Its one-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out authors and books, to boldly go where few readers have gone before….(okay, a lot of us have gone here by now, just roll with it!) Want to know more? From r/fantasy:įantasy Book Bingo is a yearly reading challenge within the r/fantasy community. There’s an official r/Fantasy 2020 Book Bingo Challenge here, and the authors specify which bingo squares their books fit here. Join the SPFBO Facebook group! And you can find a full list of this year’s entries and which bloggers will be reading them here, a Goodreads list here, and a Google Sheet here. The SPFBO covers fantasy, including romantic fantasy, fantasy romance, and reverse-harem fantasy! (And we have a list for you below submitted from the authors themselves.

It exists to help readers select, from the enormous range of options, books that have a better chance of entertaining them than a random choice, thereby increasing reader faith in finding a quality self-published read. It exists to find excellent books that might otherwise have gone unnoticed. The SPFBO exists to shine a light on self-published fantasy. For the past five years, Mark Lawrence in conjunction with a group of awesome bloggers has run the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO), and this year is the sixth! From the man himself: Self-published books can have a difficult time getting into book awards and being chosen for reviews by prestigious book bloggers. Many of the book recommendations made there are novels written by independent (“indie”) authors, who don’t go through a traditional publishing house like Penguin or Hachette, but oversee their books’ preparation and publishing on their own. If you like emotional journeys, memorable characters, and enduring romance, then you'll adore Billie Kowalewski's mind-bending novel.If you’re a member of our Facebook group, chances are you’re familiar with self-published books. And Harmony is perplexed by the clues that point to a charming classmate and a fateful promise to tie their destinies.Ĭan Harmony reveal the deeper truth behind her star-struck love affairs and put an end to her unlucky streak?Įnlightened is the first book in a fascinating YA paranormal fantasy series. But she's surprised to awake in the afterlife, flooded with memories of former lives, each ending in accidental deaths.Īs a student of the hereafter, she works with her spirit guide to find answers to the troubling pattern.

After five long years mourning the loss of her soulmate, she meets her own tragic demise.

Tragedy seems to follow Harmony like a rain cloud.

Winner 2017 INDEPENDENT PRESS AWARD Distinguished FavoritesĢ019 Readers' Favorite Silver Medal Winner in the Young Adult - Fantasy - General genre Will she ever uncover the key to eternal happiness and lasting love?

Enlightened by Billie Kowalewski