Last year, we had something of a reckoning. We had seen it before, hurt people lash out when they feel attacked or threatened, but as we put out more reviews, and more eyes were on us, the frequency only increased.
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Fantasia Reviews Book of the Year 2017
The year 2017 has come and gone. Last year, we read a number of books. Some of these books were fantastic, others not so much. We’ve already outlined our nominees, and the reasons we considered them to be among the best books of 2017 (you can find that here). Which one will be our Book…
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Book of the Year 2017 Nominees
Once again, it is that time of year. We have read many books this year. Some we loved, and some we didn’t. Of course, this is a list of the former. Now, there we reviewed many books worthy of recognition, so this list has been trimmed down to the best of the best. Before we…
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How To Write A Book Review
Recently, we wrote an article outlining what one should look for in a book review. After the success of that article, we realized that we could do even better. So with this, we set out to help authors and readers alike and answer the question that bothers so many of us. Here we will show…
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What’s In A Review?
All authors get bad reviews. If it hasn’t happened to you yet, it will. While it is inevitable, it can help us all, authors and readers alike, to understand what a bad review is. Before we can do that, we must ask ourselves, what is a book review? What is a book review? A book…
Read MoreEnhancements to Our Blog
We came to provide a service, to give free and honest reviews to indie authors. We feel that we have certainly done that this past year, but there is more we can do. We are considering expanding the content we offer here. We are thinking about including author interviews, more in-depth analyses of select books,…
Read MoreA new year means a time for change
With 2016 over we are looking forward, but we never look forward without first looking back. As we do look back, we notice a trend that, while we had seen for months, is not something we wish to continue into the new year. The average score we gave to a book in 2016 was well-above…
Read MoreFantasia Reviews Book of the Year
Here we are at the end of the year. There have been highs, and there have been lows, but when it comes to the books we have read, we have had a good year. If you want to skip to the end, you can find our Book of the Year, but we want to talk about each of the contenders and discuss what they did right where others went wrong. It will be a bit of a compare and contrast as we go over the things we loved and the things we hated this year.
Read MoreThe End Draws Near
The year is almost over, and as foretold we are on the road to announce our book of the year at the end of the week. Before we do that, however, we wanted to talk about some of the authors whose books we have reviewed and some of the things that we loved and tell…
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It has been a long year, and though we have only been at this for four months, we have reviewed thirty books! While we will be reviewing a couple more before the end of the year, we can safely say we have read some pretty darn good books and some pretty darn bad ones. We…
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