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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Settling down for an afternoon of reading with the cosmic mystery/thriller, DISCOVERY that’s dropping on 05/15/2025 by my favorite family on #Booktube: JAJ Minton! (Talking Story on YT) #Discovery #JAJMinton #Debut #NewRelease #Cosmic #Thriller #Book #Reading #CurrentlyReading

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

#CurrentlyReading The writing & presentation of the story is extremely unique - reminds me a bit of N.K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth trilogy. Its style flows seamlessly between first, second & third person, which took me a little time to adjust, but I’m totally in the flow now!!

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Who’s going to see Mickey 17 this weekend?? 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️ I’m finally reading ANTIMATTER BLUES by Edward Ashton! ☺️ I’m flying through this one - can confirm it’s just as delightful as the first book. Same great humor with even HIGHER stakes as these colonists continue to try and eke out a life on Niflheim.

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Island setting. Revenge on your enemies plotline. TATTOO MAGIC. The magic done using tattoos is what caught my interest…but I was snapped up in this one in the first chapter. The plot was still being teased at - but it’s the characters that drew me in: Reva & Kahu. Can’t wait to read the rest!

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

It’s not often I give every book in a trilogy 5 ⭐️ ratings - especially when it’s a subgenre I tend to skip over - but that’s EXACTLY what I did with The Ruinous Love trilogy by Brynne Weaver! Weaver unlocked the Auto Buy Author Achievement for me with this last one. 🎉

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I usually prefer a more lighthearted, fun read to accompany my morning coffee, but I’ve had this bind up sitting on my shelf for a few years and decided to pick it up recently. I *love* Rorshach!!

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

I am beyond thrilled to share the cover of THE SOUND OF THE DARK by Daniel Church, set to release 10/28/25, courtesy of @angryrobotbooks If you like atmospheric & eerie horror, you might want to put this one on your radar! Cover design provided by Sarah O'Flaherty

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Zora Neale Hurston spent 14 years researching Herod the Great - one of our history’s most vilified figures. This is the fruits of her labor - revealing her findings & beliefs that he was NOT the demon the Bible made him out to be, but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of adventure.

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Thank you @SagaPressBooks #SagaSaysCrew for this incredible gift! THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER is the chilling American Indian revenge story of Blackfeet Indian Good Stab & the Lutheran priest who transcribes his story. Expected publication: 03/18/25 B&N has a preorder for signed copies, FYI.

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Rebecca Yarros did me so damn dirty with this one…..but I still loved it - my favorite in the series so far, actually. I’m still mad though 😆

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Not even at the halfway mark & I’ve already purchased the second book in this series. If you’re a #Dresden fan, I think you’ll love this series. (Seriously, if battling raging hormones and high school weren’t enough, try adding learning to wield magic - in secret - to the list!)

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

There was never a more perfect time to pick this book up than now. I’m still very early in, but Janny Wurts has the perfect balance of character introductions, intrigue and action. Best of all - I don’t have to wait hundreds (or thousands) of pages for payoff! 🎉

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

This might just be my new favorite Grady Hendrix book - flew through half of it in 2 sittings. Hendrix nailed it from page 1 so far. Can’t wait to see how the other half goes!

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

A couple years ago, I was fortunate to read a group of sci fi books that shared a common element: an Artificial Intelligence character that stole the show every time they appeared on the page. Alexandra Almeida saw that video and wrote to me that they had one that might just be right up my alley!

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

All I did was unfold these suckers and the right arm said CRACK! And fell off! I see you, 2025. You ass.

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Something I’ve been wanting to get back to the last few months is my old habit of starting the day off by reading a short story or a couple chapters of a manga/comic. ☺️

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

2 tropes I’ve vehemently hated: miscommunication & love triangles. I’m in the middle of this one & I’ve never in my life wanted a love triangle to actually happen like I do right now.

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Reading WIND AND TRUTH will be replacing my bicep/tricep workouts for the duration of the time it takes to read this big chonker of a novel! 😂

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Spending the Thanksgiving holidays in Big Canoe, GA - the perfect setting to kick off a new fantasy read - NOBODY’S SON by Sean Stewart. 🥰 #CurrentlyReading #AmReading #Fantasy #NobodysSon #SeanStewart #Reading

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

This is my 1st foray into the work of Rebecca Ross. After a couple friends raved about the 2 books currently out in the series - I decided I needed to check them out for myself! Well, myself & The Literary Apothecary who is buddyreading them with me. 😉 Have you read these or any of Ross’s work?

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

After discovering the treasure that is James Langton’s narration, I decided to keep rolling with my reread of the Necroscope series via audiobook. Lumley is so good at the slow building dread and tension that I think pairs so nicely with vamp stories!!

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

It’s been a rough last few days for a multitude of reasons, but now I have the newest release in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series to bring some levity - THIS INEVITABLE RUIN. This sucker feels like it’s gonna be bigger & badder than the last one, which is incomprehensible. How does Matt do it?!!

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

So excited to read this new one by Katherine Arden!! Thank you to my sweet friend Ev for sending me this gorgeous edition to read & treasure. 🥰 Not sure what to expect, just that it’s a historical fiction with a speculative twist. Time to RAFO!

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

As soon as my library added WE SOLVE MURDERS to Libby, I put a hold on the eBook, audiobook & the physical copy to increase my odds in getting to read it sooner rather than later. Richard Osman is pure gold when it comes to writing memorable, down to earth characters. (complete with wit & snark!)

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 02/11/2024

I’ll be finishing the 1sr era of the Gael Song series today! The last 3rd of THE LAND OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD has been utter chaos & insanity - fitting for a war that has been brewing in Ireland for the last several years as the immortal races fight for survival & control over Ireland..

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

I’ve been working on this weirdo for the last week. HOUSE OF LEAVES presents like a nonfic, a story written by a guy about a film that doesn’t exist with added footnotes from a guy who found the book…confusing & odd, yet there’s something alluring that keeps me coming back, one chapter at a time.

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 01/10/2024

🎉IT'S PUBLICATION DAY!🎉 Super proud of Stephen Aryan for his new adventure in publishing: NEW YORK MINUTE, a noir crime fiction novella in an alternate NYC. It's also his first foray into the world of self publishing. He nailed it - but don't just take my word for it, try it today! #NYMNovella

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

#AngryRobotBooks #Gifted #ARC I’ve been looking forward to this one ever since I saw it announced by the author last year - I didn’t need to know what the title was, what it was about, see the cover or even read the description - all I needed to know is that it was written by Daniel Church 💥

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 09/09/2024

#AngryRobotBooks #Gifted Watch the Chasm. Watch the Chasm. WATCH THE CHASM! A warning turned war cry in the final installment of The Glacian Trilogy by Stacey McEwan VALLEY publishes 09/10/24, courtesy of my friends over at Angry Robot Books

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 29/08/2024

Who doesn’t love opening their front door first thing in the morning and finding a #book shaped package waiting?! Sending a big thank you to @shannonknight.bsky.social for sending me a copy of her newest release, DOMESTICATION

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

Thank you to the author for an advanced copy of the next big release: INCARNATE (Expected pub date: 09/10/24) The cover simultaneously gives me the ick and fascinates me with how detailed and cool it looks. Looking forward starting this arctic horror tonight!

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 12/07/2024

The UNSUB series by Meg Gardiner is a fantastic crime thriller series for all you crime junkies out there like me. I started the first book the last week of June and here I am on the most recent release, SHADOWHEART - which I think might just be the best in the series so far!

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 06/07/2024

#Gifted “Deep within the Mongol Empire, a new threat is rising. One so dangerous that it could overshadow the legacy of Genghis Khan and change the world.” Just as pulse-pounding as the first in the series, but with even more intrigue!! 🚨OUT JULY 9TH FROM ANGRY ROBOT BOOKS 🚨

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 29/06/2024

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My friend @the_frat_nanny_reads sent me this book after she read and enjoyed it because she knows how much I love reading books about serial killers. Let’s just say I’ve now purchased the other 3 books in the series....

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 15/06/2024

A fantasy book about a bounty hunter? Heck yeah! So excited to finally dive into this review request from author Steve Pannett 🥳

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 13/06/2024

🙋‍♀️ if you’re rereading Stephen Aryan’s THE JUDAS BLOSSOM in preparation for Book 2’s release July 9th!

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 30/05/2024

Don't let the size of this one fool you - once you finish it, you'll likely agree that 1300 pages just wasn't enough! For more of my non spoiler thoughts and opinions, check out the video linked below. (And thank you for watching!) youtu.be/PdDcyTGvTgU

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

THANK YOU Saga Press Books #SagaSaysCrew for the free book! 🙏 “The dead boys were called every name except Murdered: accident or oversight or cautionary tale.” I’m currently reading (devouring) the outstanding historical thriller, THE REFORMATORY by the talented Tananarive Due

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 17/05/2024

Full review can be found here: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 14/05/2024

Don't just take my word for it - check out a few other stops on THE REDEMPTION OF MORGAN BRIGHT Book Tour hosted by Angry Robot Books 😉

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 14/05/2024

An unexplained death leads to a dangerous quest for answers in Hollyhock mental hospital... What would guilt make YOU do? youtu.be/Tr5AusTUQIQ #Horror #Thriller #Suspense #Gothic #TheRedemptionOfMorganBright #BookTour

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 12/05/2024

I’ve entered my romance era & I’m embracing it! 😉 This book was chosen for me by my pal John Palladino & after 80 pages, it’s safe to say I’m enjoying it. The high stakes war college environment is what’s doing it for me currently. We’ll see what happens as I continue!

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 10/05/2024

My full, non spoiler review will go up 05/14/24 as part of the blog tour, but here are the other stops along the way if you'd like to check any of them out.

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 10/05/2024

#FreeGift I dived into one of my 2024 anticipated releases: THE REDEMPTION OF MORGAN BRIGHT by Chris Panatier. 🚨AVAILABLE NOW FROM Angry Robot Books 🚨 My advice - don’t read the book description - just know it’s a gothic horror story set in an asylum.

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 10/05/2024

#BlackstoneInsiders #FreeGift #CurrentlyReading A COMEDY OF NOBODIES by Baron Ryan. The line in the book description, “generally struggles with the business of being human” struck a chord with me, so I requested the ARC from Blackstone Publishing 🚨RELEASES MAY 21, 2024🚨

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 01/05/2024

🚨JUST ANNOUNCED 🚨 A new #Romantasy duology published by Saga Press on the way from Stacey McEwan (I had her on the channel a while back when she published LEDGE) Right on the TBR it goes! Here’s the announcement from People.com - bit.ly/Romantasy2025

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

The Queen of Dust drives her undead army towards the human city of Athindaira. If the citizens are not warned before she arrives, they have almost no chance of survival. The only chance Thaniel has to reach them in time is by traveling the RIVER OF STARS...

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

I just saw this announcement on the author's profile!!!!!!! ⚠️BOOK THREE COMING SOON!⚠️ Thaniel is past being ready to reach the city of the humans to get some much needed rest and to relax for the winter. Fate, however, has other plans in: ❄️LAMENT OF FROST❄️ by Lily Anne Crow

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

Here we go!!!! Started my reread of the 14th - and final - book in Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series - A MEMORY OF LIGHT. The Last Battle has begun. Again. IYKYK 😂

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The Nerdy Narrative @thenerdynarrative.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

The wait is over - I have finally delved into the second installment of The Chronicles of Hanuvar - THE CITY OF MARBLE AND BLOOD - an excellent sword and sorcery fantasy series by Howard Andrew Jones and published by Baen Books.

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