Does Orwell do the impossible, or will this be the first Orwell book that does not hit? Find out, in another episode of Paperback Friends!

Type: Review | Book: Burmese Days | Writer: George Orwell

What is this? A good freaking episode?! I told you 2026 was going to bump up the quality, and this episode is where I started putting even more effort in scripting than ever before.

Far from perfect, but this is actually pretty darn good. Hope you like it, and expect more like it from now on, but with a bit more anger and verve ^^

Type: Review | Book: The Dice Man | Writer: Luke Rhinehart

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