20260827 Purpose + intellectual life
The past month has been a blur. I had a bug for a few days, and then I had a few days off work that ended up being extremely busy…
Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick
⭐⭐⭐ 3/5 Stars - Exploring love in a dystopic police state, in a very PKD way.
Ubik by Philip K. Dick
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 5/5 - I really enjoyed my re-read, and I think I finally get it!
Reading Roundup: July 2026
A slower reading month but I've been loving my journey back into the weird world of PKD!
Digest 202160728 – I ❤️ Binface
I just checked, and my last non-book blog post was 8th June! That was ages ago! It is 8pm, and I’ve not got my daily steps done because work was…
The Butcher’s Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl #5) by Matt Dinniman
⭐⭐ 2/5 - Over-long, over -stuffed and finally wore out my interested in this series.
Dr. Bloodmoney, Or How We Got Along After the Bomb by Philip K. Dick
⭐⭐⭐ 3.5/5 Stars - Community in the nuclear wasteland: very, very weird with memorable characters.
The Gate of the Feral Gods (Dungeon Crawler Carl #4) by Matt Dinniman
⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5 Stars - I enjoyed this more than the previous two, but don't ask me to explain the plot.
Q2 2026 Law of Five Reading Bingo Progress
It's time for a Q2 progress review on Nic's (Dragon Rambles) Law of Fives reading bingo challenge! I've now read 29 books for this challenge, with most of them counting…
Reading Roundup: June 2026
I said goodbye to Adrian Mole, which means I'm back free to get back standalone novels again!