 God's War update
15:28 Lake Walk
16:03 God's War final thoughts
17:57 Age of Empyre (Legends of the First Empire) by Michael J. Sullivan
19:51 Age of Empyre update
22:28 School of Shards (Vita Nostra) by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko
23:54 Conclusion
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