#tbr fantasy

[peaceloverobbie]

📚 Preview Exposing Lesser Demons 💔 😈 💙 on GoodReads.com

About the author

[torpublishinggroup]

This advertisement is for The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, a new novella from Nebula and Alex Award–winning author P. Djèlí Clark, featuring HIGH body count with LOW page count. 

WHAT’S IT ABOUT

Undead hired killers, soul-binding contracts, sharp knives, hidden identities, and sweet, sweet vengeance. This is just a snippet of what’s in store for readers in this action-packed fantasy novella. 

Eveen the Eviscerator is a skilled, powerful assassin who is sarcastic, flippant, full of quips, and with a penchant for dark humor. What’s not to love? She’s also nice with a blade, and one of the best at what she’s contracted to do. 

Ready for magic, monsters, and fantastic beasts? Then The Dead Cat Tail Assassins is your jam. 

[torteen]

This advertisement is for Infinity Alchemist, a dark academia fantasy about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward dangerous truth, legendary love, and extraordinary power from the bestselling and award-winning author of Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender.

The art featured in this image is by Chris Sack. 

WHAT’S IT ABOUT

Defy All Limits.

For Ash Woods, practicing alchemy is a crime. Only an elite few are legally permitted to study the science of magic—so when Ash is rejected by Lancaster College of Alchemic Science, he takes a job as the school’s groundskeeper instead, forced to learn alchemy in secret. When he’s discovered by the condescending and brilliant apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash is sure he's about to be arrested—but instead of calling the reds, Ramsay surprises Ash by making him an offer: Ramsay will keep Ash's secret if he helps her find the legendary Book of Source, a sacred text that gives its reader extraordinary power. As Ash and Ramsay work together and their feelings for each other grow, Ash discovers their mission is more dangerous than he imagined, pitting them against influential and powerful alchemists—Ash’s estranged father included. Ash’s journey takes him through the cities and wilds across New Anglia, forcing him to discover his own definition of true power and how far he and other alchemists will go to seize it.

[sea-buns]

yeah alex can i get the bad kids out of context for 500

[dandelion-jester]

Started reading The Queen's Thief series and let me just say that I've not been able to read a physical book in months! I've been living off audiobooks. But this 300 page complaint from a bitchy little thief has me HOOKED! I'm speeding through it, it's so good!

[preciouslandmermaid]

The Gods gave mortals magic, but every gift has a price.

Maeve, a priestess of Juno, has her idyllic life turned upside down after her home is ravaged by the ambitious and delirious ex-king Hagken.

As Maeve is emboldened by Juno’s divine power, she will stop at nothing to prevent this war before it begins. She forms an unlikely alliance with an expelled alchemist and Hagken’s prior spymaster, Alistair, who shares they have a personal vendetta against the king.

In the city of Pyrite, where magic and alchemy thrive, Maeve must navigate the unfamiliar waters of political intrigue, combat forbidden spirit magic, contend with her faith, and discover what it means to reshape her dreams, her destiny—and the destinies of others.

What readers are saying;

⭐ Our main female character was wonderful , and the self journey she goes through along side what she's trying to accomplish to help her people is so well written. I seriously cannot tell you how much I loved this book...

⭐ Maiden of Dawn is an absolutely refreshing delight for anyone who loves fantasy and/or queer stories. 

⭐ This debut Romantasy takes the genre into the future! The arc of the MC is not just a romantic one, but a journey of self actualization and spiritual discovery!

Maiden of Dawn is an emotional high fantasy, queer romance novel with a cast of gender non-conforming characters, disabled characters, lush world building and complex antagonists that is sure to drawn you in.

E-Book $3.99 (USD) / Paperback $13.99 (USD)

You can order it wherever books are sold :: B&N, Amazon, or by contacting your local bookseller and asking them to order it.

[island-in-ignorance]

I dunno what kinda drugs they give Reylo fanfiction authors that allow them to write these absolute BANGERS but I'm gonna politely request some.

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

A little TBR update 🩷

[dduane]

The Ebooks Direct Summer Reading Month Sale: everything in the store is half price!

For July 2024, we've rolled back our ebook prices 50% on our entire inventory, right across the board!

This includes all our individual ebooks, our older box sets (such as the complete Young Wizards New Millennium Editions 9-volume sets), and our newer, already-discounted bundles... which are also reduced to 50% of their usual prices. Even the 36-book Whole Store Bundle is half off, matching its most deeply discounted price of last year.

As always, all our ebooks are DRM-free and can be used on multiple devices and moved from one to another just as you please. (See our sideloading guide to see how to get our ebooks into your device.) And should you lose access to your ebooks due to misadventure or a change in device platform, we'll replace them for free. (Because why should you have to pay for ebooks twice? Details of our free replacement guarantee are here.)

Please note that this sale is currently scheduled to end on July 31st, 2024, at 11:59 PM Hawai'ian time. Additionally, a note to our British friends: with regret, due to Brexit we are no longer able to sell to you directly, and you are unfortunately not eligible for this offer. Our apologies.

Meanwhile, stop by the store (or our sale page over there) and have a rummage through our inventory. (Please bear with it if it takes a moment to load: it does that sometimes.)

And if you're already all booked up, would you consider reblogging this for others' attention? Please & thank you! :)

[powells]

🍄 Fatal Fungi 🍄 OR: Watch out. The Body Keeps the Spore.

Serve the Spores Bumper Sticker "For that friend who has already succumbed to the siren song of the mushroom, this sticker will show their allegiance"

Finch by Jeff VanderMeer "Noir meets sentient fungus — what's not to like"

Ghost Music by An Yu "Replete with dreamlike sequences, enclosed walls, and talking mushrooms..."

Mushroom Travel Flask "Protect your drink from the spores!"

Mushroom Cats Game "Compete to forage the best mushroom collection, but beware of the cats trying to sabotage your efforts"

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia "The best elements of Gothic literature — crumbling ancestral home, disturbing nightmares, threatening atmosphere, distressed heroine — with a decidedly fungal flavor"

The Mushroom at the End of the World by Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing "Will mushrooms outlive us all? Probably..."

Fantastic Fungi Coloring Book "Get comfy, break out the colored pencils and relax with this non-threatening coloring book"

The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey "Downright chilling."

The Truffle Underground by Ryan Jacobs "It will make you want to steer clear of truffles forever."

📚 Browse all the books on this display! 🍄

[rosegraves]

some physical arcs i’ve gotten my hands on recently

[torpublishinggroup]

This advertisement is for The Dead Cat Tail Assassins, a new novella from Nebula and Alex Award–winning author P. Djèlí Clark, featuring HIGH body count with LOW page count. 

WHAT’S IT ABOUT

Undead hired killers, soul-binding contracts, sharp knives, hidden identities, and sweet, sweet vengeance. This is just a snippet of what’s in store for readers in this action-packed fantasy novella. 

Eveen the Eviscerator is a skilled, powerful assassin who is sarcastic, flippant, full of quips, and with a penchant for dark humor. What’s not to love? She’s also nice with a blade, and one of the best at what she’s contracted to do. 

Ready for magic, monsters, and fantastic beasts? Then The Dead Cat Tail Assassins is your jam. 

[torteen]

This advertisement is for Infinity Alchemist, a dark academia fantasy about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward dangerous truth, legendary love, and extraordinary power from the bestselling and award-winning author of Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender.

The art featured in this image is by Chris Sack. 

WHAT’S IT ABOUT

“Magic was once thought to only be gifted to the unique or special, the chosen ones. Now it was commonly known that every single person in the world had the capability to become an alchemist.”

For Ash Woods, practicing alchemy is a crime. Only an elite few are legally permitted to study the science of magic—so when Ash is rejected by Lancaster College of Alchemic Science, he takes a job as the school’s groundskeeper instead, forced to learn alchemy in secret. When he’s discovered by the condescending and brilliant apprentice Ramsay Thorne, Ash is sure he's about to be arrested—but instead of calling the reds, Ramsay surprises Ash by making him an offer: Ramsay will keep Ash's secret if he helps her find the legendary Book of Source, a sacred text that gives its reader extraordinary power. As Ash and Ramsay work together and their feelings for each other grow, Ash discovers their mission is more dangerous than he imagined, pitting them against influential and powerful alchemists—Ash’s estranged father included. Ash’s journey takes him through the cities and wilds across New Anglia, forcing him to discover his own definition of true power and how far he and other alchemists will go to seize it.

[only-ari]

these are just the books on my tbr and other random ones I found on booktok. If your rec isn't on this list, please drop it in the comments!

[bookishlyvintage]

stack challenge: Matching Sweaters & Books

[inthegoodbooks]

The first day of the summer holidays as a teacher means only one thing: a trip to my local library to see what books I can add to the summer TBR. It would be rude to not make use of the cafe facilities too, right?

Hoping to spend an hour or so here to read through more of The Mad Ship, although I must admit it has not been my favourite so far. The first 500 or so pages felt very expositional and I’m not sure the pay off has been worth it so far. I have about 200 pages left to go and I really can feel my eyes start to skim as I get closer to the end.

Let’s hope it picks up soon, but I definitely think a break is in order before I pick up Ship of Destiny…