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Mark Lawrence @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Tom Roberts' rough sketch for the cover of my next book (April 2026)!

Expect updates.

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 1d

Fool. You cannot contain him :p

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 7d

Authors with books coming out in 2026 or pre-order campaigns set up, please shout them out ⬇️

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 2d

The only reason I'm reading it so early is because it fits a reading prompt for a challenge so I somehow fit it into my tbr, so I get it lol. Was you first book from them the Of Shadows, Stars and Sabers anthology?

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 2d

This is fantastic news 😁 Will keep an eye out for purchase links!

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 2d

So good I ran to buy the entire series after reading book 1! How is the rest of the series comparing to this one?

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 2d

Got this slated to read in December, sounds pretty cool and judging by my forays into Eugen Bacon's previous work, it's going to be great

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 2d

I review Michael S. Jackson's latest

Queen Terrible Timy 🐼👑 @queensbookasylum.com · 2d

@readingrogue.bsky.social reviews RINGLANDER: FALLEN SHARDS, the second book in the Ringlander series by @mikestepjack.bsky.social as part of a blog tour.

"Fallen Shards is a battle-drenched examination of the self—a bold continuation to the Ringlander saga."

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Ringlander: Fallen Shards By Michael S. Jackson - Queen's Book Asylum

Arina reviews RINGLANDER: FALLEN SHARDS, the second book in the Ringlander series by Michael S. Jackson as part of a blog tour.

queensbookasylum.com

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Ginger Nuts of Horror @gnofhorror.com · 2d

I really hate doing this, but when I had my breakdown last month, I took two weeks off from work, and they didn't pay me for my time off, and I am broke.

If you find it in your heart to tip even the minimum amount then I would be enternally grateful

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Support GNofHorror

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 2d

Preordered and excited to read it 🙂

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 2d

Continuing my journey of buying a book in the/one of official language/s of every country I've visited (and super regretful I neglected to do so when in Dubai and Bali and may never have the chance again).

BUT! This one caught my eye at the bookstore. Anyone heard of it?

Cover for Bruno Puelles' Los Secretos del Hotel Jardìn de Odette. It shows 5 people, each very different from one another, standing in a hotel lobby that's richly decorated and built.

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 2d

She really didn't, the whipping was just a sweet bonus

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sunyi @handle.invalid · 3d

Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐⁣The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.

Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta

A ghostly Chinese woman with dead white eyes stares out from a stylised black and green ocean, her face surrounded by billowing gold foam

THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE BOOK EATERS

A haunting dark urban fantasy set in a historical Hong Kong, where ancient myths and local legends combine in a story of ghosts, grief and women who will not forgive.

Mercy Chan is a triad exorcist with a mysterious past. After washing up on the shores of Hong Kong with no memory during World War II, she found a home in Kowloon Walled City, an infamous, ghost-infested slum full of lost and traumatised civilians. Since the war ended, Mercy has rebuilt her life and found work as a ghost-talker for the local triad, dealing with the angry and bitter spirits who haunt this place.

But the past she can’t remember won’t let her go. An unusually powerful ghost lurks in Kowloon’s waterways, drowning innocents and threatening the district. Unnervingly, it claims to know Mercy—and her forgotten childhood.

As Mercy is drawn into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with this malignant spirit, she begins to realise that the monster she fights within these walls may well be one of her own making.

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 3d

So beautiful! Close eye on this one after reading The Book Eaters

sunyi @handle.invalid · 3d

Happy Mid Autumn Festival! 🥮 I’m thrilled to share the cover of #TheGirlWithAThousandFaces, coming 5 May 2026 from @torbooks.bsky.social! ⭐⁣The Girl with a Thousand Faces is a Chinese-Gothic tale set in a historical Hong Kong.

Cover art by Lindsey Carr, Cover design by Shreya Gupta

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 3d

No but Michael McClung crafting fantasy excellence in less than 200 pages is so impressive to me. Folks, Amra Thetys is so good

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 3d

That's super cool, where do you get them btw?

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 3d

Do you laminate all your books or just these British Library? I love seeing them as they look so treasured ahah

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 3d

Love these editions!

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Vesper Doom 🧡🤍🩷 @vesperdoom.com · 3d

I'm looking for ARC readers/reviewers for METROPOLIS DOWN!

Coming 03 March 2026, METROPOLIS DOWN is an adult space horror novel about grief and trauma.

ARCs will go out in two batches: November for eARCs, and January for physical ones (limited to 10).

Link below!!

Large white text on a starry black background.

The text says: ARC READERS WANTED!
SCIFI HORROR ROMANCE

White text on a starry background says:

SCIFI HORROR
M/M SECOND-CHANCE ROMANCE
STAR TREK X EVENT HORIZON
BRAINS X BRAWN
AUTISTIC X PTSD
COSMIC AND SENSORY HORRORS
FIRST IN A SERIES

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 3d

Morning Womble! Hope you're good! I'm reading The Door on the Sea by Caskey Russell, which is an epic fantasy inspired by Tlingit culture and myth. The lore is fantastic and the narrative style renders the "epic" in epic fantasy beautifully

A kindle displaying a cover for Caskey Russell's The Door on the Sea. It features Tlingit imagery, with a crow, an eagle, fish, and the colorful and beautiful crafts of this indigenous culture. The inagery brings to mind carved totem.

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 4d

Fair

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 4d

Lol, I can relate to that! I think it can lead to some pretty interesting discussions but are we, in general, open to have them or is it more like a "battle of perspectives", you think?

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 4d

Was it not the time/place for you to discuss it with them or is there never a time/place and readers should just take what they take from an author's work?

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 4d

I'm curious, do you think there's an openness online to have similar discussions between author-reader or it was just smooth because it was a friend? I think these "chats" would be pretty interesting

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Arina @readingrogue.bsky.social · 5d

Excellent news! I didn't know of Green City Wars yet!

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