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MY BLOG
Welcome to the blog. Here, I post reviews of books I've read, share ideas, half-baked thoughts, and progress on my debut novel. Really, it’s a place to peek at excerpts, like window shopping for a book that doesn’t exist yet.
TWO NEW BLOGS POSTED on the 12th of November, 2025!
1-800-Starship: A Quick Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️ — 1-800-Starship by J.N. Chaney Reviewed by Beau Selby, Carrots With Knives SPOILER FREE REVIEW! PLOT: 1-800-Starship follows a down-on-his-luck guy who stumbles into an intergalactic recruitment program that is basically The Last Starfighter with a customer service number. One moment he is living an ordinary, earthbound life, and the next he is being whisked into a galaxy full of alien conflicts, high-stakes missions, and space battles that he is barely (or not at a
Beau Tyler Selby
Nov 12, 20252 min read
Who Said The End of Everything Wouldn't Be Fun? A Review of John Scalzi's Interdependency Trilogy.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — The Interdependency Trilogy by John Scalzi Reviewed by Beau Selby, Carrots With Knives OVERVIEW: This is a SPOILER FREE review of the entire series. I just read them all straight through and don't want to write three individual reviews. Okay, here we go. LENGTH: I read this entire series over about a period of about 2 days. The series is around 950 pages in total length, and I honestly cannot remember the last time a story pulled me in that completely. PLOT: In
Beau Tyler Selby
Nov 12, 20252 min read
The Wars of the Roses: The original Game of Thrones... in more ways than you know.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — The Wars of the Roses by Dan Jones Reviewed by Beau Selby, Carrots With Knives YOU WILL LIKE THIS IF: If you’ve ever tried to make sense of England’s 15th-century royal civil wars and ended up muttering, “Wait, which Henry is this again?”, well, this book won’t fix that problem entirely, but Dan Jones is still the best person for the job. The Wars of the Roses manages the near-impossible: turning a century of dynastic bloodshed, betrayal, and family feuds into so
Beau Tyler Selby
Nov 3, 20252 min read
Why You Should Never Judge A Book By It's Overhyped Show: A Game of Thrones Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ — A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin Reviewed by Beau Selby, Carrots With Knives If you’ve seen the show but never read...
Beau Tyler Selby
Oct 8, 20253 min read
To Boldy Blog As No Idiot Has Blogged Before.
Deep Thoughts for Shallow Minds
Beau Tyler Selby
Sep 22, 20251 min read
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