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Just four works new to me this week: two fantasy novels, two tabletop roleplaying game supplements. One novel is part of a series. Again, not seeing nearly as many series works as I'd expect.

Books Received, April 12 — April 18

Poll #32997 Books Received, April 12 — April 18

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The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow (October 2025)
17 (47.2%)

Blood for the Undying Throne by Sung-Il Kim (October 2025)
10 (27.8%)

Keepers of the Elven Rings by Gabriele Quaglia & Francesco Nepitello (April 2025)
4 (11.1%)

Realms of the Three Rings by Gabriele Quaglia & Francesco Nepitello (April 2025)
3 (8.3%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
27 (75.0%)

22 works new to me: 15 fantasy, 2 mystery, 1 mainstream, 4 science fiction. I think. In some cases, genre was not clear. Only four are labelled as series, which seems very low.

Books Received, April 5 — April 11

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Nine works new to me: an anthology, one magazine, five novels, and two roleplaying supplements. I think there are 3.5 fantasies, two mysteries, and 3.5 science fiction works. Unusually, only one is explicitly part of a series.

Books Received, March 29 to April 4

Poll #32924 Books Received, March 29 to April 4

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Audition for the Fox by Martin Cahill (September 2025)
19 (41.3%)

FIYAH No. 34 published by FIYAH Literary Magazine (April 2025)
12 (26.1%)

A Dark and Deadly Journey by Julia Kelly (Sepember 2025)
5 (10.9%)

What Fury Brings by Tricia Levenseller (September 2025)
9 (19.6%)

Trey: The Lycanon Case by Mattias Peterberg (April 2025)
3 (6.5%)

Swarms and Nanobots by Clarence Redd (April 2025)
3 (6.5%)

To Clutch a Razor by Veronica Roth (September 2025)
8 (17.4%)

A Philosophy of Thieves by Fran Wilde (September 2025)
16 (34.8%)

Space Ships! Ray Guns! Martian Octopods! by Richard Wolinsky (September 2025)
16 (34.8%)

Some other option (see comments)
2 (4.3%)

Cats!
36 (78.3%)

Eight works new to me. Four fantasy, four science fiction. I think three are series while five are stand-alone. That's a much higher ratio of stand-alone to series than I expect.

Books Received, March 22 — March 28

Poll #32890 Books Received, March 22 — March 28

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Extremity by Nicholas Binge (September 2025)
17 (27.4%)

Haze by Katharine Kerr (August 2025)
23 (37.1%)

Shield of Sparrows by Devney Perry (May 2025)
7 (11.3%)

Point of Hearts by Melissa Scott (March 2025)
36 (58.1%)

Minds in Transit by Joan Slonczewski (July 2025)
27 (43.5%)

Atlas of Unknowable Things by McCormick Templeman (October 2025)
12 (19.4%)

Powerless by Harry Turtledove (July 2025)
9 (14.5%)

Queen Demon by Martha Wells (October 2025)
42 (67.7%)

Some other option (see comments)
1 (1.6%)

America delenda est.
19 (30.6%)

Cats!
46 (74.2%)

Just three works new to me: one role-playing game, a collection, and a novel, all fantasies.

Books Received, March 15 — March 21

Poll #32853 Books Received, March 15 — March 21

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Monsters and Other Tales of Humanity by Carla E. Dash (July 2025)
12 (27.9%)

The Never List by Jade Presley (April 2025)
8 (18.6%)

Black Powder and Brimstone Core Book by Benjamin Tobitt (March 2025)
5 (11.6%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

America delenda est
15 (34.9%)

Cats!
36 (83.7%)

Just two this week. Both are table-top roleplaying supplements. One is fantasy, the other SF and while one is a product I've been eagerly anticipating since October, the other was a complete surprise.

Books Received, March 8 — March 14

Poll #32819 Books Received, March 8 — March 14

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Fabula Ultima Natural Fantasy Atlas by Emanuele Galletto (March 2025)
10 (34.5%)

Book 9: Pirates by Marc William Miller, Robert Eaglestone, Thomas Jones-Low, Matthew Kerwin, and James Kundert (March 2025)
9 (31.0%)

United States of America delenda est
11 (37.9%)

Cats!
26 (89.7%)

In addition to an author being willing to send me an arc, I found a work-around for the Netgalley issue that works for Macmillan. Only Macmillan, thus far. The other publishers I reached out to didn't reply.

I will still review non-Macmillan books but obviously not until after they are published. That might disadvantage the non-Macmillan authors but as a lot of them are American, I can live with that.

16 new books, of which 12 are fantasy, 2 are science fiction, and 2 horror. 6 are series and 10 are not.

Books Received, March 1 — March 7

Poll #32791 Books Received, March 1 — March 7

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Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders (August 2025)
29 (43.9%)

I’ll Find You Where the Timeline Ends by Kylie Lee Baker (November 2025)
14 (21.2%)

The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent (August 2025)
2 (3.0%)

The Midnight Shift by Seon-Ran Cheon (August 2025)
17 (25.8%)

Elusive by Genevieve Cogman (May 2024)
13 (19.7%)

The Night Birds by Christopher Golden (September 2025)
8 (12.1%)

Hemlock and Silver by T. Kingfisher (August 2025)
46 (69.7%)

Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz (August 2025)
25 (37.9%)

Salvación by Sandra Proudman (May 2025)
13 (19.7%)

Blight by Rachel A. Rosen (June 2025)
19 (28.8%)

Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider (February 2025)
7 (10.6%)

The Faceless Thing We Adore by Hester Steel (August 2025)
11 (16.7%)

Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne (August 2025)
15 (22.7%)

Ghost Cell by Zac Topping (July 2025)
5 (7.6%)

The Memory of the Ogisi by Moses Ose Utomi (July 2025)
16 (24.2%)

Girl in the Creek by Wendy N. Wagner (July 2025)
8 (12.1%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
45 (68.2%)

Just two, both of which appear to be fantasy.

Books Received, February 22 to February 28

Poll #32756 Books Received, February 22 to February 28

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The Watermark by Sam Mills (February 2025)
18 (43.9%)

One Message Remains by Preemee. Mohamed (February 2025)
25 (61.0%)

Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.4%)

Cats!
32 (78.0%)

Three fantasy magazines, one series fantasy novel and one non-fiction book.

Books Received, February 8 to February 14

Poll #32687 Books Received, February 8 to February 14

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery: Issue #0 edited by Oliver Brackenbury (September 2022)
6 (18.8%)

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 1 edited by Oliver Brackenbury (Month Unclear, 2023)
3 (9.4%)

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 2 edited by Oliver Brackenbury (Month Unclear, 2023)
4 (12.5%)

Speculative Whiteness by Jordan S. Carroll (October 2024)
14 (43.8%)

Forget me not by Gry Kappel Jensen (September 2024)
8 (25.0%)

Some other option (see comments)
2 (6.2%)

Cats!
26 (81.2%)

Six books new to me, of which 2 are fantasy, one non-fiction, and three are science fiction. Of those, two are series, two stand-alone, a distinction that doesn't really apply to the non-fiction.

Books Received, January 25 — January 31

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Poll #32610 Books Received, January 25 — January 31

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A Rebel’s History of Mars by Nadia Afifi (June 2025)
30 (62.5%)

Whisper in the Wind by Luke Arnold (April 2025)
3 (6.2%)

Spacefunk! edited by Milton Davis (January 2025)
14 (29.2%)

How Tyrants Fall: And How Nations Survive by Marcel Dirsus (July 2024)
24 (50.0%)

Forged for Destiny by Andrew Knighton (April 2025)
10 (20.8%)

The Edge of Yesterday by Rita Woods (April 2025)
21 (43.8%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
31 (64.6%)

8 books new to me: 5 fantasy, 1 horror, and 2 science fiction, of which 2 are series and 6 stand-alone.

Books Received, January 18 to January 24

Poll #32578 Books Received, January 18 to January 24

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The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World by J.R. Dawson (July 2025)
23 (51.1%)

Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez (July 2025)
9 (20.0%)

The Rider, The Ride, The Rich Man’s Wife by Premee Mohamed (August 2024)
14 (31.1%)

Oracle of Helinthia by MJ Pankey (May 2025)
4 (8.9%)

Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race (June 2025)
9 (20.0%)

Space Brooms! by A.G. Rodriguez (March 2025)
18 (40.0%)

Pearl City by Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle (July 2025)
5 (11.1%)

Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto (January 2025)
18 (40.0%)

Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.2%)

Cats!
32 (71.1%)

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25 (55.6%)

Nine books new to me. 5 Fantasy, 1 mystery, 2 roleplaying game products, 1 science fiction, of which 5 are series, 2 stand-alone and two where that's not really applicable.

Books Received, January 11 — January 17

Poll #32546 Books Received, January 11 — January 17

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The Ashfire King by Chelsea Abdullah (April 2025)
9 (22.0%)

Dragonbane Quickstart – The Sinking Tower by Tomas Härenstam, Nils Karlén, and Marco Behrmann (January 2025)
4 (9.8%)

Twilight 2000: Urban Operations by Tomas Härenstam et al (June 2023)
6 (14.6%)

Tanith Lee A to Z by Tanith Lee (November 2018)
25 (61.0%)

Silver Throat by Siri Pettersen (February 2025)
4 (9.8%)

Ansuz by Malene Sølvsten (November 2023)
7 (17.1%)

The Memory Hunters by Mia Tsai (July 2023)
11 (26.8%)

The Lie That Binds Them by Matthew Ward (April 2025)
2 (4.9%)

The Yellow Rambutan Tree Mystery by Ovidia Yu (June 2023)
14 (34.1%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
24 (58.5%)

15 books new to me, of which 12 are fantasy, one is a role-playing game, and two are science-fiction.
Three are stand-alone, eleven are series, and one I wasn't sure how to classify.

Books Received, January 4 — January 10

Poll #32519 Books Received, January 4 — January 10

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Tonight, I Bleed by Katharine J. Adams (April 2025)
5 (10.2%)

Slaying The Vampire Conqueror by Carissa Broadbent (March 2025)
0 (0.0%)

Monk and Robot by Becky Chambers (May 2025)
26 (53.1%)

Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf by C. L. Clark (February 2025)
2 (4.1%)

The Radiant King by David Dalglish (March 2025)
2 (4.1%)

Advocate by Daniel M. Ford (April 2025)
10 (20.4%)

Volatile Memory by Seth Haddon (July 2025)
10 (20.4%)

The Library at Hellebore by Cassandra Khaw (July 2025)
14 (28.6%)

My Father’s Sword by Andreas Lundström et al (January 2025)
4 (8.2%)

Iron Wolf by Siri Pettersen (February 2025)
2 (4.1%)

Fehu by Malene Solvsten (October 2024)
2 (4.1%)

What Lies Beyond the Veil by Harper L. Woods (February 2025)
2 (4.1%)

What Hunts Inside the Shadows by Harper L. Woods (March 2025)
0 (0.0%)

What Lurks Between the Fates by Harper L. Woods (April 2025)
0 (0.0%)

What Sleeps Within the Cove by Harper L. Woods (May 2025)
0 (0.0%)

Some other option (see comments)
2 (4.1%)

Cats!
37 (75.5%)

Nine books new to me: 3 Fantasy 2 Horror, 1 Mainstream,
0 Mystery, 2 Non-Fiction, 1 Science Fiction, of which 4 are stand-alone and 2 are series.

Books Received, December 8, 2024 — January 3, 2025

Poll #32485 Books Received, December 8, 2024 — January 3, 2025

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The Mother by B. L. Blanchard (May 2023)
10 (28.6%)

Tideborn by Eliza Chan (May 2025)
12 (34.3%)

The Dark Issue 116 published by The Dark Magazine (January 2025)
3 (8.6%)

Set My Heart on Fire by Izumi Suzuki (January 2025)
5 (14.3%)

Locus, January 2025 published by Locus Publications (January 2025)
3 (8.6%)

Requiem by John Palisano (May 2025)
4 (11.4%)

This Too Shall Burn by Cat Rector (July 2023)
11 (31.4%)

Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s by Adam Rowe (July 2023)
13 (37.1%)

Enigma by Runyx (April 2025)
4 (11.4%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
27 (77.1%)

Four incoming books: three fantasies new to me and a hardcover I've read but don't think I've ever actually owned.

Books Received, December 14 to December 20

Poll #32416 Books Received, December 14 to December 20

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Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan (October 2024)
24 (60.0%)

Again, Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison (March, 1971)
11 (27.5%)

Never the Roses by Jennifer K. Lambert (July 2025)
11 (27.5%)

Daughter of Tides by Kit Rocha (May 2025)
11 (27.5%)

Some other option (see comments)
2 (5.0%)

Cats
30 (75.0%)

Seven works new to me: two fantasy magazines, one fantasy novel, and four science fiction novels.

Books Received, December 7 — December 13

Poll #32364 Books Received, December 7 — December 13

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New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 3 edited by Oliver Brackenbury (December 2024)
3 (6.7%)

New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine: Volume I, Number 4 — MMXXIV edited by Oliver Brackenbury (December 2024)
3 (6.7%)

Overgrowth by Mira Grant (May 2025)
23 (51.1%)

The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (July 2024)
22 (48.9%)

Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata (April 2025)
9 (20.0%)

The Sea Eternal by Emery Robin (March 2025)
10 (22.2%)

The Moon the Sun Forgot by B.J. Wagner (March 2025)
10 (22.2%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
34 (75.6%)

Nice to see you double-checked the question this week.
14 (31.1%)

Five books and two magazines new to me.

Books Received, November 30 — December 6

Poll #32337 Books Received, November 30 — December 6

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Which 2000 Nebula Finalist Novels Have You Read?

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Level: Unknown by David Dalglish (January 2025)
3 (6.5%)

The Dark Issue 115 published by the Dark Magazine (December 2024)
3 (6.5%)

The Witch Roads by Kate Elliott (June 2025)
25 (54.3%)

If Wishes Were Retail by Auston Habershaw (June 2025)
18 (39.1%)

Locus, December 2024 published by Locus Publications (December 2024)
4 (8.7%)

Amplitudes edited by Lee Mandelo (May 2025)
10 (21.7%)

The Sufi Storyteller by Faiqa Mansab (March 2025)
22 (47.8%)

Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.2%)

Cats!
34 (73.9%)

Reviewers should time reviews with release dates in mind
16 (34.8%)

Reviewers should read interesting-looking books as soon as they get them
19 (41.3%)

Just three new books this week.

Books Received, November 23 — November 29

Poll #32286 Books Received, November 23 — November 29

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The Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older (June 2025)
31 (64.6%)

Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi (May 2025)
19 (39.6%)

Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang (May 2025)
27 (56.2%)

Some other option (see comments)
2 (4.2%)

Cats!
36 (75.0%)

Ten books new to me, science fiction and fantasy. Also, I see from the first book there is a Robert Jackson Bennett I missed.

Books Received, November 16 — November 22

Poll #32256 Books Received, November 16 — November 22

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A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett (April 2025)
23 (48.9%)

When The Wolf Comes Home by Nat Cassidy (April 2025)
4 (8.5%)

Abeni and the Kingdom of Gold by P. Djèlí Clark (April 2025)
24 (51.1%)

The Third Rule of Time Travel by Philip Fracassi (March 2025)
13 (27.7%)

The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson (April 2025)
21 (44.7%)

Interstellar Megachef by Lavanya Lakshminarayan (November 2024)
12 (25.5%)

Anji Kills a King by Evan Leikam (May 2025
11 (23.4%)

To Steal from Thieves by M.K. Lobb (November 2025)
9 (19.1%)

The Hatter’s Daughter by W.A. Simpson (April 2025)
10 (21.3%)

The Gaia Chime by Johnny Worthen (March 2025)
4 (8.5%)

Some other option (see comments)
0 (0.0%)

Cats!
31 (66.0%)

A large assortment of new works this week.

Books Received, November 9 to November 15

Poll #32230 Books Received, November 9 to November 15

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A Simple Twist of Fate by April Asher (May 2025)
6 (12.0%)

The Vampire Tapestry by Suzy McKee Charnas (March 2024)
24 (48.0%)

The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst (July 2024)
18 (36.0%)

Eat the Ones You Love by Sarah Maria Griffin (April 2025)
5 (10.0%)

Mapping the Interior by Stephen Graham Jones (April 2025)
16 (32.0%)

Deliverance of Dragons by Mercedes Lackey & James Mallory (May 2025)
4 (8.0%)

Reluctant Witch by Melissa Marr (April 2025)
7 (14.0%)

The Last Voyage by Brian D. McLaren (July 2025)
2 (4.0%)

Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern by Takuma Okada (November 2024)
15 (30.0%)

Esperance by Adam Oyebanji (May 2025)
16 (32.0%)

A Far Better Thing by H. G. Parry (June 2025)
9 (18.0%)

The Emilie Adventures by Martha Wells (May 2025)
35 (70.0%)

Some other option (See comments)
2 (4.0%)

Cats
29 (58.0%)

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