Last year, I first saw this hashtag popping up on Twitter: #indieapril. I think it was started to support indies during the beginning of the pandemic, but we have to keep this support going. Indies often have to compete with traditional publishers with a large marketing budget just to let readers know they have a Read More
#indieapril Is Starting!
Booktour: Stay Mad, Sweetheart by Heleen Kist
I’ll be honest, this is a difficult review for me to write. Stay Mad, Sweetheart by Heleen Kist touches on current subjects like sexual harassment and online bullying. It also starts with off-page suicide. So trigger warnings apply. While I knew it had to do with the #metoo movement, I wasn’t expecting the suicide and Read More
Work In Progress: Short Stories and MICE
The past two weeks, I’ve worked on several short stories as a break from working on novels. I love writing them, as you can see with Tales of Lunis Aquaria, and I want to release a second volume of short stories from Lunis Aquaria soon. Next year maybe? Who knows. All I can say for Read More
13 Diverse Fantasy Books Released in 2021
Because my TBR isn’t large enough already, and I really like overviews of new books, I’m presenting thirteen diverse fantasy books released this year already. I’m pretty excited to check these out. Have you read any of these yet? Winter Orbit by Everina Maxwell Release date: February 2nd, 2021 Summary While the Iskat Empire has Read More
Spotlight: Ranger’s Oath by Blake Arthur Peel
Ranger’s Oath is the first book in the Fall of Radiance series by Blake Arthur Peel. I had the honour of sending this book to the final round as I judged it in the first two rounds. Sadly, I wasn’t assigned this one to read for the finals, but what I read was so good, Read More
5 J/K-dramas From My Youth On Netflix
My interest in Japanese culture started early when I became friends with an adopted Japanese girl. But it wasn’t until I hit my teens that I started looking for pop culture to consume. Pokemon is still one of my favourite franchises, but I hungered for more. I read a ton of manga and watched a Read More
Book Tour: Marrow Charm by Kristin Jacques
I read this book as part of the Book Bloggers’ Book of the Year Award 2020. It’s one of the finalists and ended up in the xth place. Massive congratulations to the author. Marrow Charm deserves to be a finalist and I actually expected it to be higher up in the rankings. Marrow Charm by Read More
On My Mind: The Downside of Growth
I’ve always been hungry for knowledge and extremely curious. I devoured books since I was younger, so when I went to university and I could pick courses about all of my interests, I was delighted. If money wasn’t an issue, I’d go for my n-th degree and be a student forever. That’s not in the Read More
Book Tour: Calico Thunder Rides Again by T. A. Hernandez
I read Calico Thunder Rides Again as part of the Book Bloggers’ Book of the Year Award 2020 panel. It was a finalist and beat nearly a hundred other books submitted as part of the contest. Congratulations to the author for making it into the top ten of a great selection of books. Circus-themed stories Read More
6 Fantasy Romances To Check Out This Valentine’s Day
It’s nearly the middle of February which means Valentine’s Day is coming up. Whether you love or hate the day, or don’t celebrate at all, it’s hard to escape. But in case you need some escapism or just a good romance story, here are five fantasy romances that came out since the beginning of the Read More