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The Importance of Being Bookish
Welcome to the bookish feast! Here you will find all things bookish including (but not limited to): book reviews, book news and commentary, book box spoilers, book release calendars, and reviews of boxes.
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Review slots full until Fall 2026.
DRC Review: A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett
Robert Jackson Bennett's third installment in the Shadow of the Leviathan series is out now! See my review here.
Story Eater
Aug 43 min read
DRC Review: Fishbone Cinderella by Elizabeth Lim
Elizabeth Lim’s newest novel, Fishbone Cinderella showcases masterful storytelling talent. Read my review here.
Story Eater
Jul 253 min read
DRC Review: The Geomagician by Jennifer Mandula
Jennifer Mandula's debut historical fantasy, The Geomagician, releases this spring—see my review for it here.
Story Eater
Jan 263 min read
DRC Review: The Elsewhere Express by Samantha Sotto Yambao
Samantha Sotto Yambao spoils cozy magical realism fans with another book this year! Read my review here for The Elsewhere Express.
Story Eater
Jan 192 min read
DRC Review: A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett
The second book in Bennett's Shadow of the Leviathan Series releases 1 April. Check my review out here.
Story Eater
Mar 7, 20253 min read
DRC Review: Galaphile (The First Druids of Shannara #1) by Terry Brooks
A new Shannara book! Read my review for the upcoming Galaphile here.
Story Eater
Mar 5, 20253 min read
DRC Review: Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao
Samantha Sotto Yambao's wonderful new fantasy, Water Moon started my reading year off perfectly. Read my review here.
Story Eater
Jan 13, 20252 min read
eARC Review: Buried Deep and Other Stories by Naomi Novik
Novik's new anthology has a story in it offering a preview of the universe for her upcoming fantasy series! See my review of the anthology.
Story Eater
Sep 17, 20248 min read
eARC Review: A Fate Inked in Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
Release date: 27 Feb 2024 Rating: 3/5 Book box/SE’s: FairyLoot February Adult, Goldsboro Signed Edition, LitLove Box March Synopsis: ...
Story Eater
Feb 27, 20244 min read
eARC Review: The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Review for the upcoming release of Katherine Arden's The Warm Hands of Ghosts!
Story Eater
Feb 5, 20244 min read
eARC Review: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
Release date: 6 February 2024 Rating: 5/5 Book boxes: Inkstone Books Quarter 1 2024, Aardvark Book Club February Pick, The Broken...
Story Eater
Feb 2, 20244 min read
eARC Review: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Release date: 16 January 2024 Rating: 3.5/5 SE’s: FairyLoot edition (see my Special Editions Calendar) Tropes: Found family, rivals...
Story Eater
Dec 30, 20234 min read
Spoiler for FairyLoot November 2023 Adult Book!
The links provided in this post are unpaid links. I do not make commission off of them. FairyLoot posted an aesthetic montage on their...
Story Eater
Aug 16, 20231 min read
ARC Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries (Emily Wilde #1) by Heather Fawcett
Release date: 10 January 2023 (19 January 2023 in UK) Rating: 4/5 Book Boxes: FairyLoot Adult December 2022 Synopsis: A curmudgeonly...
Story Eater
Jan 5, 20234 min read
ARC Review: Nocturne by Alyssa Wees
Release date: 21 February 2023 Rating 5/5 Synopsis: In this haunting, lyrical fantasy set in 1930s Chicago, a talented ballerina finds...
Story Eater
Nov 28, 20223 min read
Review Copy Review: The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik
Release date: 28 September 2021 Rating: 2.5/5 Special editions: Waterstones exclusive with stenciled edge, Goldsboro signed edition...
Story Eater
Jun 17, 20222 min read
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