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Book Review: The Nightmare Quest of April May by Rosemary Jones – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
A sickness haunts the dreams of Arkham’s citizens – something deep in the Dreamlands is rising… return to Arkham Horror’s The Drowned City in this daring adventure.April May is convinced she has the worst job at the Arkham placing adverts for lost dogs is about as tedious as it gets! The only thing that alleviates her boredom…
Book Review: A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
A charming fantasy set in an underwater world with magical academia and a heartwarming penpal romance, perfect for fans of A Marvellous Light and Emily Wilde's Encylopaedia of Faeries.A beautiful discovery outside the window of her underwater home prompts the reclusive E. to begin a correspondence with renowned scholar Henerey Clel. The letters they share…
Book Review: Talia: On the Shore of the Sea by Joel C. Flanagan-Grannemann – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
In Book One of Servants of the Moon and Sun, Talia — the young, Iridescent-winged Heir to the Fairy Realm — and the Heir to the Human Realm — Prince Bastile — embarked on a secret love affair that has had wide-ranging consequences for both their worlds. Certain elements within each society have long hated…
Book Review: The Last Vigilant by Mark A. Latham – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Set in a world where magic is forgotten, monsters lurk in the dark woods, and honorable soldiers are few, this utterly gripping epic fantasy tells the story of two flawed humans, an out-of-practice wizard and a hot-headed sargent, who are thrust into the heart of a mystery that threatens to unravel their kingdom's fragile peace. Shunned…
BBNYA 2024 Finalist Blog Tour: Glunda the Veg Witch by Keith W. Dickinson – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Book Blurb: “A witch’s boots told the story of her life. They showed you where she’d been, where she was going, and what kind of a witch she would be when she got there. And, most importantly, they were proof that said witch was not someone to be trifled with. She was to be listened…
Book Review: Somnus’ Palace (The Sleepwalker Cycle Book One) by C.V. Vobh – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Proto wakes up in the misty halls of the palace of Somnus, the Lord of Dreams. Why is he there? Who knows? But as long as he’s there, he’s been given a job—to visit sleeping people’s dreams and try to make sure they turn out properly. By guiding dreams to the right conclusions, Somnus and…
Book Review: The Vengeance by Emma Newman – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
A swashbuckling adventure set in a version of Alexandre Dumas's world haunted by vampires...Morgane grew up at sea, daughter of the fierce pirate captain of the Vengeance, raised to follow in her footsteps as scourge of the Four Chains Trading Company. But when Anna-Marie is mortally wounded in battle, she confesses to Morgane that she is…
Book Review: Perils of the Past by Kane Williams – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
THE PAST LIES AHEADBloodied knuckles. Sword cuts. Aching limbs. With each day of training in a mountain temple, Antarna draws closer to the power she’ll need if an assassin strikes once more. Never again will she be helpless.When magic ravages the temple, the lives of her friends and the future of the congregation hang by…
Book Review: The Tides of Innsmouth: An Arkham Horror Investigators Gamebook by Jonathan Green – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Strange and mysterious sightings send Arkham Investigators to explore the decrepit town of Innsmouth where horrors beneath the sea have risen to consume the world in this new action-adventure gamebook set in the popular world of Arkham Horror.Welcome, Investigator! Innsmouth is awash with sightings of a mysterious sunken pirate junk near the treacherous Devil Reef.…
Book Review: Sub-Luminal by Alastair Miles – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
First to boldly go,Last to bloody arrive...Callum MacMahon commands the Earth's first starship. Risking it all on a century long, one-way trip, his daring crew have said goodbye to everyone and everything. They awake, ready to colonise a virgin world...Except they've been beaten to it.This can happen when you sleep on the job and humanity…
Monthly Manga Mania Featuring Firsty Duelist: Mashle: Magic and Muscles by Hajime Komoto – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Guess what? I have a new feature on my blog! My child, Firsty Duelist (a fantastic blogger and even more fantastic teen), has his own blog in which he talks about his interests. These include trading card games, Undertale, and manga. The last interest meshes well with my blog, so we came up with a…
When Fantasy Meets Mystery: Fantasy-mysteries that Everyone Should Read – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
I recently finished Whisper in the Wind, the most recent Fetch Phillips book by Luke Arnold (if you haven't read the series, you're missing out). His main character, Fetch, is a retired P.I. who is sucked back into another mystery. The mystery revolves around all sorts of fantastical creatures because, of course, even my mystery…
The Write Read Book Tour: Hive (Madders of Time Book 1) by D.L. Orton – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
I am excited to join the Write Reads on Tour! Thank you to the published and The Write Reads for providing me with a review copy of this book. It did not affect my opinion in any way. Hive is available for purchase now. *I am a Bookshop.org affiliate. Should you make a purchase through…
Book Review: Oddball: A “Sarah’s Scribbles” Collection by Sarah Andersen – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Strange poses! Random noises! Becoming extremely fixated on your latest topic of choice! And who needs the mundane when you could talk all day about true crime and supernatural entities?Join Sarah and her pets as she navigates her latest chapter, ranging from classic adult growing pains to summoning demons. Life is beautiful as an oddball.…
Book Review: The Forest Grimm by Kathryn Purdie – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
In the dark heart of the Forest Grimm, lurks the Wolf, an omen of demise for seventeen-year-old Clara. Ignoring her grandmother's ominous divinations, she is determined to brave the dangers of the forest in order to retrieve Sortes Fortunae, an enchanted book with the power to lift the curse plaguing her village and maybe even save…
Announcement: Self-Published Authors Appreciation Week 2025 – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
If you're a friend of my blog, you know I read books from multiple publishing avenues: Indie/small press, traditional, and self-published. I feel that sometimes it can be harder for self-published books to get the attention they rightly deserve. This is a bummer, since great books are not limited to only one publishing route. This…
Book Review: Soul Guardian: A Hellishly Cozy Fantasy by Alex Karne – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Things were going great for the demon Bael-Sharoth until a little girl summoned him to open a jar of tomato sauce. Now he's trapped in the human world along with his arch nemesis the beautiful and capable Maharet Flameheart.Life isn't easy for a demon in a small town. But at least the parks are hellhound friendly and…
Book Review: Forged for Destiny by Andrew Knighton – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Raul has a claim his birthright as the last surviving heir of King Balbainus and lead his conquered people to freedom. The signs are all there—his birthmark, in the shape of Balbainus’ halfmoon and dagger sigil, the gemstone-hilted sword he found in his parents’ inn, and the sudden influx of illegal books featuring the late king’s lineage. Nevermind that his ma…
Dragonlance Side Quest: Flint the King (Preludes Volume Five) by Mary Kirchoff and Douglas Niles – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Flint Fireforge, paternal dwarven member of the Heroes of the Lance, returns to his sleepy boyhood village in the foothills near Solace and unexpectedly finds it booming with commerce. When he stumbles upon the ominous source of this prosperity, he is pushed to his death in the Beast Pit.And saved by gully dwarves, along with…
Book Review: The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
From NYT bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes the next big romantasy sensation, a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight. Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Leigh Bardugo.Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like…
Release Day Repost: Whisper in the Wind by Luke Arnold – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Fetch is done being a hero. Once a detective, all he wants now is to run his cafe in peace. Sunder City is still recovering from the sudden and violent end of magic, and if one man can’t solve all its problems, he can at least stop some people going hungry. But when a kid…
Book Review: Frog and Toad are Doing Their Best [A Parody]: Bedtime Stories for Trying Times by Jennie Egerdie, Illustrated by Elli Hadju – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
At home, work, and out in our ever-changing world, we're all just doing our best. In this modern parody, Frog and Toad are here to commiserate and lend some laughter.Full of wry humor and deep compassion for our modern vulnerabilities, the stories in Frog and Toad Are Doing Their Best perfectly capture the heartwarming authenticity of Lobel’s famous…
Monthly Manga Mania Guest Post from The Firsty Duelist: Samurai 8 – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
As I've mentioned a few (dozen plus) times, my teen has recently started a blog! This awesome blog, called Firsty Duelist, features things my teen enjoys: trading card games such as Magic: The Gathering, Undertale, and manga. Since the last overlaps a little bit with my own blogging interests (books, yo), we decided it would…
Books About Books: A List – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
I am a book lover. I buy books, sniff books, devour books, talk about books, and dream about books. My happy place is anywhere that I have a good book, because books can take me anywhere. If you're taking the time to read a book blog, chances are we have this is common. I am…
Book Review: Whisper in the Wind (The Fetch Phillips Novels Book 4) by Luke Arnold – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Fetch is done being a hero. Once a detective, all he wants now is to run his cafe in peace. Sunder City is still recovering from the sudden and violent end of magic, and if one man can't solve all its problems, he can at least stop some people going hungry. But when a kid…
Book Tag: Reading “Firsts” for 2025 – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
I first saw this tag on Suzy's Cozy World (a great blog that I suggest you follow). This looks like fun, although I'm not sure I'll get all the dates right. And... away we go! This tag was created by girlxoxo. *I am a Bookshop.org affiliate. Should you purchase books through links on the post,…
Book Review: The Christmas Eve Murders by Noelle Albright – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
An hilarious and gripping festive whodunnit, perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Agatha Christie.It's Christmas Eve at the Merry Monarch.Nestled amongst the Yorkshire Dales, the pub is preparing to host its annual scavenger hunt for its rabble of regulars. There's the landlord, Mickey, his wife Sofia and their wayward son, James; local policeman Alex…
Book Review: Double-Edged Sword and Sorcery from Brackenbury Books – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Two novellas, bound in one book. Mongol-inspired Sword & Sorcery. A claustrophobic, pressure-cooker siege, and a caravan striking out under an open desert sky. Orhan the Snow Leopard and Goatskin the nomad. Dariel Quiogue and Bryn Hammond. (Blurb from preorder page). Thank you to Brackenbury Books for providing me with an early copy of this…
Book Review: The Time-Travelling Estate Agent by Dale Bradford – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Time takes everything – but what if it could also give back?It’s December 2019 in a small Welsh town, and 60-year-old estate agent Eric Meek discovers a property which boasts a truly unique garage conversion. Instead of the more customary home office or gym, it contains a hole in space-time that has been developed into…
Cover Reveal: Death Rights (Grave Chronicles Book Two) by Shannon Knight – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
I'm excited to share the cover for Death Rights, the sequel to Grave Cold. The Grave Chronicles features unique world-building and rising stakes. About the Series: Grave Chronicles: Protect the Dead Grave Cold introduces a world overrun by mutations where the dead remain in their bodies till a raven releases them. Each raven is a long-lived…
Book Review: Cryptid Currency by Josh Berliner – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Have you ever seen a pair of mysterious eyes staring at you through the trees on a twilit afternoon? Gunnar Shuck did, and no one believed him when the creature they belonged to set fire to his family’s crops and forced them to move away from their Tennessee farm home. Now the teenaged cryptid hunter…
Book Review: A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan Book 2) by Robert Jackson Bennett – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
In the canton of Yarrowdale, at the very edge of the Empire’s reach, an impossible crime has occurred. A Treasury officer has disappeared into thin air—abducted from his quarters while the door and windows remained locked from the inside, in a building whose entrances and exits are all under constant guard.To solve the case, the…
Book Review: The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
From an electrifying new voice in epic fantasy comes The Raven Scholar, a masterfully woven and playfully inventive tale of imperial intrigue, cutthroat competition, and one scholar’s quest to uncover the truth.Let us fly now to the empire of Orrun, where after twenty-four years of peace, Bersun the Brusque must end his reign. In the dizzying…
Book Review: Enchanted Tales and Twisted Lore: Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Fables Reimagined Edited by Marx Pyle and J.C. Mastro – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Step into a world where the familiar becomes strange, and legends take on new life. Enchanted Tales & Twisted Lore invites you to explore fairy tales, folklore, and fables as you've never seen them before. From the deadly woods of Baba Yaga to space-bound horror on a derelict ship. From a faerie knight hiding behind the innocent…
Book Review: Werecats Emergent by Mark. J. Engels – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Afflicted, exploited, and deadly…Teenaged Pawly discovers her secret werecat heritage after unexpectedly morphing into a lynx one Halloween night. She and her twin brother thrill as they explore their newly revealed abilities, never far from the watchful eye of their blended human-werecat family. But the old folks know that unless they can find an outlet…
The Art of Reading Aloud – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
I have two enthusiastic readers. One is now a teen and is too old and cool for me to read aloud to him (we have a great time talking about books we love and often do buddy reads, so I'm still getting my book time with him). My youngest, while able to read on his…
Book Review: The Forbidden Visions of Lucius Galloway by Carrie Harris – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
An antediluvian tome holds the key to unlocking an otherworldly horror dreaming of Arkham’s fall.When poet Lucius Galloway is offered a prestigious position translating a mysterious ancient text at Harvard University, he is thrust into an unimagined world of esoteric knowledge, mystical symbols and sanity-shattering nightmares. But Lucius has no idea that his visionary anthology,…
Book Review: Servant of Rage (Bloodrage Book 1) by Alex Knight – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Subei and his brothers have been raised on stories of the Great Khan, their ancestor who conquered the world with might, mind, and fearsome magic. But the Great Khan is long dead and his power vanished.The brothers live by his laws still, even as infighting consumes their once-proud people. When a sacred artifact is destroyed…
Book Review: The Astray Chosen (The Thedre Trilogy Book Two) by Laura Huie – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
They both need to find the gods. He, to save the country. Her to kill them. Fia's magic has broken. Every portal she makes slices the ground and reality itself. It's been months of training and she is no closer to returning to Earth. Each week she fails, the Fate takes more and more control…
The Hope Book Tag – Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
Hope. It's one of those words that has been used a lot lately (I won't get into the reasons). I think that hope is stronger than it may be given credit for. It can go under attack, fade for a while, or seem lost, but it's always there waiting. Maybe that's why it's such a…