August Updates (2024)

Greetings

Welcome to the Books That Burn Fortnightly Roundup! Releasing every two weeks (one week early for Patrons).

You may ask, if I haven’t been reviewing for the last month or so, what have I been up to?

I’ve been re-reading the Inheritance series by A.K. Faulkner and the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire in order to draft a five-part essay series on various aspects of long book series.

The first of those essays is now available to everyone, and the second is available for Patrons.

I’m also helping to judge an indie writing contest, which has meant reading a lot of things I’m not yet allowed to talk about, all of which made it harder to actually review anything. I’m working on getting back up to speed, but reviews may be sparse for a bit.

News and Events

I track upcoming book releases by authors we've previously covered on a shareable google calendar.

I don’t have any releases of note for August, so here’s a head start on next month!

Notable SEPTEMBER Releases:

• Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White (September 3rd)

• A Dark and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft

Recent Reviews

SIGILS OF SPRING by A.K. Faulkner, book 7 of Inheritance is Fantasy/Romance, with queer character(s), marketed as Adult. Quentin has a stalker, a "ghost hunter" who is determined to discover Quentin's secret at any cost. Apparently, not even kidnapping is off the table. Told in Third Person with Dual POVs.

Current Reads

I’m currently re-reading PAGE OF TRICKS in order to get the timeline for a playlist.

Songs and Playlists

Sometimes I make book playlists, either chronological or character-vibes. You can find all of those here.

This fortnight’s featured playlist is: A chronological, chapter-by-chapter playlist for HELL FOLLOWED WITH US by Andrew Joseph White.

In Case You Missed It

This time last year I read the first of the Demon King’s Gardener books, “In Which a Demon King Does Not Have a Romantic Interest in his Human Gardener” by Aurora Lee Thornton.

Pluggables and Podcast News

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Thanks for reading, the next roundup will be in two weeks!

-Robin

Co-host of Books That Burn

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