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In May I mentioned how I wanted to make my own special edition book. Well, I did it!! To recap: this idea started when I read about someone else making their own special edition book. I became ob...

https://www.nosegraze.com/leather-bound-illustrated-edition-lord-fading-lands-c-l-wilson/

Nov 19th Update: I did it! Read the follow-up post. Last week I read a post where someone documented how they created their own leather-bound edition of Gardens of the Moon. Safe to say I became ...

https://www.nosegraze.com/custom-special-edition-book/

Below is a list of 20 fantasy books releasing in 2022 that I hope to read (is that ambitious?). This list just covers books publishing through July 2022; I’ll be back in a few months with the s...

https://www.nosegraze.com/2022-fantasy-releases-part-1/

I was really excited for The Shadow of the Gods because I wasn’t impressed with Malice and was really curious to see how John Gwynne has changed as a writer since his debut novel. At the beginn...

https://www.nosegraze.com/shadow-gods-john-gwynne/

I already published a list of 2022 young adult fantasy books to watch, now here’s the adult SFF list! It’s mostly fantasy, with a sci-fi thrown in here and there. Most of these books don’t ...

https://www.nosegraze.com/2022-adult-sff-releases-to-watch/

Most of these books don’t have covers or exact release dates yet, other than “sometime in 2022”. But this is a list of young adult fantasy books I’ve found — mostly via their deal annou...

https://www.nosegraze.com/2022-ya-fantasy-releases-to-watch/

All I’ve been hearing about lately is The Faithful and the Fallen. Everyone says this series is amazing, one of the best, etc. Well I guess I’m the odd one out because wow that was boring! Ma...

https://www.nosegraze.com/malice-faithful-fallen-john-gwynne/

I just checked my email, and if that’s correct, the last advanced reading copy (ARC) I requested and was approved for was in December 2017 (The Smoke Thieves by Sally Green). It’s obviously b...

https://www.nosegraze.com/pros-cons-requesting-advanced-reading-copies/

The Throne of the Five Winds was one of my top reads so far this year, so naturally I had high hopes for the sequel. Luckily I wasn’t disappointed! The Poison Prince continued everything I love...

https://www.nosegraze.com/poison-prince/

May 2021 is looking to be an awesome month for releases! I’ve put together a list of 10 books you can look forward to. A few have links to purchase signed copies from Goldsboro Books. Project H...

https://www.nosegraze.com/books-releasing-may-2021/