I would go with Spider-Man side of the shelf as even though it’s Kurt under the hood. He operating as the webhead. Thus his mutant status has no bearing

Review: The Republic of Memory by Mahmud El Sayed

Today we're reviewing The Republic of Memory, a deep dive into a fully realized culture that has uniquely evolved in support of its mission - and is now questioning that mission.

Thanks to @sagapressbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!

Full Review:

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I mean, I AM going to leave the book discounted at 0.99 overnight on Amazon because I can't be fucked to mess about with it now.

So, like, if you were thinking of grabbing it, you've got one last chance here. I'm leaving it on the table unguarded and walking away.

Unicorn hunters 🤩🤩🤩

Review: The Fake Divination Offense by Sara Raasch

Today we're reviewing The Fake Divination Offense, a sports romance meets D&D! This is another heartfelt story full of adventure, love, and healing from Sara Raasch.

Thanks to Bramble Romance for the ARC!

Eternity in Their Hearts by K. J. Khan Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

Woof. Another hard-hitting @clarkesworldmagazine.com story

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#SPFBOXI #SPFBOReviews

He’s the perfect guy for Conan. Can’t wait to see what springs from his mind 😀

It's been an embarrassingly long time since this booktuber did a TBR/MBR 🫣

Spring is a time of renewal (right?) so I figured it was a good time to start again 😂

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Cover of RABBIT TEST AND OTHER STORIES by Nebula Award-Winner Samantha Mills, author of The Wings Upon Her Back. The text "Rabbit Test" is enlarged to take up most of the cover, using a thick stylized font. "Rabbit" is white with a black rabbit sitting in the bottom center of "A," and "Test" is bright dark pink. The background is black.

Headshot of Samantha Mills next to a tree

"Short stories are a beautiful collaboration between creator and audience, in which the author has a scant number of sentences to make their case, and the reader is asked to imagine the rest."

@samtasticbooks.com on short fiction:

www.fantasybookcafe.com/2026/04/wome...

#Books #BookSky 📚💙 📚🪐

Conan: Gold for Dark Gods by Jonathan French: 9781835418260 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books A new chapter of the Titan comics & Heroic Signatures massive narrative event: Tides of the Tyrant-King, marking the return of Thulsa Doom and his cataclysmic evil. In this hair-raising heist story,.....

You can preorder it from your preferred seller

Jonathan French on Instagram: "Pre-order the book at your favorite local book store or online retailer. Crom, count the presales! #conanthebarbarian #conanthedestroyer #fantasybooks #bookworm #boo... 1 likes, 0 comments - bastardauthor on April 7, 2026: "Pre-order the book at your favorite local book store or online retailer. Crom, count the presales! #conanthebarbarian #conanthedestroyer #fan...

Holy cow, Jonathan French is writing an official Conan the Barbarian novel titled “Conan: Gold for the Dark Gods” via @titanbooks.bsky.social
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Another one of the big giveaways is where their IP address originates. It’s a simple matter of looking at email time and cross-reffing it to a service like Statcounter ( which has a free tier)

It’s not always Nigeria, but it definitely often is

The cover sits in the center of the image. The cover shows the title done in sky blue, thin, straight letters stacked with one word on each line. The background of the cover is some type of spectrograph on a dark background, but shown on its side and blurred slightly. The lowest peaks are a deep red and fade into a subtle rainbow as they get higher. The background of the image is the same picture, sans words, but with the negative of the colors.

ICYMI: @kitvaria.bsky.social reviews @kyliu99.bsky.social's All That We See or Seem! - JI 🐉

"A confident start to a new series from an author who clearly has things to say about where technology and humanity are headed."

fantasy-faction.com/2026/all-tha... #booksky 💙🪐📚

It’s been so much fun 😀

Bonus Scene: Not A Hair On Her Head - ILONA ANDREWS No book is ever long enough for the Book Devouring Horde! House Andrews gifted us a little more. This bonus scene is safe after Page 438, last scene of Chapter 40 of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me Lady...

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Powerful. Dangerous. The world at his feet.

Until Maggie.

Golden Knight art by the immensely talented helena.illustrate

COVER REVEAL: Death Has Joined the Party: A LitRPG Dungeon Crawl (Mana Runners Book #1) by Rachel Aaron & Travis Bach Speculative fiction book reviews.

Checkout the amazing cover for @rachel-aaron.bsky.social & Travis Bach’s upcoming new book releasing tomorrow DEATH HAS JOINED THE PARTY (Mana Runners #1)

Read the first two chapters & the audio sample (narrated by Nicholas Cain)

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

New York Times Cuts Ties With Book Review Writer Over AI Use | Exclusive The New York Times has cut ties with a freelancer of his reliance on AI.

As I was drafting (another) post about LLM use in literature, this news story popped into my feed. Paywalled but the tl;dr is a freelance book reviewer used LLMs to write a NYT review and the LLMs plagiarized from a Guardian review.

Oop

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Review: This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona Andrews Speculative fiction book reviews.

Also since we loved it so much, we have another review as well

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie The Undying #1) by Ilona Andrews (reviewed by Mihir Wanchoo) Speculative fiction book reviews.

Filled with mesmerizing characters, a medieval fantasy world that defies genre trappings & a hope-filled story that evokes joy. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by @ilonaandrews.bsky.social is out today via @torbooks.bsky.social & @uktor.bsky.social

Checkout our review

Review: Platform Decay by Martha Wells

Murderbot is back and its bringing its trademark action, deadpan humor, and heart with it!

Thanks @torbooks.bsky.social for the ARC!

Our Review:

This series is excellent! If you're a fan of Mass Effect (and aren't we all?) this will ABSOLUTELY be your jam!

Congrats on wrapping this up, @jeremyszal.bsky.social. You should be incredibly proud of these books!

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie The Undying #1) by Ilona Andrews (reviewed by Mihir Wanchoo) Speculative fiction book reviews.

Releasing in less than 6 days, the best epic fantasy you will read in 2026. THIS KINGDOM WILL NOT KILL ME by @ilonaandrews.bsky.social & via @torbooks.bsky.social

Review: The Fox and the Devil by Kiersten White

Today we're reviewing The Fox and the Devil, an engrossing globetrotting supernatural mystery across Europe, even when the central relationship doesn't quite work.

Thanks to Del Rey for the ARC!

Full Review:

SPFBO 2026 Semi Finalist pick //lisadoeslife YouTube video by Lisa does Life

Lisa helps select FBC’s 4th #SPFBOXI semifinalist #SPFBO #SPFBOReviews

🍄 EBOOK PRE-ORDER AVAILABLE 🍣
In case you missed yesterday’s reveal, my new Fungalverse novel A MURDER MOST FUNGAL is releasing on June 16th in paperback, hardcover and eBook. But you can also PRE-ORDER the eBook TODAY on Amazon!!!

Check it out HERE: amazon.com/dp/B0GSW6DKM4

‘The Terror: Devil In Silver’ Sets Premiere Date At AMC+ & Shudder AMC+ and Shudder have set Thursday, May 7 for the premiere of The Terror: Devil in Silver, the third installment in the popular anthology series.

WE MADE A TELEVISION SHOW.

@victorlavalle.bsky.social & I adapted his incredible book The Devil in Silver into a new season of THE TERROR alongside Karyn Kusama & Ridley Scott.

Dan Stevens will blow you away this. So will Judith Light. CCH Pounder. Stephen Root. The cast is stacked.

May 7th. 😈 🚪🔒

Thank you for taking part in the reveal @fantasybookcritic.bsky.social 🙌🙌🙌