Author Buzz | Acorn Boi | Group Activity https://authorbuzz.co.uk/members/acornboi/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which Acorn Boi is a member. Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:09:22 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 eefe622289d0def49a8b6d6fc8e216ed Jason Latnar joined the group Book reviews and recommendations https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18099/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 12:47:56 +0100 0 5e484b63e86d5855a5037ff2b17d1418 Blog: Danger Point, Patricia Wentworth from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Danger_Point__Patricia_Wentworth.html Tue, 28 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100 1941 mystery/thriller, fourth in the Miss Silver series. Lisle
Jerningham is newly married, but nervy; someone who knows her
husband’s family has been talking […]

]]> 0 3f91fae717e4904450cbf9d00366f04e Blog: The Flying Legion, George Allen England from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/The_Flying_Legion__George_Allen_England.html Fri, 24 Apr 2026 08:02:00 +0100 1920 adventurous SF novel. Bored after the War, "The Master"
determines to gather some like-minded people and find Adventure!

]]> 0 50ff3b4d58b9d65e63f2c87e921ac282 Blog: The Lady With the Gun Asks the Questions, Kerry Greenwood from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/The_Lady_With_the_Gun_Asks_the_Questions__Kerry_Greenwood.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:02:00 +0100 2021 historical detection short stories, in Greenwood’s Phryne Fisher
series (1920s flapper detective in Australia).

]]> 0 169023d21ac09fbf18da4f370822189e Blog: Collision Course, Michelle Diener from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Collision_Course__Michelle_Diener.html Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2024 SF/romance, sixth in (and a late addition to) the Class 5 series.
Dav, Sazo and a pregnant Rose are on the expedition to make contact
with the race that built […]

]]> 0 32c32257ac9aa1534713b247ae8f5dc9 Blog: Deep Wizardry, Diane Duane from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Deep_Wizardry__Diane_Duane.html Mon, 20 Apr 2026 08:02:00 +0100 1985 fantasy for children (and everyone else), second of its series.
Nita and Kit are on a family holiday on Long Island, when a
whale-wizard in distress invites […]

]]> 0 b6e424ee588954845d8afb2e30c8fdff Blog: Brigands & Breadknives, Travis Baldree from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Brigands___Breadknives__Travis_Baldree.html Fri, 17 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0100 2025 fantasy. Fern the bookseller, whom we met in Bookshops &
Bonedust, sells up and moves to the city of Thune to set up again
next to Viv’s coffee shop. But it […]

]]> 0 c9474efe3aed886e01790087e5c186c0 Acorn Boi joined the group Brandon Sanderson Fans https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18019/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:05:48 +0100 0 c16705d4ea96c62b0b0ad1b5bdd4fc6d Toni McHadden joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18012/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 08:12:13 +0100 0 9b5df90e04cfe3aa029c6bd61a6c9cd8 Bob Bobson replied to the topic Which of life's side quests are you doing RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/which-of-lifes-side-quests-are-you-doing-rn/#post-5236 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:30:39 +0100 Today I am doing the “get the cat to the vet” side-quest.

]]> 0 591ef3166ccc0d1fc4f8df4335d813b4 jeffjohns joined the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/18006/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:23:31 +0100 0 9d85ff4b5392466964fc8a62559fefd2 Blog: A Wicked Conceit, Anna Lee Huber from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/A_Wicked_Conceit__Anna_Lee_Huber.html Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2021 historical mystery; ninth in Huber’s Lady Darby series
(post-Regency amateur detection). As the cholera epidemic is starting
to fade in Edinburgh and Lady […]

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McRae series. As the rescue of a serial killer’s victim involves
enough procedural irregularity to […]

]]> 0 71f4e01c449155f490851fbe91170d39 Acorn Boi started the topic I found this and had to share in the forum Aspiring Authors https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/aspiring-authors/forum/topic/i-found-this-and-had-to-share/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:08:39 +0100 I found this and had to share

]]> 0 a519925d5b8814ea2116feea13fd3177 Blog: Shadow of Mars, Glynn Stewart from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Shadow_of_Mars__Glynn_Stewart.html Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:03:00 +0100 2026 SF, eighteenth of its series. Chimera is still occupied, and the
force that’s hiding to conserve its strength for the day of liberation
is having to watch as […]

]]> 0 385a272cd6277bdb845e1dfcddbdc36f Blog: Enchanting the Fae Queen, Stephanie Burgis from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/04/Enchanting_the_Fae_Queen__Stephanie_Burgis.html Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:01:00 +0100 2026 romantic fantasy, second of its series. Gerard de Moireul is the
Golden Beacon, the Empire’s most popular and successful general. He’s
clearly going to lead […]

]]> 0 f4fa964f9dbbfbc5f86f3dfac131af1c Burty Burtman replied to the topic What's the opposite of a plothole? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/whats-the-opposite-of-a-plothole/#post-5233 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:20:09 +0100 Checkov’s gun – something that the reader thinks the characters/author overlooked, only for it to spring up as a defining moment.

]]> 0 a305144b0a722161627fad359bc99419 Matthew Brown posted an update in the group Help and Support: I'm about to live-test something. Possible disruption should […] https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17972/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:08:45 +0100 I’m about to live-test something. Possible disruption should last about 5 minutes.

]]> 1 d610a3ad1b992aa0c7c4d362913887a6 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Website improvements in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/03/29/website-improvements/ Sun, 29 Mar 2026 08:40:52 +0100 Website improvements A big old feature update today. The activity feed for the site now runs from the same dynamic system as the rest of the site. Which means: You […]

]]> 20e496e1b6273ede65cba4fc4f3a28f6 Acorn Boi joined the group Books and Babbles https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17957/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:22:18 +0000 0 729ec1066c6d65266b9137fcb397f5bb Matthew Brown joined the group Books and Babbles https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17956/ Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:20:45 +0000 0 be72faec93af71206a165f67802b569b Jason Latnar replied to the topic Which of life's side quests are you doing RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/which-of-lifes-side-quests-are-you-doing-rn/#post-5212 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:19:55 +0000 Many luck; such support

 

]]> 0 0e18a89152e5898f84d90fb70574ef0d Acorn Boi replied to the topic Which of life's side quests are you doing RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/which-of-lifes-side-quests-are-you-doing-rn/#post-5211 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:18:43 +0000 I’m now on the try and win a writing competition quest.

Wish me all the lucks.

]]> 1 814a804634a7d68e3bdd3109c296f27a Blog: Half Dead, Annabel Chase from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/03/Half_Dead__Annabel_Chase.html Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:02:00 +0000 2025 paranormal fantasy, eighth of a nine-book series. We’re gearing
up for the Big Confrontation! Time for a distraction.

]]> 0 7f8734a6177c46d01c50231d2e0bca0b Adam Bassman created the group Books and Babbles https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17949/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:03:26 +0000 0 784520393cd298a137a659b46f3dbb90 Jason Latnar replied to the topic Which of life's side quests are you doing RN? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/which-of-lifes-side-quests-are-you-doing-rn/#post-5210 Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:52:21 +0000 Oh man. That sucks. My condolences.

 

]]> 0 93e40d475e3a73014bd95019646ec435 Burty Burtman joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17925/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:50:45 +0000 0 66743e73ab17ed1afb453abe01a59a54 Sam Smith joined the group Book reviews and recommendations https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17924/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:43:38 +0000 0 6c67f5c2ee64efe0311d65e2c9b84d6b Sam Smith joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17923/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:43:01 +0000 0 7815f53623a094d12ae1a0a5f0c7ee9a Matthew Brown replied to the topic Let's do Sci-Fi starter books now. in the forum Book reviews and recommendations https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/book-reviews-and-recommendations/forum/topic/lets-do-sci-fi-starter-books-now/#post-5208 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 23:59:27 +0000 The Man Who Folded Himself was written by David Gerrold. It’s a good story. I enjoyed it.

I’d add Artemis by Andy Weir, which I have recently read and enjoyed.

]]> 0 db69e3285bc647a2c9c12e669c28ca0e Arves Corral joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17915/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:48:52 +0000 0 3fcac6d2e3ab61f0a2f1b11484e041c9 Arves Corral joined the group Book reviews and recommendations https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17914/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:48:33 +0000 0 af8672ec09488ae631b7582883c59b66 Charles Maxwell started the topic Let's do Sci-Fi starter books now. in the forum Book reviews and recommendations https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/book-reviews-and-recommendations/forum/topic/lets-do-sci-fi-starter-books-now/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:44:55 +0000 I’ll go first.

  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
  • The Dark Side of The Sun (Sir TP)
  • Philip K Dick’s We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
  • The Man Who Folded Himself (I forget who wrote this)

Now, you go…

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]]> 0 f5ffa7fb1d6bf7b9f56d046a0db857fc jeffjohns joined the group General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/activity/p/17894/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:51:42 +0000 0 d802681b679093e00711d4cc3337196d Blog: Not all of your body dies at the same time from Punning in the group Dad Jokes and Funny Memes https://punning.isbrill.com/dad-jokes/not-all-of-your-body-dies-at-the-same-time/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:42:38 +0000 Your eyes are the last to go. You see, your pupils die late.

]]> 0 e45c4148af66cd3f3336224ca0290501 Blog: A House With Good Bones, T Kingfisher from RogerBW's Blog: reading in the group Book Reviews by RogerBW feed https://blog.firedrake.org/archive/2026/03/A_House_With_Good_Bones__T_Kingfisher.html Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:01:00 +0000 2023 horror. When her next archaeological dig is postponed
indefinitely, Sam moves in with her mother in grandmother’s old house.
But Mom is acting weird, and the […]

]]> 0 075a8c8479ad9ed6cc8a87ab83d5ce47 Jane Smith replied to the topic Romantasy starter book recommendations in the forum Book reviews and recommendations https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/book-reviews-and-recommendations/forum/topic/romantasy-starter-book-recommendations/#post-5201 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:33:44 +0000 I’ve not read it, but I hear good things about A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas.

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]]> c709d2a157a4f1f2b310e9b11c0dc308 Matthew Brown replied to the topic What just happened? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/what-just-happened/#post-5198 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:18:10 +0000 Here’s the update:

Changes and updates

]]> 0 61f42eb6e59b80a114a228fd982f8657 Matthew Brown edited the blog post Changes and updates in the group Help and Support https://dev.authorbuzz.co.uk/2026/03/15/changes-and-updates/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:17:14 +0000 Changes and updates Some of you have noticed some changes being made in Author Buzz UK. Under the hood, this is not a big change, but I hope it will go some way to making […]

]]> 054cc483d1a20cd70b411f2cc6ec7b22 Matthew Brown replied to the topic What just happened? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/what-just-happened/#post-5192 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:24:38 +0000 Yes. There was a change. Post about it coming soon.

]]> 0 2b4c52f41af5531195dd019a4989a18b Acorn Boi started the topic What just happened? in the forum General Chat https://authorbuzz.co.uk/groups/general-chat/forum/topic/what-just-happened/ Sun, 15 Mar 2026 17:23:29 +0000 Did something change or whatever?

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