#debut novels

[fictionophile]

"Crow Moon" by Suzy Aspley - Book Review @OrendaBooks #CrowMoon @Writer_Suzy #BookReview #BlogTour #MarthaStrangewaysInvestigation @RandomTTours

“When the crow moon rises, the darkness is unleashed…” Martha Strangeways has endured many traumas in her life. She lost her family at a young age and was put into care. Most recently, she lost her three-year-old twin boys in a house fire. More loss than most people can imagine… Martha works worked as an award-winning investigative journalist. She was attending a press conference when her partner…

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#crime fiction #debut novels #journalists #recommended reading #Scotland

[mylifeinfiction]

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

She wasn't going to turn her back on magic and impossibility.

I ended up enjoying The Book of Doors quite a bit despite its many irksome flaws. Gareth Brown's debut novel suffers the same frustrating problems we so often see in debuts. Its clunky narrative mechanics, uneven character development, and unfocused world-building kept me from really getting into this one for far too long given the fact that it's premise is so ridiculously far up my alley.

However, once those hurdles are cleared, we're given more of the special books, and the endgame begins to come into focus, we're given an entertaining final third that brings creatively violent action together with character moments that felt true and some interesting ideas that tie the books themes together rather effectively. It's nothing earth-shattering, and it doesn't reinvent the wheel (if it's trying to, it's a resounding failure), but once you get past the awkwardness of the first third's storytelling, you get an exciting adventure that shows a playful understanding of the magic of books.

7/10

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

#booklr #book review #the book of doors #gareth brown #new books #fantasy books #2024 books #debut books #debut novels #library book #books #readers of tumblr #reading #fiction #book reviews #books & libraries #2024

[millennial-book-review]

Debut Books of 2023

The year's almost over, and I want to talk about some of my favorite debut novels of the year.

My favorite thing about each new year is finding new authors. I previously talked about the Best New (To Me) Author of 2023. Today, I want to share my five favorite debut books (and authors) of the year. Please note: this list is not in any particular order. Dream to Me by Megan Paasch This was a book that took me by surprise. The premise seemed interesting enough, but the story blew me away,…

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#2023 #debut authors #debut novels #Discussion

[bunnybirds]

In Princess Aster's world, bunnybirds live in contented isolation, keeping themselves detached from the world in order to practice magic. Nothing is ever wrong, and no one is ever angry...even as Aster's people seem to be slowly disappearing. When her father is next to vanish, Aster resolves to find and rescue the missing bunnybirds—even if it means journeying over the rim of the world itself!

My middle grade graphic novel is officially available for preorder! Bunnybirds is a story about trauma, friendship, and my experience with autistic masking. It was drawn entirely with Prismacolor colored pencils and Pandafly markers, with Photoshop applied for color enhancement and text.

Check it out maybe! :D

That last panel with Carlin (the brown bunnybird) facing the corner was directly inspired by this wonderful TMA comic by @nubs-mbee!

#colored pencil #2024 debut #graphic novel #if you're wondering whether the bunnies are gay #of course they're gay who do you think I am #they get a lil face-lick kiss as the end of the book #and Carlin is explicitly referred to as Aster's girlfriend in book two #there's poly on the horizon as well if my publisher allows it! Keep your fingers crossed for me y'all

[lizfielding99]

Joan Hessayon Award 2023

Joan Hessayon Award I’m absolutely thrilled to announce that Dark Sanctuary by Sarah Callejo is an contender for the prize this year, which will be awarded at the Gala Dinner at Romantic Novelists’ Association‘s conference in July. Dark Sanctuary Best-selling author, Katie Fforde, said of Dark Sanctuary, that it is “An intriguing tale from an exciting new talent.”  And a 5* review on Amazon sums…

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#Dark Sanctuary #Debut Novels #Dr David Hessayon OBE #Joan Hessayon Award #RNA Conference #Romantic Novelists&039; Association #Sarah Callejo #Spellbound Books

[humans-are-tasty]

#whatever #sir crocodile #dracule mihawk #animation #crochawk #one piece #cross guild #my art #these are from the past few weeks except the gif which is early january #some are from pengu's whiteboard #i can't believe i'm still drawing crocodile and it's been over two years #this has been an s-tier hyperfixation #catboy mihawk #and autistic mihawk is kinda real to me #also if you're around toronto i'll be at TCAF in May debuting a graphic novel #it's not for fandom but if you're interested in comics and art come by... admission is free #i love mihawk's moustache... i hope he grows it long so it can be twirled / pulled on....

[holley4734]

Top Ten Tuesday: 2023 Debut Novels

@ArtsyReaderGirl @BlazedRTs @LovingBlogs @bloggingbeesrt #bloggingbeesrt #booktwitter #books #toptentuesday #booktwt @bibliophileRT @bloggershutRT @allthoseblogs

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#books #debut novels #featured #Top Ten Tuesday

[wifegideonnav]

#just finished an unbelievably good genre defying yet not medium defying debut novel and I want to understand it better #next should I read the literal Bible or the. thing. that’s even longer than the literal Bible? #should i go for the foundation of western culture or the foundation of internet culture? #op #tlt #tlt memes

[wasty28]

Reading Trash of the count's family and Debut or die at the same time is so funny sometimes.

In one book the MC curses, kidnap, rob, scam, beat up the bad guys at any given occasion but in the other he's like "these fucking bast-...,no let's calm down", I need to keep being level-headed.

#they are fundamentally different genre of novel so it is to be expected #but the difference is so funny especially when you've been reading tcf for a while only to come to dob and see that reaction #when they do share many similitudes #trash of the count's family #lout of the count’s family #tcf novel #text post #debut or die #park moondae #cale henituse

[princessu-sumi]

i want more art for this fandom so i'll make my contribution - here's park moondae!

#debut or die #park moondae #my fanart #i enjoy the webtoon and novel so much! #we need more art for the fandom! this is my part🤠 #a live action or anime adaptation would go so hard i'm praying for it

[fictionophile]

"Where They Lie" by Claire Couglan - Book Review @HarperPerennial #WhereTheyLie @Claire_Coughlan #BookReview #IrishFiction #NetGalley

“Some stories demand to be told. They keep coming back, echoing down through the decades, until they find a teller.” Always one to love discovering a debut novel, this one certainly delivered! A.I. rendering of Nicoletta Sarto as imagined by Fictionophile “Where They Lie” tells the story of Dublin journalist Nicoletta Sarto. In 1968 she is working for the Irish Sentinel. She is ambitious and…

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#debut novels #Ireland #journalists #mystery fiction #recommended reading #stand-alone novels

[mylifeinfiction]

Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

"It's an invocation."

Sadly, this one was a letdown. I've really liked how dark LaRocca's novellas and short stories I've read have been, but this just didn't have the same fearlessness in its storytelling. Sure, it does get really dark at times, but it never goes as far as it should. It really feels like two separate novellas edited together. And each one only ever occasionally works on its own, so having them stitched to one another only further messes with the already awkward pacing and poor character development. The main plot has this really intriguing idea which LaRocca is sadly just never able to maintain control over in order to stick the landing. I love both cosmic and religious horror, and there was enough of a seed here to nail the union of the two, but the story's poorly developed characters and unfocused pacing really made this miss the mark. And while the subplot very well might have worked wonders as a short story, as it is, the characters are just too stupid to fill out a longer page count. What a bummer.

3/10

-Timothy Patrick Boyer.

#booklr #horror books #eric larocca #everything the darkness eats #new books #book reviews #book review #books #readers of tumblr #reading #horror fiction #cosmic horror #religious horror #lgbtq books #2023 #2023 books #library books #debut novels

[millennial-book-review]

Debut Novels of the Year

The year's almost over, and I want to talk about some of my favorite debut novels of the year.

My favorite thing about each new year is finding new authors. I previously talked about the Best New (To Me) Authors I found this year. Today, I want to share my four favorite debut novels (and authors) of the year. Please note: this list is not in any particular order. Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan This was a book that I picked solely for the cover, to be perfectly honest. The…

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#2022 #debut authors #debut novels #Discussion

[lemonadeslice]

accidentally got invested in final space last week. my favorites are the wunderkind kitty cat and the space war-criminal his dad! 💙🧡

#i have repeatedly forgotten to watch the show since the pilot debuted BUT the graphic novel news finally got me to do it #my verdict is that it is VERY hit or miss but it mostly hits. it's pretty cute #final space #avocato #little cato #hysterical to do the ''violent merc with a dark past'' shtick and then name the guy avocado. by the way. genius. #oh also when i say ''favorites'' i doooo mean ''basically the only ones i cared about by the end'' #but i meeean. like it's myyy fault they did a solid father son dynamic and then threw in some VERY unexpected curveballs. i had no choice.

[navaratna]

intj kr novel/ mcs who are handsome, have unaliving tendencies, become rich, parental issues, found family, good scamming & bluffing skils, close with men who dress in black who might have wanted to kill them first(?) but cant seem to leave them alone afterwards deserve all the love.

#intj #mbti intj #korean novel #kim dokja #omniscient reader's viewpoint #orv #lcf #cale henituse #the lout of the counts family #trash of the count's family #tcf #debut or die #demotjuk #dod #intj mcs #park moondae #you see i have a type #love all of them #i too am an intj so i relate (in some aspects) #the men in black are yes yjh ch and chr obviously

[laylakingwrites]

Hey! I am an author who has just finished writing their first book and I want to know if it’s something people will read, so let me give you guys the low down on here!

♡ High fantasy romance!!!

♡ Follows the perspective of the morally gray male rather than the female.

♡ Gambling raccoon??? (Like come on! Hell yeah!)

♡ LGBTQ and all inclusive!!!!!!

♡ Villain gets the girl?

♡ You don’t know who’s lying until the very end!

Basic Synopsis:

Morally gray guy is tasked by a nobleman he doesn’t like to bring runaway girl back home. However, after meeting this girl he starts to realize that her father has sinister plans for her and she is not who she says she is either. Our morally gray guy also isn’t sure he can turn her in anymore.

Our working title is The Prince of Lies!

#female writers #writers on tumblr #writer community #authors #debut author #new author #new books #book blog #bookblr #bookworm #books and reading #would you read this? #fantasy #fantasy novel #romance #dnd