Fantasy Book Critic
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We are a blog of passionate book reviewers who love anything from fantasy to sci-fi and self published works. Active since 2007. Blogger judges in SPFBO from 2015. Find us at https://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com (BS Posts/replies by Caitlin & Mihir)
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Thanks to all the new & old followers, we have reached 1K followers. A warm welcome to everyone, we love to post about books we love, authors we are crazy about, #SPFBO, a little bit about Cricket (the sport), and lots about fantasy, SF, mystery-thrillers, & other genres
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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 ⚔️
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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 ⚔️
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New Excerpt: THE MANY NAMES OF ROBERT CREE by Robert Cree, w. Therese Greenwood...
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Out now, published by @ecwpress.bsky.social
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Out now, published by @ecwpress.bsky.social
Excerpt: THE MANY NAMES OF ROBERT CREE by Robert Cree, w. Therese Greenwood (ECW Press)
Today we are very happy to share an excerpt from The Many Names of Robert Cree: How a First Nations Chief Brought Ancient Wisdom to Big Business and Prosperity to His People, the new autobiography …
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November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New Excerpt: THE MANY NAMES OF ROBERT CREE by Robert Cree, w. Therese Greenwood...
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Out now, published by @ecwpress.bsky.social
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Out now, published by @ecwpress.bsky.social
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We all still want Hannibal season 4, if only the denizens of IP will allow it:
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Bryan Fuller Says If You Didn’t Like Hannibal Season 3, You Probably Won’t Like His Season 4 Idea - Reactor
Can someone please just give Bryan Fuller what he wants already?
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November 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
We all still want Hannibal season 4, if only the denizens of IP will allow it:
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The funniest most chilling thing about this is the question of why this has even come up. Who has a burning desire to… display these symbols ?
Update: The U.S. Coast Guard reversed course, saying the swastika and noose were indeed hate symbols that are prohibited.
This came hours after The Post reported that the service was about to enact a new policy that downgraded those symbols.
This came hours after The Post reported that the service was about to enact a new policy that downgraded those symbols.
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The funniest most chilling thing about this is the question of why this has even come up. Who has a burning desire to… display these symbols ?
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Last night's virtual science fiction and fantasy book recommendations event video can be found here:
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More links and info on upcoming events is here:
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More links and info on upcoming events is here:
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November 2025 Virtual Book Recommendations Event Video | Fantasy Cafe
Link to the video to watch the November 2025 Science Fiction/Fantasy Book Recommendations Event with the Ashland Public Library with a list of books discussed.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Last night's virtual science fiction and fantasy book recommendations event video can be found here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Yc...
More links and info on upcoming events is here:
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/11/nove...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1Yc...
More links and info on upcoming events is here:
www.fantasybookcafe.com/2025/11/nove...
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Due to things and fate, I am giving away a one-of-a-kind test print (paperback) of DOGGED and a one-of-a-kind faux-leather SHE DREAMS IN BLOOD bookmark over on the Patreon!
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DOGGED - Giveaway! | Michael R. Fletcher
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November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Due to things and fate, I am giving away a one-of-a-kind test print (paperback) of DOGGED and a one-of-a-kind faux-leather SHE DREAMS IN BLOOD bookmark over on the Patreon!
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🍄 The Book of Spores AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT 🍄
INTRODUCING… contributing author @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social, whose story “The Book of Hries” will thrust you into the chaotic midst of dueling gods of death.
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INTRODUCING… contributing author @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social, whose story “The Book of Hries” will thrust you into the chaotic midst of dueling gods of death.
BACK THE KICKSTARTER TODAY: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🍄 The Book of Spores AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT 🍄
INTRODUCING… contributing author @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social, whose story “The Book of Hries” will thrust you into the chaotic midst of dueling gods of death.
BACK THE KICKSTARTER TODAY: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
INTRODUCING… contributing author @mjkuhnbooks.bsky.social, whose story “The Book of Hries” will thrust you into the chaotic midst of dueling gods of death.
BACK THE KICKSTARTER TODAY: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...
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Goodreads Giveaway Alert! You can snag one of 10 ARCs of my Gilded Age-inspired fantasy adventure Entwined from now until Dec. 4.
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November 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Goodreads Giveaway Alert! You can snag one of 10 ARCs of my Gilded Age-inspired fantasy adventure Entwined from now until Dec. 4.
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Checkout the 🔥🔥🔥 cover for @michaelrfletcher.bsky.social’ upcoming fantasy standalone titled DOGGED via @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social with art by Tomasz Ryger
Special thanks to Adrian Collins & @bethtabler.bsky.social for the inception of this story
Special thanks to Adrian Collins & @bethtabler.bsky.social for the inception of this story
EXCLUSIVE: Cover Reveal for Dogged by Michael R. Fletcher
Back in January of 2024 the good folks and Grimdark Magazine published a short story I wrote called The Last Wardog. When magazine editor Beth grumbled something about wanting a wardog novel I knew I ...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Checkout the 🔥🔥🔥 cover for @michaelrfletcher.bsky.social’ upcoming fantasy standalone titled DOGGED via @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social with art by Tomasz Ryger
Special thanks to Adrian Collins & @bethtabler.bsky.social for the inception of this story
Special thanks to Adrian Collins & @bethtabler.bsky.social for the inception of this story
Checkout the 🔥🔥🔥 cover for @michaelrfletcher.bsky.social’ upcoming fantasy standalone titled DOGGED via @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social with art by Tomasz Ryger
Special thanks to Adrian Collins & @bethtabler.bsky.social for the inception of this story
Special thanks to Adrian Collins & @bethtabler.bsky.social for the inception of this story
EXCLUSIVE: Cover Reveal for Dogged by Michael R. Fletcher
Back in January of 2024 the good folks and Grimdark Magazine published a short story I wrote called The Last Wardog. When magazine editor Beth grumbled something about wanting a wardog novel I knew I ...
www.grimdarkmagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Checkout the 🔥🔥🔥 cover for @michaelrfletcher.bsky.social’ upcoming fantasy standalone titled DOGGED via @grimdarkmagazine.bsky.social with art by Tomasz Ryger
Special thanks to Adrian Collins & @bethtabler.bsky.social for the inception of this story
Special thanks to Adrian Collins & @bethtabler.bsky.social for the inception of this story
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Just saw they're adding player housing to WoW.
Y'all, I'm clean. I will not go back. Not even for the murlock slippers you can apparently get.
(No joke, I was a serious WoW addict for like 14 years. I even wrote a book about it w/ my husband amzn.to/3K6SLGu. Serious addiction.)
Y'all, I'm clean. I will not go back. Not even for the murlock slippers you can apparently get.
(No joke, I was a serious WoW addict for like 14 years. I even wrote a book about it w/ my husband amzn.to/3K6SLGu. Serious addiction.)
Forever Fantasy Online: GamerLit Epic Portal Adventure (FFO Book 1)
In the real world, twenty-one-year-old library sciences student Tina is invisible and under-appreciated, but in the VR-game , she's Roxxy--fearsome warrior, respected leader, and main tank of a top-...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Just saw they're adding player housing to WoW.
Y'all, I'm clean. I will not go back. Not even for the murlock slippers you can apparently get.
(No joke, I was a serious WoW addict for like 14 years. I even wrote a book about it w/ my husband amzn.to/3K6SLGu. Serious addiction.)
Y'all, I'm clean. I will not go back. Not even for the murlock slippers you can apparently get.
(No joke, I was a serious WoW addict for like 14 years. I even wrote a book about it w/ my husband amzn.to/3K6SLGu. Serious addiction.)
Massive kudos to the TBB folks, @petrikleo.bsky.social & whoever got this project initiated. Jonathan French’s Lot Land series is getting all the love it deserves & Raymond Swanland cover art 🔥🔥🔥
We are thrilled to reveal that we will be producing a special edition set of The Lot Lands trilogy 🥳🔥😍
November 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Massive kudos to the TBB folks, @petrikleo.bsky.social & whoever got this project initiated. Jonathan French’s Lot Land series is getting all the love it deserves & Raymond Swanland cover art 🔥🔥🔥
Today we review the final book in the Kindom Trilogy - This Brutal Moon! It's a tense, introspective end to the series that acknowledges there are no perfect solutions to the galaxy's problems.
Review: This Brutal Moon by Bethany Jacobs
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November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today we review the final book in the Kindom Trilogy - This Brutal Moon! It's a tense, introspective end to the series that acknowledges there are no perfect solutions to the galaxy's problems.
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So the new Daniel Faust novel is far enough into writing that I've locked down the title.
Triple World Score.
For all the Scrabble players out there...I apologize.
Triple World Score.
For all the Scrabble players out there...I apologize.
November 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
So the new Daniel Faust novel is far enough into writing that I've locked down the title.
Triple World Score.
For all the Scrabble players out there...I apologize.
Triple World Score.
For all the Scrabble players out there...I apologize.
Had a fantastic time at the @peterclines.bsky.social book signing at Parallel Worlds bookstore yesterday. Peter chatted about his newest GOD’S JUNK DRAWER, the books he’s loved & so much more.
Today he will be having an event in Seattle, Brick & Mortar books with @djangowexler.bsky.social.
Today he will be having an event in Seattle, Brick & Mortar books with @djangowexler.bsky.social.
November 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Had a fantastic time at the @peterclines.bsky.social book signing at Parallel Worlds bookstore yesterday. Peter chatted about his newest GOD’S JUNK DRAWER, the books he’s loved & so much more.
Today he will be having an event in Seattle, Brick & Mortar books with @djangowexler.bsky.social.
Today he will be having an event in Seattle, Brick & Mortar books with @djangowexler.bsky.social.
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I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic here or in the comments on this video!
We had some really good discussions when this was first released. 🧵 5/5
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We had some really good discussions when this was first released. 🧵 5/5
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IS READING DIVERSELY REALLY THAT IMPORTANT? || What does it do for us?
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November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic here or in the comments on this video!
We had some really good discussions when this was first released. 🧵 5/5
youtu.be/Rm8uomoTsHU
We had some really good discussions when this was first released. 🧵 5/5
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Recently, I've been seeing a lot of discourse about peoples' reading choices.
Pressure to read certain things or read quickly, criticism of both engaging and not engaging critically with what you read, and do our reading choices really matter at all? What is the point of this hobby of ours? 🧵 1/5
Pressure to read certain things or read quickly, criticism of both engaging and not engaging critically with what you read, and do our reading choices really matter at all? What is the point of this hobby of ours? 🧵 1/5
November 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Recently, I've been seeing a lot of discourse about peoples' reading choices.
Pressure to read certain things or read quickly, criticism of both engaging and not engaging critically with what you read, and do our reading choices really matter at all? What is the point of this hobby of ours? 🧵 1/5
Pressure to read certain things or read quickly, criticism of both engaging and not engaging critically with what you read, and do our reading choices really matter at all? What is the point of this hobby of ours? 🧵 1/5
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"Today Theo interviews Claire North on her upcoming release, Slow Gods.
“physical jeopardy is just blood effects and bicep-clenching, unless there is emotional jeopardy too.”
Read more: fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/11/slow...
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“physical jeopardy is just blood effects and bicep-clenching, unless there is emotional jeopardy too.”
Read more: fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/11/slow...
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SLOW GODS By Claire North (AUTHOR INTERVIEW) | Fantasy-Hive
Today Theo interviews Claire North on her upcoming release, Slow Gods. “Physical jeopardy is just blood effects and bicep-clenching, unless there is emotional jeopardy too.”
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November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Today Theo interviews Claire North on her upcoming release, Slow Gods.
“physical jeopardy is just blood effects and bicep-clenching, unless there is emotional jeopardy too.”
Read more: fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/11/slow...
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“physical jeopardy is just blood effects and bicep-clenching, unless there is emotional jeopardy too.”
Read more: fantasy-hive.co.uk/2025/11/slow...
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Book review: Project Hanuman, by Stewart Hotston ( published by @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social )
@skiffyandfanty.com hosts the review by @pematson.bsky.social
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@skiffyandfanty.com hosts the review by @pematson.bsky.social
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The Skiffy and Fanty Show: Book review: Project Hanuman, by Stewart Hotston
It’s a book full of anxiety, dread, and suspense, but also a thoughtful exploration of war, negotiation, and potential ways of being.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Book review: Project Hanuman, by Stewart Hotston ( published by @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social )
@skiffyandfanty.com hosts the review by @pematson.bsky.social
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@skiffyandfanty.com hosts the review by @pematson.bsky.social
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The audio adaptation of Firebreak (narrated by the fabulous Susannah Jones) is coming this Tuesday, the 11th, and it's up for pre-order now! (And editing on book three has begun, so we're firing on all cylinders over here.)
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The audio adaptation of Firebreak (narrated by the fabulous Susannah Jones) is coming this Tuesday, the 11th, and it's up for pre-order now! (And editing on book three has begun, so we're firing on all cylinders over here.)
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🕰️ COVER REVEAL 🕰️
I’m honored to help reveal the gorgeous cover for the fourth book in @gameoverstation.bsky.social’s Chronos Chronicles series: Time God Warlock!!! Another stunner in a fantastic urban fantasy series. Check it out!
RELEASE DATE: Nov. 18, 2025
COVER ARTIST: Chris McGrath
I’m honored to help reveal the gorgeous cover for the fourth book in @gameoverstation.bsky.social’s Chronos Chronicles series: Time God Warlock!!! Another stunner in a fantastic urban fantasy series. Check it out!
RELEASE DATE: Nov. 18, 2025
COVER ARTIST: Chris McGrath
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
🕰️ COVER REVEAL 🕰️
I’m honored to help reveal the gorgeous cover for the fourth book in @gameoverstation.bsky.social’s Chronos Chronicles series: Time God Warlock!!! Another stunner in a fantastic urban fantasy series. Check it out!
RELEASE DATE: Nov. 18, 2025
COVER ARTIST: Chris McGrath
I’m honored to help reveal the gorgeous cover for the fourth book in @gameoverstation.bsky.social’s Chronos Chronicles series: Time God Warlock!!! Another stunner in a fantastic urban fantasy series. Check it out!
RELEASE DATE: Nov. 18, 2025
COVER ARTIST: Chris McGrath
Today we're reviewing Brigands and Breadknives, another heartwarming (if decidedly more action-packed) adventure, this time featuring a scene-stealing chaos goblin.
Thanks @torbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!
Thanks @torbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!
Review: Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
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November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Today we're reviewing Brigands and Breadknives, another heartwarming (if decidedly more action-packed) adventure, this time featuring a scene-stealing chaos goblin.
Thanks @torbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!
Thanks @torbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!
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In case you missed it, I wrote a thing to hopefully help folks not land in the wrong place. Since then, it’s been agent/editor approved more than once. Hah.
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Too Many Sharks: A Warning About "Agents"
No, seriously
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November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In case you missed it, I wrote a thing to hopefully help folks not land in the wrong place. Since then, it’s been agent/editor approved more than once. Hah.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
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Just watched #PredatorBadlands & man @dantrachtenberg.bsky.social aced it. This is a cool new twist in the Predator movie franchise. Elle Fanning is terrific throughout the movie & if you liked Prey. You will LOVE Badlands. This is so much better than Romulus & Alien Earth. Need the sequel now!!!
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November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Just watched #PredatorBadlands & man @dantrachtenberg.bsky.social aced it. This is a cool new twist in the Predator movie franchise. Elle Fanning is terrific throughout the movie & if you liked Prey. You will LOVE Badlands. This is so much better than Romulus & Alien Earth. Need the sequel now!!!
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HEY SAN FRANCISCO FOLKS
One week from tonight I'm going to be casually scribbling in copies of GOD'S JUNK DRAWER at Borderlands. Stop by. Say hello. Get a book scribbled in.
I'll be there from 5:15 on the 13th until there's nothing left to scribble in. Or until they close. Whichever comes first.
One week from tonight I'm going to be casually scribbling in copies of GOD'S JUNK DRAWER at Borderlands. Stop by. Say hello. Get a book scribbled in.
I'll be there from 5:15 on the 13th until there's nothing left to scribble in. Or until they close. Whichever comes first.
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
HEY SAN FRANCISCO FOLKS
One week from tonight I'm going to be casually scribbling in copies of GOD'S JUNK DRAWER at Borderlands. Stop by. Say hello. Get a book scribbled in.
I'll be there from 5:15 on the 13th until there's nothing left to scribble in. Or until they close. Whichever comes first.
One week from tonight I'm going to be casually scribbling in copies of GOD'S JUNK DRAWER at Borderlands. Stop by. Say hello. Get a book scribbled in.
I'll be there from 5:15 on the 13th until there's nothing left to scribble in. Or until they close. Whichever comes first.