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Here are the latest books I’ve added to my review TBR, and there are some exciting 2023 releases too:-)
Physical books for review:
Huge thanks to the kind folks at Tor for the first four books!
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older. This book doesn’t come out until next year, but it’s a short novella and I really need some short books right now! I may try to squeeze in an early read/review this month for Sci-Fi Month if I can.
Oooh super excited to have a copy of Rubicon by J.S. Dewes! I absolutely loved her last series, The Divide. It will be a struggle to wait to read this since it doesn’t release until next March.
The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson sounds like a fantastic circus-centric fantasy. This is another 2023 release that I’m very excited to read:-)
Dead Country (Craft Wars #1) by Max Gladstone was a surprise arrival, and I’m actually very excited about this book. I read most of Gladstone’s Craft Sequence many years ago, and this looks like a spin off series with some of the same characters. Tara Abernathy was the MC in Three Parts Dead, so it’s pretty cool the author is bringing her back.
And big thanks to DAW/Astra Publishing for two of my most anticipated sci-fi books of 2022! I have already read Reckoning by W. Michael Gear and will have a review up next week. I’ll be starting Nightwatch Over Windscar by K. Eason very soon. From what I understand, this will wrap up Eason’s stellar series, which sort of makes me sad!
With thanks to Orbit Books for a finished paperback of Empire of Exiles by Erin M. Evans. This is already out, I believe (story of my life—running behind!). I have heard so many glowing things about it, I just have to read it for myself.
Finally, the second Buffy book in Kendare Blake’s In Every Generation series, One Girl in All the World, is one I’m hesitantly looking forward to. Why would I read the second book if the first one didn’t completely work for me? I mean, I’m a Buffy fan and always will be, so I need to see for myself what’s going to happen:-) Big thanks to Spark Point Studio for the review copy!
Empire of Exiles caught my attention as well, and I hope to be able to add it to my TBR – although the situation is such that I doubt I will make it soon… As for Reckoning, I can hardly wait! 😉
Ah, I know that situation well…
I don’t know what that creature is on Rubicon, but it certainly catches my attention!
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I think it’s a robot of some kind? Maybe? But yes, pretty interesting cover.
Lots of fun covers! Enjoy!
I love these covers too:-)
Great haul! I recognize several of these from your Future Fiction posts. I hope you’ll end up enjoying them all!
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Thanks Stephanie!
I really like that cover for Rubicon, and it sounds like a story I might enjoy. I look forward to hearing whether you think the story is as good as the imagery.
If it’s anything like her last books, I have a feeling I’ll love it:-)
How many interesting books!! At the moment I am coveting Rubicon and Empire of Exiles is the most recent addition to my TBR!
I may read Empire of Exiles soon:-)
Empire of Exiles is so much fun, hope you get to read it soon!
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I’m going to try!
Dead Country looks interesting and I’m not even going tomention the Donovan series ha ha because I always do! I’m hoping to squeeze the first one in for SciFi Month 🙂
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OK Greg, SciFiMonth is almost over. How’s that Donovan book going? 😉
It’s FINE, I am not at all seething with jealousy bwahha. (Just kidding, I am so jealous I could cry Legit, how do I get them to love me as much as they love you? Asking the real questions heh.? I hope you enjoy them all, too! And it really is hard when you want to read stuff now but it doesn’t come out for ages!
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LOL don’t worry, I have plenty of publishers who don’t send me books:-) And by the way, I’m going to try your method of reading/reviewing and read everything the month before. Not sure I can do it but hey, I will try!
A wonderful selection as always, Tammy! I love the look of Rubicon – and I’ve also checked out the previous series you namechecked – The Divide. It sounds right up my alley so I’ve put it on my TBR list… Thank you for sharing:).
I think you’d love Dewes’s The Divide duology. Super fast paced and great characters:-)
Oh that cover of Rubicon!
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It’s a great cover, right?
I may try One Girl in All the World for the same reason.
It doesn’t hurt to try, you never know…
Grats on the blurb! I’m hoping to start Reckoning sometime this week, I am so excited 🙂
Enjoy! I think the series is still going strong:-)
Love the variety here and that circus-centric fantasy is definitely calling to me!
It’s been a while since I’ve read anything circus related, so it should be fun.
I hope you will read that Buffy book.
I will, I promise:-)
Lovely haul Tammy.
Lynn 😀
Thanks Lynn:-)