Well, this is a larger post than my usual “On My Radar” segments for no particular reason. The extra time spent accumulating this awesome content means you, dear readers, get to visit even more awesome posts. So, please feel free to peruse this list of some of the reviews, discussions, and bookish miscellany I noted in this On My Radar February 2024 edition.
Reviews
- THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST By Premee Mohamed – Review by Tammy at Books, Bones & Buffy
- Book Review – Voyage of the Damned by Chris at Biblio Nerd Reflections
- Book Review: The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett by Shazzie at reader@work
- Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett by Dini at Dini Panda Reads
- Book Review: Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa by Sarah at Exploring All Genres
- Review: A City on Mars by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith by Shellyrae at Book’d Out
- Review: House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas by Leslie at Books Are the New Black
- Fathomfolk by Nicole at Thoughts Stained With Ink
- The Lost Rainforests of Britain – Book Review by Janette at Wicked Witch’s Blog
- Book Review: Illuminations by Kate at Blogging With Dragons
- Book Review – RELICS OF RUIN by Erin M Evans by Nick at Out of This World SFF
- The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown by Jodie at Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
- Queen of None by Natania Barron by Jodie at Witty and Sarcastic Bookclub
- Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman: A Tale of Second Acts and Second Chances by H.C. Newton at The Irresponsible Reader
- Arc review: Dreams of Fire by Shauna Lawless by Sue at Sue’s Musings
Discussion
- Why Libraries Aren’t the Best Place for “Staff Anti-Picks” or Other Negative Book Displays by Krysta at Pages Unbound
- The Science of Oppenheimer by Sifa at Sifa Elizabeth Reads
- Watching Killers of the Flower Moon With the Eyes of a Once Upon History Teacher by Michael at My Comic Relief
- A Beginner’s Guide to Falling in Love with Audiobooks by Charvi at Not Just Fiction
Bookish Miscellany
- My Content is Being Stolen by Alli at Alli the Book Giraffe (a call to bloggers to check that their content hasn’t been swiped)
- Blogging: Disclosure Statements for Sponsored Content by Jo Linsdell
- Books with Dragons???? for Chinese New Year of the Dragon!???? by Cat at The Strawberry Post
- Trope-ical Readathon March 2024 Announcement by Jen at JenJen Reviews
- Most Anticipated: Spring 2024 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Releases by Caitlin at Realms of My Mind
- LeVar Burton to Release 2 New Books: ‘It’s Time for Me to Speak’ (Exclusive) by Lizz Schumer at People
- ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ TV Series Still in Development at Hulu For Now, Despite Report — But Future Is Murky by Jennifer Maas at Variety
- Personal Thoughts: I’m honestly a little bit glad it’s not in active development. There is so much pressure from fans to get an adaptation just right that I don’t know if one could ever live up to expectations. Even fan casting on social media, which is all in good fun, is a hot bed of commentary. I’m personally fine if this never gets adapted. But if it does, I lean toward the option of adapting it as an animated series. (Though it would be really cool to see Velaris in a live action adaptation.) I’m sick of live-action adaptations being canceled because of costs or not being faithful to the original work (because things have to be sped up for cost). Shadow and Bone comes to my mind, though I know fans of The Witcher series weren’t happy with the Netflix adaptation, either.
Anyway, that’s a wrap for the On My Radar February 2024 roundup! I hope you found something interesting to hop over to from the list!
Thanks for including my review???? Looks like lots of great content to read this month!
You’re welcome, Tammy! Yes, lots of great content, once again!
Thanks for including my post. I hope it’s useful. Will be checking out the others. A great selection this month!
You’re welcome, Jo!
Thank you for including me in your roundup!
You’re welcome!
Thank you for including me! I agree with your thoughts on the ACOTAR adaptation. While it would be cool to see the world developed in live action, I’m not confident that it can be done well or that it won’t get cancelled after one season like so many other shows recently. Given its popularity, I think it is highly likely a show would end up making a lot of people mad regardless of its quality because there is no way for them to adapt each person’s headcanon.
You’re welcome! Yea I worry with any kind of adaptation of ACOTAR that they’d speed through the story (like with Shadow & Bone) & just destroy the careful character development SJM wrote. Plus ACOTAR is 4.5 books, each seemingly longer than the last. Not to mention how to cast the “perfect” actor for Rhysand & actress for Feyre. Personally, I have fairly distinct images of them in my head & I don’t want those superseded by any actor lol.
Wow! I always love your On my Radar posts and this one is definitely a mega edition. Thank you so much for including my review.
I can’t see how ACOTAR could possibly please everyone and the cost of doing it properly would surely be prohibitive. Animation could well be the way to go.
Glad you enjoy them! ???? Yea I don’t think an adaptation could please everyone…the fandom can be a bit extra sometimes lol.
Thank you for sharing! You really did a lot of work on this round-up!
You’re welcome! Thinking more on it, maybe I also rounded up more reviews because there were so many good fantasy releases this month!
Thanks for the share! Will be checking out the other links.
You’re welcome!
I already said it on twitter but thank you so much for including me! 🙂 <3
You’re very welcome!
Thank you for putting this together! I always discover new blogs and posts thanks to you ????
You’re welcome! Glad you found some new blogs to visit!
Thank you so much for sharing my post <3
You’re welcome!