I'm beyond excited to introduce you to Valor & Lore, the new home for our community's little literary luxuries Shop aka your favorite place to find subtle and classy bookish merch (both original designs and officially licensed)! Plus, a sneak peek at our Fourth Wing collection…

Have you already scoured the 2023 Prime Day deals for the best bookish finds? If not, you’re in luck! Here are my favorite limited time deals from special edition hardcovers with ✨sprayed edges✨, to aesthetic annotation supplies, to bookshelves, to Kindles, they’re all here.

We’re going minimal this month with this month’s bookish digital wallpapers. As a self proclaimed Booktrovert, I know I’m not alone saying my favorite thing on a Friday night is staying home…

At this point, Brandon Sanderson is on my autobuy list of authors. If you’re new around here, you might not know I started my Cosmere reading journey rather recently, at the beginning of 2023…

Well it happened. We’re already halfway through 2023, and it’s time to share my favorite reads from the first six months of the year. I’m about to finish my 60th book

I cannot believe the amount of amazing fantasy and sci-fi releases there are this summer. We’re truly being spoiled. Here’s my curated list of Summer 2023 releases of fantasy and sci-fi books I’m looking forward to reading!

Happy Summer Solstice! If reading more this summer is a priority for you, consider this your official invite to the inaugural BAMTP Summer Reading Challenge!

With the caveat that some of these might be terrible since I haven’t read them yet, here’s a rec list of 15 books and series that are on my Kindle Unlimited TBR that I’m excited to read!

An apprentice with a powerful master who’s trying to protect the empire from evil? Battles and political machinations? Sign me up. If grimdark traditional fantasy is your thing, this is definitely a series I’d recommend.

Who doesn’t love a swashbuckling adventure on the high seas, or fantastical island Romantasies?

This might be one of the coolest bookish things I’ve discovered in a long time (thanks to this TikTok, which then took me down a literary rabbit hole).

Summer is FINALLY here. Of course, I had to include a quote from our June casual buddy read, Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson. I’m honestly so excited to read this standalone with the BAMTP community!

Did you know May was National Short Story Month? I’ve got a rec for you…

If you’re looking for a quick Romantasy read to get you out of a reading slump, These Hollow Vows and These Twisted Bonds might be the perfect duology to pick up.

While reading the final two books in The Drowning Empire series this week, I realized one of my favorite specific book tropes is when there’s a talking magical creature or animal sidekick. So not just a pet–they must speak. Why…

May’s bookish wallpaper freebies are here! We’re celebrating soem new and upcoming fantasy releases, as well as a recent sci-fi favorite! Spruce up your desktop or phone…it needs it.

When I first started reading book one of the Aurora Cycle, Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff, I felt like I was reading a teen Freeform show with all the cheesy one-liners, and jokes. BUT…

I’m calling it now: Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is going to be the IT Romantasy read of the summer. And I’m fully convinced Booktok and Bookstagram are going to be filled with posts about this book.

To give you an idea of what this generative AI tool is capable of, I've created a few (ok, more than a few!) pieces of art from some of my favorite fantasy series

There’s no way around it—if you like your magic systems clear and structured, this is not the book for you. Mara plays fast and loose with her magic system, and as someone who reads a lot of epic fantasy, I found it so frustrating.