Reposted by @vinayvasan.bsky.socialNick Snape 💙🐉⚔️🪐📚 @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Don’t miss out on this insightful and passionate #scifibooks #bookreview of my new #sciencefiction novel as well some great examples of others in the genre. Thank you so much! 01614
Reposted by @vinayvasan.bsky.socialNick Snape 💙🐉⚔️🪐📚 @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026What a fantastic review! 011
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026What if plugging into Pandora pretty much screwed you malignantly & malevolently? What if we got Aliens' James Cameron, directing Avatar in that spirit of SFF horror? The end result would possibly be Mercy's Gate by @nicksnapeauthor.bsky.social - Review - vinayvasan.substack.com/p/mercys-gat... 112
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Back to reviewing, after a bit of a break due to personal reasons & Trade of Blood is the book for it Romeo & Juliet meets Hound of Baskervilles meets Chip War (but for Food) in this fabulous outing, that does get a bit pensive @robertjbennett.bsky.social Review - l1nq.com/y9gctsw 041
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Happy book bday to @edcrockerbooks.bsky.social for Moonfall - a sequel that is so many times more intense & exhilirating than what was already a fantastic first book. Full Review to come. I meant to get & review this earlier but sadly have a loss in my family preventing me from doing so 000
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 24/03/2026This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by @ilonaandrews.bsky.social is a whole lot of fun. There's fantastic intrigue, entertaining storytelling, layered narrative structure, tropes galore, spice , romantic love traingles.... & it put a huge f*cking grin on my face 000
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 02/02/2026And at long last, my Top Books of 2025 list is done. It pretty much confirms that 2025 was a fantastic year for books and I couldnt stick to a top 15, let alone top 10. Featuring books across 3 main categories- SERIES STARTERS/ STANDALONES, SEQUELS & FINALES. Also has BoTY Link - shorturl.at/3ErUGvinayvasan.substack.comTop Reads of 2025A fantastic reading year yields a plentiful bounty of awesome books 162
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Happy book bday to Jim Butcher for #TwelveMonths - The Dresden Files is my fav urban fantasy series & the 18th book gives us the same magic while being somber & reflective. My review - vinayvasan.substack.com/p/twelve-mon... Thanks to @orbitbooksuk.bsky.socialvinayvasan.substack.comTwelve Months by Jim Butcher (Dresden Files #18)A somber reflective book giving us a book that we and Dresden need by way of Breaking Bad, Hobbit and Batman 010
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 01/01/20262026 is almost here & so are some amazing books. I had a fear that 2025 had truly spoilt us in terms of books but as I started building the 2026 list, there were so many books that I am now properly primed for 2026 vinayvasan.substack.com/p/26-for-2026vinayvasan.substack.com26 for 202626 of my anticipated SFF titles for 2026 (and a few more) 296
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Such a fantastic sequel and is in the running for book of the year - this series is so much fun @jamesloganauthor.bsky.social I had fun reading the book as well as writing this review :) 121
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Wow, this book was quite spectacular, fun and compulsively binge-able (yes I know what I just did there) - had an absolute blast Thanks for my review copy @netgalley.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social @bingewriting.bsky.social @thefantasyhive.bsky.social 251
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 17/09/2025I had a total blast reading & even greater one on sharing my thoughts on this fun roller-coaster ride - @davewragg.com knocks it out of the park, dealing with a life governed by violence & the possible impacts of it across relationships.... 152
Reposted by @vinayvasan.bsky.socialGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Someone's just thrown a bottle of Omega 3 tablets at me. I only received super fish oil injuries, but still. 23704134
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Woohoo got the ARC approved for #IronRoad by @davewragg.com - thanks to @harpercollins.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social Cant wait to read about Ree & Javani's journeys pan out in this trilogy capper 221
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Five Phantom Discount by Marcus Fell & Jason Krumbine was so much fun in an Ocean's 11 meets Ocean's 8 set in NYC's underground but with magic Thanks to @netgalley.bsky.social & Sterling & Stone for my review copy Review - vinayvasan.substack.com/p/five-phant...vinayvasan.substack.comFive Phantom Discount by Marcus Fell & Jason Krumbine - ARC ReviewOceans 5 in the magical underbelly of New York City 000
Reposted by @vinayvasan.bsky.socialJoe Russo @joerusso.bsky.social · 10/06/2025It’s official. Studio Execs are now using Chat GPT to evaluate screenplays. Here’s proof from a friend’s pass letter: Not only is it vague and unhelpful, it references one specific — an antique camera. The problem? THERE’S NO ANTIQUE CAMERA IN THE FUCKING SCRIPT. 1022446732
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Yaay for the #SistahSamurai sequel - cant wait for it @obeytheauthor.bsky.social 120
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 29/05/2025A @guygavrielkay.bsky.social book is an event book & #WrittenOnTheDark hews exactly to the template and yet it is so beautiful, soulful & ruminative. There is longing, beauty, loss & ultimately a sense of wonder & melancholy when you finish the book. Mini review below 100
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 27/05/2025You know what you are getting when you crack open a @guygavrielkay.bsky.social book - Luxurious, generous writing combined with fascinating slightly melancholic leads with complex, checkered pasts in a Franco-Italian setup - Happy book bday for #WrittenOnTheDark - 20% in & loving it already 010
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Happy Book bday to @caitlinrozakis.bsky.social for The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teachers Association - this was so much fun in an entirely relatable way (esp as a new parent) - and a prophecy to boot as well Thanks to @titanbooks.bsky.social for my ARC of this one - my mini review below 010
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 25/05/2025The Devils by @joeabercrombie.com is possibly his most commercial work with trademark Abercrombie-ism studded throughout - the book is pretty much MCU style blockbuster with an added James Gunn-ish edginess. Unputdownable & immensely enjoyable, if a bit predictable and self-aware 000
Reposted by @vinayvasan.bsky.socialJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19/05/2025Your reminder that someone can appear to be at the top (of the world, of their field, etc) and feel rather dramatically differently. I'm glad Jim worked through his issues, is still here with us and is still writing the books so many people love. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/b...nytimes.com14 Million Books Later, Jim Butcher Thinks His Wizard Detective Needs a Hug 691832257
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Anji Kills a King hews closely to what John Wick might call "Consequences" following Anji's killing of the King right off the bat. What follows is a thrilling, grimy, gritty journey Review - shorturl.at/D13Dy Thanks to @netgalley.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social @bookreviewskill.bsky.socialshorturl.atAnji Kills a King by Evan Leikam"Consequences" - John Wick in John Wick: Chapter 4 130
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Happy book bday to Evan Leikam (@bookreviewskill.bsky.social) for #AnjiKillsAKing - Halfway through this book, I am super intrigued on how the relationship between Anji & Hawk is developing & where this story is going to go 010
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 08/05/2025In @bookreviewskill.bsky.social 's Anji kills a King, Anji kills a King in the 1st chapter itself 000
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 04/05/2025In what I hope is the first of many, here is my #NotAReview of #Sinners where I examine the Art of the Setup across themes I propose to do this not to review but to talk off the elements that I found fascinating in movies & TV shows My #NotAReview - vinayvasan.substack.com/p/not-a-revi...vinayvasan.substack.comNot A Review #1 - Sinners - The Art of the Setup“You keep dancing with the devil…. One day he’s gonna follow you home” 020
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Godfather 3 meets The Dark Knight meets the trials & tribulations of Fitz in this status quo changing 4th installment of the underrated Fetch Phillips Archive by @longlukearnold.bsky.social Thanks to @netgalley.bsky.social @littlebrown.bsky.social Review - vinayvasan.substack.com/p/whisper-in...vinayvasan.substack.comWhisper in the Wind (Fetch Phillips #4) by Luke ArnoldThe character tribulations of Fitz ChivalryFarseer meets Godfather 3 and the Dark Knight in a 4th instalment of a series that shakes up the status quo 000
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025In what might be a rarity (for me), I actually have my May reads properly planned out & I am really excited for each and every one of them - May can’t get here soon enough #MayBookPlanningmedia.tenor.coma baby yoda holding a blue wallet with the words plan you must written above itALT: a baby yoda holding a blue wallet with the words plan you must written above it 000
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 23/04/2025You got to hand it to @longlukearnold.bsky.social - #WhisperInTheWind (Fetch Philips #4) had the whole Godfather 3 meets the Dark Knight meets some fabulous detective-ing going so wonderfully well - yet again a #FetchPhilips book ends in another change to the status quo - Terrific 010
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Vengeance of Asgard is @baptistepinsonwu.bsky.social at his furious frenetic best, concluding the Army of One trilogy in thrilling apocalyptic fashion. Check out my review below vinayvasan.substack.com/p/vengeance-...vinayvasan.substack.comVengeance of Asgard (Army of One #3) by Baptiste Pinson WuThis was never about stopping Ragnarok… It was about causing it” - Thor:Ragnarok 010
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025#Scales by Christopher Hinz is Jurassic Park taken a step further with Dino-Humans and a side of cannibalism - it is thrilling, fast-paced, exciting and fun and packed with tons of ideas. I am thankful to @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social My review - shorturl.at/YywJ4vinayvasan.substack.comScales by Christopher HinzDino-humans with a side of cannibalism, electrotherapy and military-corporate incompetence 021
Reposted by @vinayvasan.bsky.socialThe Fantasy Hive @thefantasyhive.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Vinay reviews Baptiste Pinson Wu's Japanese mythology-inspired YA BLOOD OF THE KAMI: "an ode to the love of mythology and history, and it shows in every page of this book" Read more: tinyurl.com/mu7yd6aa 032
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 01/04/2025 I fell in love when I saw the cover the first time & I am happy to say the book does complete justice to the hype of the cover - I loved #BloodOfTheKami by @baptistepinsonwu.bsky.social My review of this "Lone Wolf & Cub" adventurer in a mystical Japan - vinayvasan.substack.com/p/blood-of-t...vinayvasan.substack.comBlood of the Kami by Baptiste Pinson WuAn action packed "Lone Wolf & Cub" adventure into a lore-rich, mythology-heavy magical Japan packed with natural, super-natural and unnatural threats 010
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 28/03/2025And that’s Shroud done - a fabulous book that lures you in with a trope & hits the counter-trope pretty hard Thanks @torbooks.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social @aptshadow.bsky.social for my copy of this 0232
Reposted by @vinayvasan.bsky.socialThe Fantasy Hive @thefantasyhive.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Vinay reviews Adrian Tchaikovsky's latest first-contact sci-fi SHROUD: "It is in turns atmospheric, thrilling, dangerous, reflective, and ruminative but entertaining and suspenseful all the time" Read more: tinyurl.com/msksm65n 062
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 26/03/2025And thats a wrap on what might already be book of the year.... So much fun!!!!!! and it was a joy and pleasure to read this book and series @robertjbennett.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social @thefantasyhive.bsky.social 121
Reposted by @vinayvasan.bsky.socialThe Fantasy Hive @thefantasyhive.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Today Vinay reviews the follow up to Robert Jackson Bennett's hugely popular The Tainted Cup, A DROP OF CORRUPTION: "Wicked, imaginative, chaotic, unputdownable, and a lot of fun" Read more: tinyurl.com/yp34967v 031
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Space Brooms by @agrwrites.bsky.social is so much fun - I did expect a bit of a satirical funny work in the vein of Joe Zeija’s Epoc Failure series - but this is turning out to be a proper page turning space adventure thriller with a totally lost & hapless lead 040
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Ohh a new book in the #RoseThrone world by Peter McLean - that is so awesome. Really looking forward to it - am a huge fan of the War for the Rose Throne series!!!! #PavedWithGoodIntentions out in June 2025 010
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 18/03/2025#ADropOfCorruption by @robertjbennett.bsky.social is easily among the frontrunner to be book of the year!!!!! Wicked, Imaginative, Chaotic, Unputdownable, & a lot of fun, A Drop of Corruption ups the ante of the series even further with Ana the star & Dinios the heart Review - shorturl.at/9dlWNvinayvasan.substack.comA Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan #2) by Robert Jackson BennettA wicked clever immensely fun sequel that ups the ante further on a remarkably fun and imaginative series 281
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 14/03/2025#SpecialDelivery by@rexburke.bsky.social was so much fun - almost like early stages of the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars meets Startship Troopers - a fabulously breezy entertaining popcorny book 111
Reposted by @vinayvasan.bsky.socialNils Shukla @nilsreviewsit.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Happy #internationalwomensday everyone! It inspired me to share a few of my fave books by female authors that can be read as standalones. Please feel free to let me know your favourite female authors and/or tag them! 4439
Reposted by @vinayvasan.bsky.socialThe Fantasy Hive @thefantasyhive.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Happy #InternationalWomensDay Check out these amazing standalone books be female authors below ⬇️ And for more amazing female authors please check out our #WomeninSFF section on The Fantasy Hive: fantasy-hive.co.uk/category/fea...fantasy-hive.co.ukWomen In SFF | The Fantasy Hive 0104
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025An absolutely fantastic series with a narrator voice unlike anything you would have ever read @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social 020
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Triggernometry trilogy by @starkholborn.bsky.social is Mathematical Fahrenheit 951 in an alternate Wild Wild West - Its also a prime example of how a complete storyline can be packed in 3 short novellas - its an ode to the love of maths & SFF genre My review- vinayvasan.substack.com/p/triggernom... 161
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 01/03/2025And look at Diplomacy of the Knife standing proud with other awesome picks for the month Cc @cmcaplanwrites.bsky.social 011
Reposted by @vinayvasan.bsky.social🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 01/03/2025❗️When America has your back: The Economist on the background of recent events 8660331301
vinayvasan.bsky.social @vinayvasan.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Happy book bday to @aptshadow.bsky.social for #Shroud - I am 50% into the book & continue to be amazed on how unexpected of this book is turning out to be (in a fabulous way) 010
