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Wyrd and Wonder 2023

Wyrd and Wonder: Historical Fantasy

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Fantasy as a genre encompasses many subgenres, one of which is historical fantasy. This subgenre incorporates fantasy elements into a specified historical setting. For example, someone could write a book set in 17th century Scotland that incorporates magic and mythical creatures.

In continuation of celebrating fantasy, today’s Wyrd and Wonder prompt is historical fantasy. Below is a list of historical fantasies I have read and enjoyed. Hopefully this gives you some ideas to include on your To Be Read list! The book covers link to their respective Goodreads pages.

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Wyrd and Wonder 2023

Wyrd and Wonder: Best Laid Plans

Published on by Celeste19 Comments

It’s the first day of Wyrd and Wonder 2023, everyone! How exciting! I first found out about this social media platform-crossing event last year. So this is my second time joining and I’m pumped! For those unaware of this event, Wyrd and Wonder is an annual celebration of all aspects of the fantasy genre as an enthusiastic party of adventurers put it front and centre on blogs and other platforms. For more information on how to participate, check out Imyril’s post here. Prompt challenges and read-a-long information are here.

The first prompt is “best laid plans.” Since interpretations of prompts aren’t set in stone, I choose to use this prompt as a way to show off my May TBR list. Since Wyrd and Wonder celebrates fantasy, this month’s TBR is exclusively within that genre. Below are the books I hope to read. Will I stick to this list? Who knows?!

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On My Radar April Book Blog Posts

Published on by Celeste10 Comments

Here we go again! It’s time for another On My Radar bookish post round up. Featured below are some of the posts I read during April. Maybe you saw some of these, or maybe this list will introduced you to some posts you might’ve missed this month. Either way, enjoy this round up of on my radar bookish posts.

What are some posts you enjoyed that I didn’t include here? I can’t be everywhere in the book blogger-verse, so please feel free to link a post you appreciated!

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April 2023 TBR List

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I’ve already read two of the three advanced review copies (ARCs) I received for April releases. But I still have plenty left to read, as we all do! My April 2023 TBR list is a combination of April and May ARCs along with a library and backlist book.

As always, I’m sure I’ll throw other books into this list on a whim, too. Lately I tend to have a nonfiction book as a backburner audiobook for when I do mundane household activities. I also have a novella and graphic novel checked out of the library at the moment.

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Anticipated Book Releases

Anticipated Second Quarter Book Releases

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Hello, April, my birthday month! So nice to see you! Tomorrow I will be solidly in my mid-30s and I’m not sure how I feel about that. Actually, I know how I feel about that and I refuse to further acknowledge it. 🙂 So, let’s talk books! Specifically, my anticipated 2023 second quarter book releases! This means I’ll list books that will be published between April and June in the United States.

Hang on, friends, because there’s a lot of fun to go around. There are a lot of books to include in my anticipated 2023 second quarter book releases, but I had to cut myself off. Of course, there’s no way I’ll read all of these over the next three months. But it’s also a nice alternative way, outside of Goodreads, to keep track of books I find interesting.

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