Starting my last new read of 2025 - BONDS OF BRASS by Emily Skrutskie!

Here we are folks: my Top Five Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books of 2025 - New Releases! Murder mysteries, windswept romances, secret alchemical syndicate wars, and more await! @orbitbooks.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social

Here we are folks: my Top Five Sci-Fi/Fantasy Books of 2025 - New Releases! Murder mysteries, windswept romances, secret alchemical syndicate wars, and more await! @orbitbooks.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social

I keep all the TBR jar slips for books I've read during the year so I have a nice satisfying pile of things I read. Time to clear them out and start fresh!

Book Haul, Part 2! Made out pretty good at the used bookstore near my parents. Picked up a couple things I didn't own in hard copy, plus some things that have been on my TBR for a while! And nearly everything in this pile was $5 each!

Book Haul Damage: Part 1 Proud of this stack, pretty nice spread of genres! Sci-fi, romantasy, epic fantasy, and YA fantasy!

Time for my annual unhinged book shopping spree!

Some good-looking ARCs in my mailbox! Thanks @orbitbooks.bsky.social for THE BOOK OF FALLEN LEAVES and AICHA!

I know what my next read is! Thanks @torbooks.bsky.social and Bramble Romance for the ARC of ENCHANTING THE FAE QUEEN by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social!

I know what my next read is! Thanks @torbooks.bsky.social and Bramble Romance for the ARC of ENCHANTING THE FAE QUEEN by @stephanieburgis.bsky.social!

So happy to see my fave The Raven Scholar make the list! Also @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social is in here too for favorite podcast!!

Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.

These novellas were a lot of fun, a mix of flirtatious banter and heist antics!

Well this is new. Goodreads has implemented a new feature for reviewing advanced copies that asks you to "verify" where you got the copy from. Your review is then labeled with the source. On the one hand, these extra steps might stave off bots? (1/?)

Well this is new. Goodreads has implemented a new feature for reviewing advanced copies that asks you to "verify" where you got the copy from. Your review is then labeled with the source. On the one hand, these extra steps might stave off bots? (1/?)

Starting a new read today! Time to finish the trilogy.

Today I'm reviewing A MANNEQUIN FOR CHRISTMAS by Timothy Janovsky. 💙📚🌈 "A commendable job of delivering a cute holiday story about a mannequin coming to life and falling in love. The premise just made it really hard to pull off without coming off as creepy at times." 4⭐ #bookreview #netgalley

"THE WICKED AND THE DAMNED is a stellar sequel that brings a more focused plot, a calculating heroine, and tense stakes." My review of the romantasy sequel by Rebecca Robinson! Thanks @sagapressbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!

Finally starting to draft my Top Five lists for the year - I always do one for new releases and one for backlist books, just to spread the love around. Looking forward to sharing soon!

Today I'm reviewing FORGED FOR PROPHECY by Andrew Knighton! 💙📚 Unfortunately, I didn't love it. The story started out promising, but it quickly became a run of the mill quest story. I still love the characters, though, & plan to pick up the next book. Thanks to Orbit for the eARC via NetGalley!

The way the remake trailer for Legacy Atlantis looks shiny and new while triggering core memories in me. Impressive to pull off.

I predict it now, I'm going to come down with a terrible illness the day this releases. Couldn't possibly go into work.

Getting ready to sip on drinks and watch awards/trailers/trailers/trailers/award/trailers/sevenawardsveryquickly/trailers, aka The Game Awards, with @cado.bsky.social, @patrickklepek.bsky.social, and @robzacny.bsky.social! Twitch: www.twitch.tv/remapradio YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/aS_P6wO...

Hey @remapradio.bsky.social, I think we need to convene a stream of @gameonysus.bsky.social @cado.bsky.social and @robzacny.bsky.social when this goes live next year. Football management, but it's a deck builder?

Happy Wednesday! What are you currently reading? I'm working on my ARC of The Red Winter, a story of a monster hunter who is called back to vanquish a creature he thought he defeated 20 years ago. About 1/3 of the way done and enjoying it quite a bit!

Book Review : Tailored Realities I’m going to be honest, I’m not sure what I was thinking when I requested Tailored Realities. There are two wolves inside of me: The one that hates short stories and the one that loves Brandon Sanderson and wants to read all of his work. The second wolf came out on…

Happy Wednesday! What are you currently reading? I'm working on my ARC of The Red Winter, a story of a monster hunter who is called back to vanquish a creature he thought he defeated 20 years ago. About 1/3 of the way done and enjoying it quite a bit!

Making real slow progress in our D&D game today because we keep having tangent conversations about books.

It's a write in ballot for nominations, come shout about your favorite books, video games, tv shows, whatever!

Ooo, I've always meant to read this series...seems like next year may be the year!

"BLACK TIDE SON is another thrilling adventure in this fantasy pirate adventure series, helped along by the addition of an extremely morally gray character." My review of the second book in the WINTER SEA trilogy by HM Long!

November was a pretty good reading month!

"THE POET EMPRESS is a dark tale of quests for power that walks the line of finding empathy for damaged people without absolving them of their own actions." Thanks to @torbooks.bsky.social and Bramble for the ARC!

🌞 Morning! 🌞 New book review today for THE ENTANGLEMENT OF RIVAL WIZARDS by Sara Raasch. TBH I had mixed feelings about this one. 📚💙 aliteraryescape.com/2025/12/01/t...

"THE POET EMPRESS is a dark tale of quests for power that walks the line of finding empathy for damaged people without absolving them of their own actions." Thanks to @torbooks.bsky.social and Bramble for the ARC!

Next up for holiday reading, THE WICKED AND THE DAMNED by Rebecca Robinson! Book one in this romantasy trilogy, THE SERPENT AND THE WOLF ended on a big ol' cliffhanger, so I'm excited to get back into this world! Thanks to @sagapressbooks.bsky.social for the ARC.

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate! Reading anything this holiday? I'm currently working on my ARC of THE POET EMPRESS by Shen Tao!

Shiny holiday week bookmail! Thanks @torbooks.bsky.social and Bramble Romance for the finished copy of CHILDREN OF FALLEN GODS! I really enjoyed DAUGHTER OF NO WORLDS, excited to start the sequel soon!

Shiny holiday week bookmail! Thanks @torbooks.bsky.social and Bramble Romance for the finished copy of CHILDREN OF FALLEN GODS! I really enjoyed DAUGHTER OF NO WORLDS, excited to start the sequel soon!

If you're on NetGalley, Saga has some goodies you can download to read right now!

Here it is! The gorgeous cover of Book 2 of The Invoker Trilogy, A DANCE OF BURNING BLADES Out 7th April 2026 (UK) June 9th 2026 (US/Can) Artwork by Richard Anderson. Cover design by Ben Prior. Preorders open now!

"If you like mysterious relics and curses, weird realities, and daring adventures, THE LAST SOUL AMONG WOLVES is here for you." My review of the latest from author Melissa Caruso!

Weekend reading! It's getting colder out, so a pirate adventure on cold winter seas seemed appropriate!

COVER REVEAL: My next book is a standalone science fiction cyberpunk thriller starring aging corporate samurai. The Last Contract of Isako will be out on May 5, 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Can't wait to share it with you. Thank you to @tommypocket.bsky.social for this kickass cover ⚔️

Just got approved for an ARC of The Republic of Memory by @mahmudelsayed.bsky.social! I find generation ship stories fascinating, looking forward to checking this out! Thanks @sagapressbooks.bsky.social!

I tried very hard not to request this...and then my finger slipped. But I mean come on, THE TRIDENT AND THE PEARL is about a queen who marries a poor fisherman who is secretly the god of the sea, how could I not? (Especially with that cover). Thanks @orbitbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!

I tried very hard not to request this...and then my finger slipped. But I mean come on, THE TRIDENT AND THE PEARL is about a queen who marries a poor fisherman who is secretly the god of the sea, how could I not? (Especially with that cover). Thanks @orbitbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!

🌞 Morning! 🌞 New book review today for FEMALE FANTASY by Iman Hariri-Kia, which “is both a satire of and homage to the romance genre.” I had fun reading this one! 📚💙 aliteraryescape.com/2025/11/17/f...

BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL is a tale that is both captivating and aloof. On the one hand, I couldn't put it down; on the other, it didn't leave a lasting emotional impact. My full review of the latest from VE Schwab!

Weekend book mail! Excited to check out THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME by Ilona Andrewd! Thanks @torbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!