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I wasn’t sure what to expect when starting a book called Brianna’s Blood Hammer, with a picture of a scantily dressed red-haired woman being attacked by monsters on the cover. They ....
I wasn’t sure what to expect when starting a book called Brianna’s Blood Hammer, with a picture of a scantily dressed red-haired woman being attacked by monsters on the cover. They say never judge a book by its cover, but I actually think the cover art ....
I wasn’t sure what to expect when starting a book called Brianna’s Blood Hammer, with a picture of a scantily dressed red-haired woman being attacked by monsters on the cover. They say never judge a book by its cover, but I actually think the cover art put me off the book a bit, which I ended […]
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If I had to pick the most random book I’ve read this year, I can quite confidently say this one would take the cake. Mike Connor’s A Dying Titan is ....
If I had to pick the most random book I’ve read this year, I can quite confidently say this one would take the cake. Mike Connor’s A Dying Titan is nothing if not ambitious. This sci-fi comedy throws thirteen-year-old Jack Landon into a whirlwind of ....
If I had to pick the most random book I’ve read this year, I can quite confidently say this one would take the cake. Mike Connor’s A Dying Titan is nothing if not ambitious. This sci-fi comedy throws thirteen-year-old Jack Landon into a whirlwind of time travel, dimensional rifts, and kidnapped parents with the kind […]
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In the crowded landscape of modern spy thrillers, The Shadow of the Albatross by Martin Fraser announces itself as an unapologetic love letter to the genre’s golden age. This debut ....
In the crowded landscape of modern spy thrillers, The Shadow of the Albatross by Martin Fraser announces itself as an unapologetic love letter to the genre’s golden age. This debut novel plunges readers into a world of corporate corruption, deadly conspiracies, and one man’s desperate ....
In the crowded landscape of modern spy thrillers, The Shadow of the Albatross by Martin Fraser announces itself as an unapologetic love letter to the genre’s golden age. This debut novel plunges readers into a world of corporate corruption, deadly conspiracies, and one man’s desperate quest for truth, all wrapped in the accessible, propulsive storytelling […]
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Before joining Bookshelfie, I admit I never really read children’s books. But over the past year I’ve grown to love them and the escape they provide, and I’ve come to ....
Before joining Bookshelfie, I admit I never really read children’s books. But over the past year I’ve grown to love them and the escape they provide, and I’ve come to appreciate that it takes real skill to write a children’s book. It’s not so much ....
Before joining Bookshelfie, I admit I never really read children’s books. But over the past year I’ve grown to love them and the escape they provide, and I’ve come to appreciate that it takes real skill to write a children’s book. It’s not so much about crafting a complicated plot, but about the art of […]
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We’ve had some terrifically creative sci-fi and dystopian submissions lately here at Bookshelfie, and today I’m reviewing another, this time with a horror twist. Let me start by saying what ....
We’ve had some terrifically creative sci-fi and dystopian submissions lately here at Bookshelfie, and today I’m reviewing another, this time with a horror twist. Let me start by saying what Whisper Machine: Volume 1 by W.G. Mans does exceptionally well: it understands that science fiction’s ....
We’ve had some terrifically creative sci-fi and dystopian submissions lately here at Bookshelfie, and today I’m reviewing another, this time with a horror twist. Let me start by saying what Whisper Machine: Volume 1 by W.G. Mans does exceptionally well: it understands that science fiction’s greatest power isn’t predicting the future, it’s interrogating the present. […]
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Not Finished Yet: Essays on the Rhythmic Beauty of a Life in Flux (Good Heritage Press, 2025) is one of those rare memoirs that manages to be simultaneously intimate, engaging ....
Not Finished Yet: Essays on the Rhythmic Beauty of a Life in Flux (Good Heritage Press, 2025) is one of those rare memoirs that manages to be simultaneously intimate, engaging and creatively written. It reads less like a straightforward autobiography and more like a long, ....
Not Finished Yet: Essays on the Rhythmic Beauty of a Life in Flux (Good Heritage Press, 2025) is one of those rare memoirs that manages to be simultaneously intimate, engaging and creatively written. It reads less like a straightforward autobiography and more like a long, deliberate experiment in form. The metaphor in question, a jellyfish, […]
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Despite Desire: Pillow Talk with Nietzsche is a compact, yet ambitious philosophical play by Angel L.G.. It stages an imagined encounter between Friedrich Nietzsche and a sex worker named Rachel ....
Despite Desire: Pillow Talk with Nietzsche is a compact, yet ambitious philosophical play by Angel L.G.. It stages an imagined encounter between Friedrich Nietzsche and a sex worker named Rachel in 19th-century Switzerland. Combining the intimacy of chamber theatre with the rigour of philosophical dialogue, ....
Despite Desire: Pillow Talk with Nietzsche is a compact, yet ambitious philosophical play by Angel L.G.. It stages an imagined encounter between Friedrich Nietzsche and a sex worker named Rachel in 19th-century Switzerland. Combining the intimacy of chamber theatre with the rigour of philosophical dialogue, the play feels like a modern reimagining of the traditional […]
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Some children’s books these days are loud, begging for your attention with glitter, gimmicks and childish humor. A Friend for Hope isn’t one of those books. It doesn’t need to ....
Some children’s books these days are loud, begging for your attention with glitter, gimmicks and childish humor. A Friend for Hope isn’t one of those books. It doesn’t need to be. This is a story with a heartbeat, and you can feel it on every ....
Some children’s books these days are loud, begging for your attention with glitter, gimmicks and childish humor. A Friend for Hope isn’t one of those books. It doesn’t need to be. This is a story with a heartbeat, and you can feel it on every page. I don’t have any kids, but if I did, […]
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Dystopian fiction is one of the most popular genres in modern publishing, so standing out requires considerable originality. Thankfully, Judy L. Mohr’s Dancing in the Purple Rain is one of ....
Dystopian fiction is one of the most popular genres in modern publishing, so standing out requires considerable originality. Thankfully, Judy L. Mohr’s Dancing in the Purple Rain is one of those rare books that does exactly that. It plunges readers into a near-future dystopia where ....
Dystopian fiction is one of the most popular genres in modern publishing, so standing out requires considerable originality. Thankfully, Judy L. Mohr’s Dancing in the Purple Rain is one of those rare books that does exactly that. It plunges readers into a near-future dystopia where survival is rationed out by corporations, identities are embedded in […]
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There are few subjects more controversial in 2025 in the publishing world than the use of AI, which is why Richard Blood’s Talking with Intelligence: An AI–Human Dialogue comes at ....
There are few subjects more controversial in 2025 in the publishing world than the use of AI, which is why Richard Blood’s Talking with Intelligence: An AI–Human Dialogue comes at such an interesting moment. Embarrassing stories abound of authors accidentally leaving AI prompts in their ....
There are few subjects more controversial in 2025 in the publishing world than the use of AI, which is why Richard Blood’s Talking with Intelligence: An AI–Human Dialogue comes at such an interesting moment. Embarrassing stories abound of authors accidentally leaving AI prompts in their books and subsequently getting cancelled. However, this book is different […]
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Despite being set in Vietnam during the heights of the civil war, Quinn Makenna’s The King of Ithaca is inspired by relatively unexpected subject matter, The Odyssey. It offers a ....
Despite being set in Vietnam during the heights of the civil war, Quinn Makenna’s The King of Ithaca is inspired by relatively unexpected subject matter, The Odyssey. It offers a creative retelling of the classic tale. From the very first page, it drew me into ....
Despite being set in Vietnam during the heights of the civil war, Quinn Makenna’s The King of Ithaca is inspired by relatively unexpected subject matter, The Odyssey. It offers a creative retelling of the classic tale. From the very first page, it drew me into a world of jungle heat, bullets and our protagonist, Barrett, […]
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This new spy novel by American author and former military intelligence professional, Karl Wegener, begins as all good spy stories should—with a whisper in the dark, a meeting already compromised, ....
This new spy novel by American author and former military intelligence professional, Karl Wegener, begins as all good spy stories should—with a whisper in the dark, a meeting already compromised, and danger sliding into view before the first word is spoken. Following an introductory chapter ....
This new spy novel by American author and former military intelligence professional, Karl Wegener, begins as all good spy stories should—with a whisper in the dark, a meeting already compromised, and danger sliding into view before the first word is spoken. Following an introductory chapter we are introduced to Ada Bialik, working under the alias […]
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