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No matter how far she runs, the forest of Edgewood always comes for Emeline Lark. I was granted eARC & audio ARC access to Edgewood by Kristen Ciccarelli by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to the approvals team at Macmillan for the access! My thoughts are my own…
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From Brent Spiner, who played the beloved Lieutenant Commander Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation, comes an explosive and hilarious autobiographical novel. I was granted eARC access to Fan Fiction via NetGalley but unfortunately ran out of time to review it before publication. Unfortunately, that it, for the publisher, but as it turns out…
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Patricia Campbell had always planned for a big life, but after giving up her career as a nurse to marry an ambitious doctor and become a mother, Patricia’s life has never felt smaller. I read The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix as one of my challenge books for the Spooktober…
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Their world is one in which those who die in glory return as gods to live confined to a pantheon in Hallandren’s capital city and where a power known as BioChromatic magic is based on an essence known as breath that can only be collected one unit at a time from individual people. I read Warbreaker…
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Roshar is a world of stone and storms. I read The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson in August 2021 as part of the Cosmere Conquest book club, which has now become The Oasis, an SFF themed book server on Discord. Consider joining us! Please note that this post contains affiliate links, which means there is no additional cost to…
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The Bands of Mourning are the mythical metal minds owned by the Lord Ruler, said to grant anyone who wears them the powers that the Lord Ruler had at his command. Hardly anyone thinks they really exist. I read The Bands of Mourning by Brandon Sanderson in July 2021 as part of the Cosmere Conquest book club, which…
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This bustling, optimistic, but still shaky society now faces its first instance of terrorism, crimes intended to stir up labor strife and religious conflict. I read Shadows of Self by Brandon Sanderson in June 2021 as part of the Cosmere Conquest book club, which has now become The Oasis, an SFF themed book server on Discord. Consider joining us! Please…
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Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds. I read The Alloy of Law by Brandon Sanderson in May 2021 as…
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Who is the Hero of Ages? I read The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson in April 2021 as part of the Cosmere Conquest book club, which has now become The Oasis, an SFF themed book server on Discord. Consider joining us! Please note that this post contains affiliate links, which means there is no additional cost to you if…
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The impossible has been accomplished. The Lord Ruler—the man who claimed to be god incarnate and brutally ruled the world for a thousand years—has been vanquished. I read The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson in March 2021 as part of the Cosmere Conquest book club, which has now become The Oasis, an SFF themed book server on Discord. Consider…
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What if the whole world were a dead, blasted wasteland? I read The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson in February 2021 as part of the Cosmere Conquest book club, which has now become The Oasis, an SFF themed book server on Discord. Consider joining us! Please note that this post contains affiliate links, which means…
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A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death. I was granted audio ARC access to The Starless Crown by James Rollins by the publisher, Macmillan Audio, through NetGalley. Thank you to the publicity team at Macmillan Audio for reaching out! My thoughts are my own and my review is honest….
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They call him Kradak, but his friends call him Steve. Thank you to Brianna at Wunderkind PR and the Podium Audio team for reaching out to see if I would be interested in reviewing anything from the new Podium line. I was granted complimentary access to this title via Audible gift code. My thoughts are…
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Earth can no longer sustain itself… I was granted eARC access to The Prism Affect via the publisher by way of NetGalley and subsequently offered audio ARC access by the author through Author’s Direct. Thank you to all involved in affording me this opportunity! My thoughts are my own and my review is honest. Please…
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Going to Hell is easy. Going back home is a different story. I received a complimentary review copy of Hex Marks the Spot by Ani Gonzalez through Lola’s Blog Tours. Check out Lola’s Blog Tours for lots of tours, blitzes, non-tour reviews, and bookish blog content! Please note that this post contains affiliate links, which…
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Can the secrets of a lost philosophy break the cycle of vengeance? Welcome to one of the December 5th stops on the blog tour for No Song, But Silence by Jonathan Nevair with Storytellers on Tour. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for spotlights, reviews, author guest posts, and a giveaway! More…
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Wonder swirls beneath murky water. Welcome to one of the December 3rd stops on the blog tour for The Living Waters by Dan Fitzgerald with Storytellers on Tour. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for spotlights, reviews, other exclusive content, and a giveaway! More on that at the end of this post….
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When Emmy Russo returns to high school in Moncks Corner, South Carolina after summer break, she discovers some changes. First: Mom has a boyfriend. Second: the cute new student, Charlie Fields, is a Rockabilly greaser with a gang who obeys his every command. I originally participated in a blog tour for It Happened on Thunder…
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Orphaned science nerd and maths prodigy Alice Valentine wants to ace her studies. She’s spent all her life struggling to make friends, passed between foster families and care homes, isolated and lonely. Losing herself in academia from an early age, she becomes the first sixteen-year-old at her local university. Her whole world changes, but nothing…
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Miss Mildred Percy inherits a dragon. Ah, but we’ve already got ahead of ourselves… Welcome to one of the November 18th stops on the blog tour for Miss Percy’s Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson with Storytellers on Tour. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour…
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