I buddy-read Wide Sargasso Sea with La La in the Library, who’s also a big fan of Jane Eyre. I have joined her on the annual Jane Eyre re-read for the past 3 years racking my Jane Eyre reads …

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Today, I am delighted to host some of my favourite historical fiction authors who have come together to produce Courage, an anthology of short stories – tales of history, mystery and hope. Th…

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The Hollywood action movie "Sisu: Road to Revenge," which was directed by Finnish director Jalmari Helander and filmed in Estonia, is set to be released in cinemas this week.

I do love a book challenge, so I’ve joined in with this one after spotting it on Bluesky. Day 7 - A book of short stories What you are looking for is in the library by Michiko Aoyama and translated by Alison Watts, is a really lovely collection of translated Japanese short stories that I'm very keen to read again! I'm not tagging anyone, but if you want to join in please do!

A stag, its eyes pleading, haunts a woman’s dreams. An antique market find reveals a hidden truth. A man, looking from his bedroom window, wonders exactly where it is his neighbour has gone. …

Team Asylum reviews our sixth SPFBO Champion, THE SWORD OF KAIGEN by M.L. Wang. Reviews are from Arina, Drew, Filip, Rari, Timy, and Tru.

Jen reviews THE RAVEN SCHOLAR, the first book in Antonia Hodgson's Eternal Path trilogy.

“Daughter, student, whore- they change you into whatever they need you to be. Choose for yourself. For once in your life.” – Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix Easy 5 stars! Is it …

A retelling of part of Beowulf set in the world of the Empire’s Legacy series. Presented as both a facsimile of a medieval manuscript and as a poem in modern font. Confession time first. I ha…

Team Asylum reviews our fourth SPFBO Champion, WHERE LOYALTIES LIE by Rob J. Hayes. Reviews are from Arina, Drew, Filip, and Timy.

Okay, so… There used to be a pretty good Wikipedia page of the 100 books but it looks like it was deleted in June, 2025, which is a shame. I don’t understand why The NYT has the book pa…

This week bloggers and reviewers are celebrating great self-published books. Because there will be so many great reviews, spotlights, and cover reveals over multiple platsforms, I’ll do my best to …

Author – Anna Smith Spark Pages – 288 Genre – High Fantasy Folk Horror Publishing Information – Flame Tree Press, 12th September 2023 The Blurb A Sword of Bronze and Ashes c…