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Julia Kitvaria Sarene 📚🐉⚔️☠️
@kitvaria.bsky.social
SFF book reviewer, SPFBO judge, fantasy addict, audioholic, ex bookseller.

Open to ARC requests (no romance!), especially Indies.

Servant to the cutest rescue pup.

Autistic & demi.

Considers "woke" a compliment.

https://linktr.ee/kitvaria
Pausing my previous 2 reads (Fazgood and Crimson Court)

Switched to Murder of Crows - I just can't really focus on the others right now and keep backtracking.

McHugh luckily manages to keep me utterly hooked from page one again, definitely a comfort read author for me!
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 AM
#JanuaryWrapUp with plenty of #SPFBO titles!

11 books in all, very different in style.

Favorites:
⚔️ Silencing of the North (not a surprise)
⚔️ Artificer's Knot (nice surprise!)

I DNFed two more, but I only share the love, not the hate.

💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation
January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I mean, just look! And it wasn't even expensive...

#PrettyBook #FantasyBook #SprayedEdges

💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 PM
#BookHaul!

I read this book for #SPFBO last year, fully expecting to bounce, because "ewww a kissing book"

Suffice it to say, it managed to somehow slowly drag me in & never let go.

Obviously, once I saw this pretty version, I needed it for the shelf!

fantasy-faction.com/2024/semifin...

💙📚🪐
January 28, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Tomorrow is Silencing of the North's book birthday!

To celebrate, there is a #GiveAway on Fantasy-Faction.

Win an ebook copy of Good Day to Die or Silencing of the North, or an audible code (UK/US only) for the Corin Hayes omnibus!

See what it's about and how to enter on the blog!
January 28, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I can deliver almost unlimited pets...
*Hugs*
January 28, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Book#11
Found family forged through hardship, quiet loyalty, banter, and the slow unlearning of old views. A story where kindness and acceptance are the baseline, not the conflict. Warm, hopeful epic fantasy that stayed with me.
💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation
January 27, 2026 at 9:04 PM
I'm both surprised and not surprised at the same time 😂
January 27, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Fingers, and paws, crossed!
January 27, 2026 at 2:16 PM
And some more
January 25, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Ball is life. Ball in snow is extra good!
January 25, 2026 at 9:57 PM
January 25, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Wrong side of the world, but snow we have...
January 25, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Hi Womble!

I'm still SBPFO reading, and (some of) my current reads are:

Scratches: Cultivation fantasy with a cat MC

City of Stone: Epic fantasy with lots of different kinds of tribes and magic

Crimson Court: Political fantasy that starts with a nice bit of stabbing...
January 25, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Usually no politics here.

Not out of indifference, but because I’m furious & exhausted.

What’s happening in the world, especially in the US, feels impossible, yet more people are dead.

This feed is not silently condoning or looking away. It's my attempt to hold onto something humane in this time.
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Do you think anyone enjoys his Betthupferl (tiny treat before bed) as much as this boy does?

He loves the bed anyway, as soon as I go towards the bedroom he's hoping up, waiting for a nap...

#GalliTheExplorer #CuteDog #PumiMix #DogAdventures #LifeOfADog #Dog
#AdoptDontShop #RescueDog
#dogs #DogSky
January 23, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Book#10
Norse gods and heroes told in an accessible, modern fantasy style. Easy to read, but for me the mythic weight felt smoothed down, leaving the story lighter and less strange than I hoped for.
💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Killed my blood pressure last Saturday, had a headache and "burning stomach" until yesterday, today that's fine but my ankle is swollen with water. Turning 40 in August, here I come 😂🤦

Good thing I got an emotional support dog with the tiniest snowflakes on him looking the cutest!
January 23, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Book#9
Gaslamp streets, gang politics, and dangerous ideas about power and progress. A fast, clever standalone where ambition matters more than innocence, and violence is treated as consequence, not spectacle.
💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation
January 20, 2026 at 8:26 PM
You mostly need to up the contrast a bit, and maybe a backdrop like my blanket 😉
Not perfect, a quick 1 minute effort in Snapseed, but shows the colours of a bit better..
January 19, 2026 at 8:34 PM
If you need a little mood booP today, Galli is here to help!

#GalliTheExplorer #CuteDog #PumiMix #DogAdventures #LifeOfADog #Dog
#AdoptDontShop #RescueDog
#dogs #DogSky
January 19, 2026 at 8:14 PM
So what about ot local delicacy Wurstsalat? (Sausage salad 😅)
January 19, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Book#8
Island gods, storms, and a harsh culture that decides who gets left behind when the land becomes not viable. A quiet, powerful story about disability, self-worth, and questioning inherited rules, with casual bi rep and delightful octopus inventors.
💙📚🪐 #FantasyFaction #SFFbookRecommenfation
January 18, 2026 at 10:00 PM
My current reads are all for #SPFBO

Physical Magic is progression fantasy with a disabled MC in LGBT normative world

Liches is a cultivation fantasy from a cat POV

Artificer's is a gaslamp fantasy with a main MC who slowly gets drawn into a gang

I'm enjoying all 3 so far!
January 18, 2026 at 3:44 PM
These eyes?
Yes, yes very adorable. And I'm just a tad biased 😂
January 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM