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  Hello and welcome or welcome back to the blog. Today is my stop for StoryTellers on Tour. I have a book review of Dreams of the Dying by Nicolas Lietzau. Dreams of the Dying by Nicolas Lietzau Series: Enderal (#1) Published: October 28, 2020 Genre: Grimdark Fantasy, Mystery, Psychological Horror Pages: 726 Burb: Years after a harrowing war experience, ex-mercenary Jespar Dal’Varek has taken to drifting. It’s a lonely existence, but, barring the occasional bout of melancholia, he has found the closest thing to peace a man like him deserves. Life is “all right.” Or so he believes. Hoping to turn the page, Jespar accepts a mysterious invitation into the beautiful but dangerous archipelago of Kilay-and everything changes. Plagued by explosive social tensions and terrorism, the tropical empire is edging ever closer to civil war. Kilay’s merchant king is the only person able to prevent this catastrophe, but he has fallen into a preternatural coma-and it’s Jespar’s task to figure out wh...

 Hello and welcome or welcome back to the blog. Today is my stop for Algonquin Young Readers booktour of the first time in English translation of How I Live Now by Genzaburo Yoshino. Translated by: Bruno Navasky With a forward by: Neil Gaiman Expected to be published tomorrow October 26th, 2021. About the book The first English translation of the classic Japanese novel, a childhood favorite of anime master Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Howl’s Moving Castle), with an introduction by Neil Gaiman.   First published in 1937, Genzaburō Yoshino’s How Do You Live? has long been acknowledged in Japan as a crossover classic for young readers. Academy Award–winning animator Hayao Miyazaki has called it his favorite childhood book and announced plans to emerge from retirement to make it the basis of a final film.     HOW DO YOU LIVE?   begins with fifteen-year-old Copper, who has recently suffered the loss of his father, gazing out ...

  Hello and welcome or welcome back to the blog, today I have a book review for you. Paladin Unbound by Jeffrey Speight Genre: Fantasy Series: The Archives of Evelium Published:  July 1st 2021 Literary Wanderlust There be spoilers below, proceed with caution!! Jeffrey Speight gifted me a copy of his book a few months back (you can see that post here if you would like)  and I have finally been able to get to reading it.  So for first of all thank you once again. Let me start out by saying if you like D&D, World of Warcraft, RPGs and other things that are similar to these then you will enjoy the both the characters and the storyline of Paladin Unbound. Because to be honest with you, that was exactly the kind of thing I was feeling when reading. As a former (on long hiatus) WoW player it was Warcraft vibes I was feeling and well I liked that. I've rolled an Orc before, didn't get far with her but I did make one.  Also can I just say how nice it was to have the...

  Hello and welcome or welcome to the blog, today I have a promotion.  Bloodlines (The Guardian of Empire City Book 1) is out in audiobook today October 1st Narrated By: Todd Menesses Book Blurb Those dark and terrible things from your nightmares are VERY real. They walk among us, masquerading as your neighbor, your lover, even your friend. You see, Empire City is full of them…if you only know where to look. How do I know this? Well, for starters the name is Detective Tom Holliday. I work homicide for Special Crimes. My friends, what few I have, call me Doc. And the other reason? I’ve got magic of my own. Welcome to Empire City, where magic and technology co-exist, and humanity endures behind walls of stone and spell-forged steel. A place where danger lurks around every street corner, and anything is possible. When former hotshot homicide detective Tom “Doc” Holliday is recruited to join Special Crimes, he trades in his boring desk job for a second chance to do what he do...