Cover Reveal: In Midnight's Shadow - C.M. Debell

Hello! I am delighted to be kicking off the week with a cover reveal for one of my most anticipated books of 2024. In Midnight’s Shadow by C.M. Debell is a companion short story anthology to The Many Shades of Midnight which as well as being a SPFBO 9 semi-finalist, was one of my books of the year in 2023. I cannot fully describe how much I love that book, and being able to not only return to…

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Cover Reveal: Trollgrave - Alex S. Bradshaw

Hello! Today it’s my pleasure to be helping to reveal the cover for Trollgrave by Alex S. Bradshaw. This is the second standalone book in the Windborn saga, and after reading and adoring the first one I am so excited for this new one (and I am already enjoying it immensely!). You can request an ARC HERE. And Preorder here: UK | US And add it to Goodreads HERE. Book Summary: Something stirs…

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Cover Reveal: Cosmic Widow (An Agent Renault Adventure) - Jonathan Nevair

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SFINCS Review: Dragonmeat - Angela Boord

Hello! Rounding out the week with another SFINCS Finalist review, this time for Dragonmeat by Angela Boord. * For anyone unfamiliar SFINCS (Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship) or #Babybo as it is affectionately known, it is a competition for indie, speculative novellas which is currently in it’s inaugural year. You can find more information on SFINCS itself HERE. For these reviews…

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Book Review (Blog Tour): A Swift Return - Fiona Barker

Hello! This morning I am joining The Write Reads ultimate blog tour for A Swift Return by Fiona Barker, which was published by Tiny Tree Books last month. A massive thank you to Tiny Tree Books for sending me a physical copy to review. Disclaimer: I received a copy as part of The Write Reads Tour. All thoughts are my own. Book Summary: Aria has her head in the clouds. Yusuf keeps his feet on…

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SFINCS Review: Shattered Spirits: The Fall of Ishcairn - Cal Black

Hello! Today I am back with another SFINCS Finalist review, this time for Shattered Spirits: The Fall of Ishcairn by Cal Black. * For anyone unfamiliar SFINCS (Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship) or #Babybo as it is affectionately known, it is a competition for indie, speculative novellas which is currently in it’s inaugural year. You can find more information on SFINCS itself…

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SFINCS Review: We're All Monsters Here - Amy Marsden

Hello! I’m kicking off the week with a SFINCs review as part of Team JamReads. We’re All Monsters Here by Amy Marsden is a finalist in SFINCS, and was one of our teams semi-finalists, so this is both an overdue SF review as well as a finalist review. * For anyone unfamiliar SFINCS (Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship) or #Babybo as it is affectionately known, it is a competition for…

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The Book Addiction Tag

Hello! As I am working away on reviews, including some SFINCS reviews, I decided to do a book tag. And I settled on ‘The Book Addiction Tag’ which feels very fitting for me, which I discovered on Chasing Destino so go check out their post. Continue reading The Book Addiction Tag

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Short Story Review: The Last Wardog - Michael R. Fletcher

Hello! Let’s keep this ball rolling, with a new feature that I’ve been wanting to do for a while and that is reading and reviewing short stories. I’ve reviewed anthologies before, but I always feel they lose out on a little appreciation when read as a whole – so I think going forward I will break it down into smaller reviews for each story as it’s own thing (unless it’s a collection by the same…

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Book Review: To Spy A Star (Agent Renault Adventures) - Jonathan Nevair

Hello! Today, I am delighted to be finally reviewing To Spy a Star by Jonathan Nevair. This is the second standalone in the Agent Renault Adventures series, which is a fun spy-fi series; with the cover reveal for the third book (which is due out in November) coming on the 2nd April. Disclaimer: I did lightly beta read this one, but all thoughts are my own. Book Summary: One star can break a…

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Book Review: Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons (Miss Percy Guide #1) - Quenby Olson

Hello!    My crops are water, my heart is full. Sometimes you just pick up the prefect book at the perfect moment, and Miss Percy has been that book for me (and I apologise in advance… I did ramble, and did not come close to describing just how much I love this book). Book Summary: Miss Mildred Percy inherits a dragon.Ah, but we’ve already got ahead of ourselves…Miss Mildred Percy is a…

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Domain Reading Challenge

Hello!    It’s me again. Yesterday Trudie Skies the author of the amazing Cruel Gods series came up with a new reading challenge based on the Domains that feature in that series. (I couldn’t not share the map again) This looks like a fun challenge and has made me go hunting this morning, and below you’ll find my pick for each Domain/Month. I believe the challenge has also been set up on…

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January TBR

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2023 was a year, 2024 is another year. We’ll see how it goes, but for now at least I have high hopes for life in general and for the blog in particular. I am currently in the process of rebuilding the index so all the posts can be found, and I will be going through all of them gradually so that all of them will have the same graphics – but that will be an ongoing task so bear…

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Favourite Books of 2023

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Book Review (SFINCS): Bad Grains (The Order of the Strawberry Circle #1) - Susanne Schmidt

Hello! I have finished by SFINCS reading and all my scores have been submitted, so this week will be a flurry of reviews in the lead up to our team’s reveal of our semi-finalists. And kicking that off I am here with a review for Bad Grains by Susanne Schmidt. ** For anyone unfamiliar SFINCS (Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship) or #Babybo as it is affectionately known, it is a…

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The Hunt of the Pumpkin King - Out Now

Hello! A slightly belated post for anyone that is aware that I sneaked out this short story on the 14th. It wasn’t meant to be so sneaky – I had plans for social media, and life just disagreed. It was a chaotic day at work, culminating in a Scottish book falling from the top shelf and managing to break my toe (it’s very pretty black and blue at the moment) and so yeah… I released a short story…

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Ten Books about Books

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