Today it’s our pleasure to host Alexander Darwin, author of The Combat Codes which is the first book in the The Combat Codes series, out on June 13, 2023, by Orbit!
New in the Asylum
Timy reviews Gods of the Wyrdwood, the first book in RJ Barker’s epic fantasy trilogy, Forsaken. Out by Orbit on June 22, 2023.
My Challenge Check-In for May 2023 in which I talk about how I did with my reading challenges this month, and offer you 5-5 recs for 2 The Sound of Madness Reading Challenge prompts. Which are Shut Up and Dance, and Keepsake.
Timy reviews Haggis MacBrawn’s Dishy Secret, the first book in Karen McCompostine’s The Edible Highlander Comedic Fantasy Romance trilogy.
Phil Williams, a longtime resident of the Asylum today stopped by as we are celebrating 5 years of Ordshaw! A series that interconnects his several novels. Under Ordshaw, the introduction to this universe was released 5 years ago and Phil decided to talk about his journey and to give us a heads-up of what’s to come.
SPFBO 9
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Guess what, Team Queen’s Book Asylum is back for SPFBO 9! We could have stopped and quit while on top (Small Miracles, our champion won SPFBO 8!), but we enjoy ourselves way too much, and we are not quite done with bringing the pandamonium to your doors. I’m sure some of you despair over this news, but that’s life for you. As some would say: suck it up, buttercup!
Queen’s Book Asylum’s main SPFBO 9 page, where you’ll find a short heads up about the contest, info about our process, the 30 books assigned to us, and how we divided them – including GR and Amazon links -, our progress in the semi-finals and finals, and updates throughout the competition.
Latest Reviews
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Timy reviews Salt in the Wound, the first book in Benjamin Aeveryn’s Grimdark Fantasy series, Rainfallen.
Jen reviews Dragon Your Bones, the second book in Tatiana Obey’s duology, A Forging Age.
Timy reviews The King of Faerie, the 4th book in A.J. Lancaster’s Romantic Fantasy series, Stariel as part of Wyrd & Wonder Month.
Welcome to the SPFBO 8 Finals! Team Queen’s Book Asylum reviews Fire of the Forebears by L.A. Buck, picked by Bookborn.
Jen reviews Seeds of War, the first book in Joao F. Silva’s Fantasy series, The Smokesmiths.
All Things Bookish
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My Challenge Check-In for May 2023 in which I talk about how I did with my reading challenges this month, and offer you 5-5 recs for 2 The Sound of Madness Reading Challenge prompts. Which are Shut Up and Dance, and Keepsake.
As we are celebrating Wyrd & Wonder Month, so if you are currently on the hunt, can we interest you with these 25 underrated self-published fantasy books? We promise they are totally worth your time!
As part of Wyrd and Wonder 2023, Annemieke at A Dance With Books hosts The Bone Witch readalong. Today I’m here to discuss the questions she posted for week 2, regarding Chapters 9-15.
Author Spotlight
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Today it’s our pleasure to host Alexander Darwin, author of The Combat Codes which is the first book in the The Combat Codes series, out on June 13, 2023, by Orbit!
Phil Williams, a longtime resident of the Asylum today stopped by as we are celebrating 5 years of Ordshaw! A series that interconnects his several novels. Under Ordshaw, the introduction to this universe was released 5 years ago and Phil decided to talk about his journey and to give us a heads-up of what’s to come.
Today it’s my pleasure to host Justin Lee Anderson, author of The Lost War which is the first book in the Eidyn series, out now in paperback by Orbit!
Features
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Trudie Skies, author of The Thirteenth Hour, Before We Go Blog’s SPFBO 8 finalist chose my newest feature, Stuck in the Pages and so, let’s see how they did with it!
Alec Hutson, author of The Umbral Storm, Fantasy Book Review’s chosen finalist, and our semi-finalist, tries his hand at What the Hungarian?!.
Olivia Atwater, the author of Small Miracles, our chosen finalist and the winner of SPFBO 8, tires her hand at What the Hungarian?!