Let's recap the year. If we squint, it's kind of a review episode ^^

Type: [General] | Book: N/A | Writer: N/A

Feels about time we have a Charles Dicken's book on the podcast. There is something a bit magical, something unmistakable about this one; despite me not falling headless over heels for it.

It's a novel that it feels like a guy like me should have read. Now, I have.

Type: Review | Book: Great Expectations | Writer: Charles Dickens

This series has me excited! All Systems Red, novella by Martha Wells, is very enjoyable, and it leaves me hoping for the rest of the series. I will definitely read more of this in the podcast.

Type: Review | Book: All Systems Red | Writer: Martha Wells

I wanted to say thanks for 2025, and talk about some goals for 2026.

Shorter than last time...

Thanks for your time, really. It means the world to me =)

/Sam.

Some good points here, but I still need to tighten up, and I promise that this is one of the key focus points for 2026, and I hope that in some of the coming episodes we will see way more signs of that.

For now, an okay episode, but I can do way better, and you deserve better. Let's get better =)

Type: Review | Book: Queen of Fire | Writer: Anthony Ryan

A bit sloppy on my end, but I feel as if I get a lot better results with more scripted stuff. Sadly, I was a bit distracted at the time of recording this.

2026 is going to start pretty rough, but at least I have you guys!

Type: Review | Book: Dragonfruit | Writer: Makiia Lucier

Filler, unhinged? You’ve heard it before, welcome to another episode of Paperback Friends with your host Sam Ögren.

Type: [General] | Book: N/A | Writer: N/A

Was my pronunciation extra off this week? Seems like I heard way more mistakes than usual. Simple 101 episode, pretty interesting topic, but I don't know how interesting it was to listen to ^^

We have been pushing a lot of reviews, and with audio books in the mix as well; we are not about to slow down!

Type: Writing 101 | Book: N/A | Writer: N/A