My Favourite Books of 2021

Hey everyone! 2021 is nearly done, so here's my annual best books of the year post. These posts are a bit of a tradition for me as I've done them every single year I've been running Jack's Bedtime Reading. Not that that's very long really, but still. There always pretty challenging posts to do because …

Five of the Best: Female Characters

Hi everyone! Welcome back to Five of the Best! It's my very own intermittent series of posts. Intermittent being the key word, really. The premise is pretty simple: I pick a theme for the post, and then I pick five books that I believe showcase this the best. The theme this time is Female Characters. …

Five of the Best: Action

Hi everyone! I know it's been a while since I posted one of these (a few months, Jack!), but welcome back to Five of the Best! The premise is pretty simple: I pick a theme for the post, and then I pick five books that I believe are some of the best at showcasing this. …

Five of the Best: Atmosphere

Hi everyone, welcome back to Five of the Best! The premise is of this ongoing series of blog posts is pretty simple: I pick a theme for the post and then I pick five books that I believe are some of the best at showcasing this theme. The theme this time is Atmosphere. Now, for …

Five of the Best: Friendship

Hi everyone! So the other week I started a new series of posts called 'Five of the Best'. The premise is pretty simple: I’ll pick five books that I think are amongst the best books going in a particular category/area and give a brief explanation of why I like them so much. The previous post …

Five of the Best: Prologues

Hi everyone! So, I've decided to do a bit of thing here and start a new series of posts. How exciting! This is going to be the first of something I'll be calling 'Five of the Best'. The idea behind the series will be simple – I'll pick five books that I think are amongst …

My Favourite Books of 2020

Hi everyone! 2020. What a year, right? With only a few days left, I thought it was about time I told you all about my favourite books of the year. This type of post is the closest thing I have to a tradition here on Jack’s Bedtime Reading! The premise here is quite simple: I …

A Beginner’s Guide to Novels set in the World of Warhammer Fantasy

There are just so many fantastic, richly-developed fantasy worlds out there to explore! I couldn’t actually pick an absolute favourite, I don’t think; if I had to, the world of Warhammer Fantasy would definitely be in contention, though! It’s a veritable gold mine of lore, background and fully-fleshed out civilisations and races. Of course, all …

Women in SFF: Recommendations & my TBR

Hey everyone! So if you don't all know this already, the good people over at Fantasy Hive are promoting great female authors in Science Fiction and Fantasy throughout the month of July. They have some great stuff on there, including some really interesting interviews with female authors, so do go check it out! Anyway, I …

My Favourite Monsters in Fantasy

Hi everyone! Ages ago, I started a mini 'series' of posts about my favourite things in fantasy books, I did worlds, heroes,villains, and morally-grey characters, but since then I have kind of forgotten it. But today, I will revive it with my favourite monsters in fantasy books. These are the creatures that usually and consistently …