A Fond Farewell to Bookish Beyond Hi guys, Welcome back to Bookish Beyond. Hopefully, you are all having an enjoyable start to the spring and summer months. This week, I have some personal news regarding the Bookish Beyond blog. Bookish Beyond Will Be Closing its Doors After many enjoyable years of running the Bookish Beyond blog, I have decided to bring this website to a close. Its official closing date with be the 23rd of June, 2023. While books are still an important part of my life, I no longer have as much time to dedicate to the upkeep of this blog, with university study and work competi ..read more

Screamcatcher: Sa’be Most Monstrous, by Christy. J. Breedlove Hey guys, welcome back to Bookish Beyond. How have you been? Today, I’m excited to be reviewing Screamcatcher: Sa’be Most Monstrous, by Christy. J. Breedlove. So, if you’ve got your favourite drink to hand and are all settled in, let’s begin. About Once again, the Badlands Paranormal Society has landed themselves a fascinating case. Jory Pike (their leader) is considering a more settled future with her fiancé Choice when she receives a phone call about a missing person and some unusual activity in a remote forest area. With Jory’s b ..read more

Journey to Justice: The Adventures of Spider and Ruby, by Tanni Haas: Hey guys, welcome back to Bookish Beyond. How have you been? Today, I’m reviewing a gripping and meaningful dystopian book entitled Journey to Justice: The Adventures of Spider and Ruby, by the author Tanni Haas. So, if you’ve got your favourite drink to hand and are all settled in, let’s begin. About The world has been flooded with water; now desperate families live on houseboats, doing their best to survive under the rule of a small group of powerful people who live on a man-made island. Families are given a ‘three-mile zo ..read more

Pick Your Scar, by Boshra Rasti Hey guys, welcome back to Bookish Beyond. How have you been? Today, I’m excited to be reviewing Pick Your Scar, a gripping sci-fi / dystopian novel by Boshra Rasti. So, if you’ve got your favourite drink to hand and are all settled in, let’s begin. About The story is set in Pamora, a peaceful and idyllic land. Here, physicists have uncovered a fifth dimension, which they believe could be the key to altering unpleasant life events. These professionals seek volunteers over the age of eighteen, to help search for the fifth dimension. Matadar and Arelaine (the leadi ..read more

Surrogate Code (Book 2 of The Surrogate Colony Series), by Boshra Rasti Hey guys, welcome back to Bookish Beyond. How have you been? Today, I’m excited to be reviewing the gripping dystopian sequel, Surrogate Code, by Boshra Rasti. So, if you’ve got your favourite drink to hand and are all settled in, let’s begin. About Zachary and Adriana have escaped from their respective prisons (Surrogate and Eunuch centres) which are controlled by the corrupt Microscrep corporation. Now, they have finally reached the safety of the off-grid scientist’s village, where not a single shred of Microscrepian inf ..read more

There’s No Such Thing as Never in Forever, by Kenneth and Judy Nicholas-Fecteau Hey guys, welcome back to Bookish Beyond. How have you been? Today, I’m excited to be reviewing There’s No Such Thing as Never in Forever, by Kenneth and Judy Nicholas-Fecteau. So, if you’ve got your favourite drink to hand and are all settled in, let’s begin. About Mandy and Lizzy are teenage twin sisters who have been adopted into the Native American Mistook tribe. As part of their vision-quest, they are tasked with finding an important artefact. However, their journey soon takes an unexpected turn, plunging them ..read more

Our Lady of the Artilects, by Andrew Gillsmith Hey guys, welcome back to Bookish Beyond. I hope you’ve all been enjoying the holidays. Today, I’m reviewing Our Lady of the Artilects, a fascinating science fiction read by Andrew Gillsmith. So, if you’ve got your favourite drink to hand and are all settled in, let’s begin. About Set mainly in Benin City, Africa (some point after the 2200s), this story follows the mystery of the artilects (advanced synthetic humanoids), who have started having visions and appear to be gaining consciousness. Told in three parts, the story begins by following the p ..read more

The Undertaker’s Daughter, by John James Minster Hey guys, welcome back to Bookish Beyond. How have you been? Today, I’m excited to be reviewing The Undertaker’s Daughter, by John James Minster. So, if you’ve got your favourite drink to hand and are all settled in, let’s begin. About Set in Pennsylvania, USA, Anna Dingle assists her father David with his mortuary business. However, lately, Anna’s life has been missing something – the presence of adventure and romance – it seems. Anna seeks to explore the world, engaging with technology and her first experiences of dating, much to her religious ..read more

End Man, by Alex Austin Hey guys, welcome back to Bookish Beyond. How have you been? Today, I’m excited to be reviewing End Man, by Alex Austin. So, if you’ve got your favourite drink to hand and are all settled in, let’s begin. About The story is set in the 2030s, in Los Angeles, USA. Here, the protagonist, Raphael works for the Norval Department of Marketing Necrology (NDMN) as a Necrologist, otherwise known as an ‘End man.’ The company’s job is to capture the remnants of dead people, to turn them into an online presence, so that their loved ones can have access to their life’s memories. Spe ..read more

Introducing: Our Lady of the Artilects Hey guys, Welcome back to Bookish Beyond. Are you enjoying the Autumn season so far? Today, we’re doing a spotlight post for an exciting, cross-genre book titled Our Lady of the Artilects, by Andrew Gillsmith. So, as always, if you’re sitting comfortably and you’ve got your favourite drink to hand, let’s dive in. About the Story Our Lady of the Artilects is a relatively new novel by science fiction writer, Andrew Gillsmith, and dives deep into questions of consciousness, faith, and artificial intelligence. World leaders are already on edge as Artilects (n ..read more