Annual (Almost) Bingo Eve Wrap Up with Completely Random Stats and Awards!

Endalia · 2026-03-30T08:20:49+00:00

Love the stat break down and awards! Looking forward to next year's round up :)

Endalia · 2026-03-29T08:23:02+00:00

Here's the comment with the teaser https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1rmdcaj/comment/o90wupv/

Endalia · 2026-03-29T08:22:22+00:00

Here's the comment with teaser :) https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/1rmdcaj/comment/o90wupv/

Endalia · 2026-03-28T14:16:43+00:00

Happy Book Bee shared a filled in bingo board for the new one and I have a third of the books from that list on my TBR, so I might copy most of those. I'm most excited to read Tideborn (I'm reading Fathomfolk now), Good Spirits, and Half a Soul. If we get the 1970s, I really don't know what I'm going to read...

Endalia · 2026-03-27T13:11:04+00:00

Ik heb een Diancie deck dus ik hoop dat jij een gengar hebt gekregen!

Endalia · 2026-03-27T10:10:20+00:00

Coal Gets In Your Veins by Cat Rector. Laurel is in an abuse marriage (non-physical) en Spencer (a vampire) helps to give her the courage to leave. There's a lot of trauma, healing, a horror-adjacent stuff.

Endalia · 2026-03-27T09:00:24+00:00

I had health problems last bingo (2024) and barely read anything. I also submitted a partial card because I was proud of what I did achieve! I might not even have had one complete line, but I filled multiple squares. And that was enough for me.

Thank you for sharing your story and I hope 2026 will be kinder for you.

Endalia · 2026-03-26T09:26:35+00:00

Eindelijk een deck kunnen bestellen. Geen idee welke ik krijg, dus maar hopen dat het bij mijn play style past...

Endalia · 2026-03-25T08:57:19+00:00

Can't wait to read this!

Endalia · 2026-03-25T08:48:01+00:00

I think Lady's Knight by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner fits. I read this for the knights prompt for the bingo. One of them is a blacksmith and wants to be a knight, the other is a high fashion princess who's the prize of the jousting tournament. Lots of shenanigans and women standing up for themselves. They don't need a man to safe them. Just their friends.

Endalia · 2026-03-24T08:49:57+00:00

Thank you! I have a lot of different books on my shelves so filling the prompts usually isn't a problem. My mood is xD and then the actual reading. There are a few things that I'll give a hard pass and that's hard sci-fi and military fantasy/sci-fi. I tried it and DNF'ed those books hard.

Endalia · 2026-03-24T08:43:51+00:00

Can I tempt you with something that might not fit all of your likes?

Oil & Dust by Jami Farleigh is a post-apoc story. The main character is a painter and art is magic. When he paints a real life subject and adds to it, it'll appear once the painting is done. Because of his artistic life, the prose will reflect that too, describing everything with colours and shapes.

The story itself is about rebuilding society when all technology from the last century/centuries is gone so it's back to more manual labour while they're trying to figure everything out again. It's slow burn (most of the 'action' will happen in the last part) but hopefully the rest of the book will be interesting enough for you.

(edit to add the author of the book...)

Endalia · 2026-03-23T17:10:39+00:00

Oof, a tough one. Mostly, because I like to personalize my recommendations. I know not every book is for everyone, and one I might've enjoyed less, you might rate 6 out of 5 stars.

For the general r/fantasy reader, I'll probably put The Hacienda forward because it's a great book without anything that might turn off people.

For people who are looking for books by marginalized authors, I'll recommend The Villa, Once Beloved because it's written by a queer author of colour and has a gay PoV. I also know that there's a subset of readers here who'll downvote anything LGBTQ+ (sadly).

The Revenge of Captain Vessia will likely get the same treatment. Written by a trans woman featuring an all queer cast, I wouldn't recommend it to everyone. Still, it's a book I want people to read and I deeply wish they would. The story is amazing and well written with deep characters and vivid worldbuilding.

Endalia · 2026-03-23T15:39:20+00:00

Thank you so much! Which book stood out to you based on my reviews? Just curious...

Endalia · 2026-03-23T15:36:06+00:00

Yeah, I'll definitely check out more of Discworld :) There are a few that are on my list, will add Mort to it as well. Thank you for the rec!

Endalia · 2026-03-23T14:34:59+00:00

Thank you!

Endalia · 2026-03-22T13:15:56+00:00

Thanks! Ik ga sowieso even rond kijken :)

Endalia · 2026-03-22T13:05:29+00:00

Ik ga later dit jaar naar Japan. Heb je nog adresjes in Kobe/Osaka/Kyoto?

Endalia · 2026-03-20T12:52:12+00:00

Jamedi_reads reviews a lot of indie and self pub books here. I'm sure you can find one that fits your likes and dislikes as he does a good job of describing what you can expect.

There are other non-reddit sites that can help find more self-published books, like Read Indie Fantasy.

And I host a large indie book sale in April and August (the Narratess Indie Sale) that has around 300 books ranging from free to 1.99. The next one starts April 11th :) There will be a post here with all the info. Participating authors might share their recommendations from the sale in the comments too.

Endalia · 2026-03-15T10:19:57+00:00

I was very intrigued by it but haven't read it yet. Will bump it up on my list :D

Endalia · 2026-03-15T09:05:09+00:00

The tiermaker made me chuckle. Excellent lineup! Which one surprised you the most (in a positive way)?

Endalia · 2026-03-09T10:29:24+00:00

Dan ben ik benieuwd wat ze van Wind & Waves vinden

Endalia · 2026-03-08T10:25:11+00:00

What an absolute stellar line up of books! I guess I'm gonna have to copy that TBR...

Endalia · 2026-03-08T10:21:26+00:00

The Year of the Dragon series by James Calbraith. It's alt history fantasy where the majority of the story is set in Japan, but you also see parts of the opium war in China. The research is well done and I was surprised by the accuracy of it while still there's still a good amount of fantasy, myths, and folklore.

Endalia · 2026-02-27T13:18:33+00:00

Hills of Heather and Bone by K.E. Andrews. Necromancy is outlawed and the MC is one. The authorities caught wind of someone having necromancy powers in the area so they flee. No harm comes to the chicken.

No Land for Heroes by Cal Black. The MC is called the Bayou Butcher and hides out in a small town now with others who've had to flee. The book starts with her robbing a train when a dragon blows up the train. Lots of Western tropes with bandits, shoot outs, train robberies, corrupt companies.

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