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Riding Solo

You might have seen the occasional reference on my socials to a holiday here or there. The truth is, my last family holiday was to Salou in...

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S.E. Palmer
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10.5 for 2025

At what point do back-to-back failures turn into an achievement? Yes, I do mean the Goodreads Reading Challenge – again. I set a goal of fifteen books...

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S.E. Palmer
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Of Ghosts and Ducks

Have you ever felt the urge to explore? That sense that there’s a mystery waiting out there and you’re just the duck to solve it. Maybe I’m...

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S.E. Palmer
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Drifting onto Audible

You might recall that I once tried to launch an audiobook through Google Play, using their charmingly robotic automatic voiceover. If you missed out on that audiobook...

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S.E. Palmer
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11 in 2024

I set a lofty reading goal in 2024. I was going to read twenty-five books. Devour them like a Dominos pizza. Read all twenty-five and carry on...

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S.E. Palmer