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Zack’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Zack’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Zack Riley
Goodreads Author
Member Since
December 2018
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/zackriley
Personal Review guide to how I give Star ratings
The following is a personal guide for myself on how I will give reviews/star ratings on novels (I will primarily be reviewing Anthropomorphic fiction but may tweak for other genres)
⭐️ (1 star) — Fundamentally Flawed
Amateur or broken prose (clunky, hard to read, riddled with telling).
Anthro identity inconsistent or forgotten (reads like humans in animal masks).
Plot incoherent, no clear hook, charac Read more of this blog post »
⭐️ (1 star) — Fundamentally Flawed
Amateur or broken prose (clunky, hard to read, riddled with telling).
Anthro identity inconsistent or forgotten (reads like humans in animal masks).
Plot incoherent, no clear hook, charac Read more of this blog post »
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Guardians: Echoes of the Fallen World
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Lydus's Moral Dilemma (Tales of Arillion, #2)
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Ellie, the Mule Bred (2018)
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Ellie, the Mule Bred
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2026
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The Last Rain Maker
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2023
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Zack’s Recent Updates
"As much as I like a good sprawling Epic, there is something appealing about sitting down with a story and finishing it in that one sitting. This is the case with Ellie the Mule Bred.
The story itself is simple, spanning only a few days in the life of " Read more of this review » |
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Zack Riley
is on page 258 of 782 of A Chronicle of Lies
A Chronicle of Lies: Part 1: The Dark Sculptor (High Fantasy/isekai)
by Abraham Carson (Goodreads Author)
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"Riley has done it again. This fascinating world promises to entertain us for years to come. Ellie, the Mule Bred weaves tells a story of courage in the face of oppression and one girl's resilience. It's an introduction to the world of Arillion, which"
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Apr 19, 2026 06:55PM
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"A short fast paced read, driven by the fears and desperate hopes of a young and outcast protagonist.
I wish I knew how this story would have read to me if I didn’t already know a little about the characters before I started. Over all I very much enj" Read more of this review » |
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A Very Good Follow up Following a novel as strong as The Canid Chronology, Book One: A Journey's Beginning was always going to be a challenge, but this second instalment remains an enjoyable and worthwhile continuation of the story. Structurally, it c ...more |
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Zack Riley
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