Blog Tour: Mage of Fools by Eugen Bacon

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 ~ Jodie Sloan ~ 1 Comment

We’re deviating from our usual posting schedule to bring you another blog tour! Say hello to Mage of Fools by Eugen Bacon!

In Mafinga, the men are dead, the sun will kill you, and stories are banned. With the king under the thumb of the sorcerer Atari, there’s little hope for the women and children left behind. And yet, resistance is brewing.

When an old flame reappears in Jasmin’s life and the forbidden story machine she’d so carefully hidden is discovered, the factory worker and her children are thrown headlong into a plot that will change Mafinga forever.

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Blog tour: Last Resort by Josh Reynolds

January 20, 2022 ~ Jodie Sloan ~ Leave a comment

I made it one of my 2022 Bookish Goals to take part in three blog tours this year, and it’s already time to tick off the first one! Say hello to Josh Reynolds‘ zombie adventure, Last Resort!

Set in the world of Guillotine Games’ Zombicide board game series, Last Resort follows a group of survivors as they search the Adirondacks for The Villa, the rumoured safe house of a local mafia kingpin. For former FBI agent Ramirez, The Villa offers a vital refuge for the people under her care. But for Westlake, a thief-turned-informant who once escaped Ramirez, there’s an altogether different motive: revenge.

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It’s time to Beat the Backlist!

January 14, 2022February 16, 2022 ~ Jodie Sloan ~ Leave a comment

Beat the Backlist is back for 2022, and I’m ready to tackle all those unread books from years gone by!

For the uninitiated, Beat the Backlist is a yearly reading challenge run by Austine Decker with just one simple goal – to read as many books as possible from your TBR, provided they were published prior to the year of the challenge. This means anything 2021 and earlier is fair game this year!

There’s prompts and bingo cards if you’re into that kind of thing, as well as a reading tracker spreadsheet, and groups set up in places like StoryGraph and GoodReads. For more info, be sure to head to the Beat the Backlist website HERE.

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