Dianthaa Dabbles

September is Self-Published Fantasy Month, hosted by Jason Aycock from Off The TBR, Elizabeth Tabler from Before we go blog,  Justine Bergman from Whispers & Wonder and Calvin Park who hosts the Under a Pile of Books. This week's TTT prompt is a cover freebie, so I'm taking the opportunity to mix this up with the Self-Published Fantasy Month, and

These are some of the books I’ve read for the Tarot Black Lives Matter book bingo, presented by The Tarot Sequence fandom! This is run primarily by Kathy @pages below vaulted sky. I made a post-signing up for the challenge with my plans, and if you just want the challenge

I haven’t had a chance to read The Four Profound Weaves yet, but I’m very much looking forward to reading it soon. Ever since I read my friends’ reviews over at Black Forest Basilisk and To Other Worlds I was 100% convinced I’d love this novella, so I’m really excited to

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish and is now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Each week a new theme is suggested for bloggers to participate in. I’ve split this TTT in two, queer books I’ve recently read that I wish I’d had access to while younger and

Welcome to my favorite thing on the blog, highlighting some favorite underread books! These are ordered starting with fewest number of Goodreads ratings. Here are my Self-Published Fantasy recommendations: The Mage-Born Anthology Nicol, Kayleigh A short story anthology following 7 very different siblings, having to hide the same secret. The

From the depths of my drafts folder arises a new post of mini-reviews that I’d forgotten about. These books share a sort of old-timey fairytale and comforting style. The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley This is the story of Corlath, golden-eyed king of the Free Hillfolk, son of the sons

You can read my review for Spirit Caller 1-3 here, don’t read this if you haven’t read the series as it will contain vague spoilers for the first books. Rachel has no trouble believing in spirits. It’s the living she has a tough time believing in. Spirit Caller is a

September is Self-Published Fantasy Month, hosted by Jason Aycock from Off The TBR, Elizabeth Tabler from Before we go blog,  Justine Bergman from Whispers & Wonder and Calvin Park who hosts the Under a Pile of Books I’m trying out this “having a schedule” thing on my blog, so here’s a very non-comital list

I got A LOT of reading done this month, but most of it was just trying to distract myself from some sad news. My cat, Misa, died, she was 14 but it was still really quick and unexpected. I’ve also been successfully planning out blog posts and then actually posting them

Tade Thompson’s Rosewater is the start of an award-winning, cutting edge trilogy set in Nigeria, by one of science fiction’s most engaging new voices. Rosewater is a town on the edge. A community formed around the edges of a mysterious alien biodome, its residents comprise the hopeful, the hungry and