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Rachel Gillig author of One Dark Window
December 27, 2022 Rachel Gillig has written a fantastic debut novel. The book is based around strange magic cards. I loved the way Gillig played with classic storytelling tropes and manipulated the magic of the cards to make the books feel real. Where to buy: Your local bookstore Amazon
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RA Salvatore author of the Drizzt books
October 17, 2022 RA Salvatore is one of the first authors I read in the DnD setting. Actually, he was the first. I find his writing so differnt in the first books compared to the newest series that he’s put out.
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Cale Plamann author of The Tower of Somnus
September 12, 2022 I interviewed Cale Plamann about his Tower of Somnus series. This interview contains spoilers! I suggest you read or listen to the books before getting too far into the interview. Where to buy: Foundation: Tower of Somnus Book 1 Audiobook A Dream of Wing and Flame Audiobook
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Mary Roach author of Fuzz
August 29, 2022 Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law is a fantastic book and Mary Roach has some interesting insights into the interactions between animals and humans. Where to buy Fuzz Audiobook Kindle Paperback Hardcover These are Amazon Affiliate Links, FYI.
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Valerie Valdes author of Fault Tolerance
Check out my Chilling Effect review August 2, 2022 Fault Tolerance is out today! I loved chatting with Valerie about her world-building and the use of Cuban-Spanish in her books! I hope you enjoy it too! Where to buy Fault Tolerance (Book 3): Audiobook Kindle Prime Deception (Book 2): Audiobook Kindle Chilling Effect (Book 1):…
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Swordheart by T. Kingfisher
Released November 2018 I was pretty sure this book was going to be “okay”. Maybe even “alright”. I was wrong. This book is hilarious, sweet, intelligent, and made me want to read everything T. Kingfisher has written. The story starts off with Halla being mistreated by her dead husband’s family, but then quickly veers away…
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Foundations: Tower of Somnus Book 1 by Cale Plamann
Released July 6th, 2022 Originally released on Royal Road, Foundations follows Kat Debs a young woman sick of being controlled by the corporation (a state-like entity that controls the lives of their “employees”) she was born into. Kat is a young woman who graduates high school and gets placed in her legit job as a…
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Benjamin Kerei author of Oh, Great! I Was Reincarnated as a Farmer
Check out my DCO review July 4th, 2022 I really wanted to talk to Benjamin because his second book is coming out on August 2nd. It was a blast talking to this guy! I can’t wait to read more in Unorthodox Farming. Where to buy: Audiobook Kindle Book 2 Audiobook These are Amazon Affiliate Links,…
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Eclipse the Moon by Jessie Mihalik
Released July 12th, 2022 Eclipse the Moon is the second book in Starlight’s Shadow trilogy. This one follows Kee, a young bubbly woman who lived through a galactic war and came out still able (if not determined) to see the good in people. Eclipse the Moon picks up right where the first one left off,…
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Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
Released September 2019 This book scratches all of my sci-fi itches. It has a cool spaceship (the La Sirena Negra) that the crew has made into a home; strange aliens; real-world (and sci-fi situational) problems that I, as a reader, can relate to; and an ancient alien civilization that no one knows anything about. There…
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