by Jake Stoddard | Apr 20, 2024 | Jake's Stories
Gredna surveyed the sand and scrub ahead, tapping a claw to her muzzle. How could they get home? Rocky mounds closed in on them from three sides. The hollow looked familiar, but no tracks marked the area. Her brother, Hokle, crouched on all fours by a streambed,...
by Jake Stoddard | Apr 11, 2024 | Book Reviews
I’ve wanted to read Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike for a long time, but I just had the ebook, and I really drag my feet without audio. As with Quest for Celestia, when I heard that the audiobook for Orconomics was released, it magically appeared on the top of my TBR...
by Jake Stoddard | Apr 1, 2024 | Book Reviews
I snagged an ebook of Quest for Celestia several years ago. Steven James is a great writer, but despite this, I never managed to read it. I much prefer audiobooks, as they allow me to multi-task. So, when I heard that they’d released an audio version, I jumped on it....
by Jake Stoddard | Mar 5, 2024 | Book Reviews
A year ago, I read Enhanced by Candace Kade and loved it. In a world where the upper class gives their children superpowers through genetic enhancements, the lower class, with no enhancements, lives in oppression and poverty. But once the Enhanced claimed power,...
by Jake Stoddard | Feb 17, 2024 | Book Reviews
I recently finished reading Sophia Hansen’s debut novel: Water’s Break. Summary Water’s Break tells the story of Nica, an Olomi (a mermaid-like people, but with legs instead of tails). When a disaster strikes, changing the very geology of her planet, and...