Day: December 3, 2025

BBNYA 2025 Semi-Finalist Spotlight: Death and the Taxman by David Hankins
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BBNYA 2025 Semi-Finalist Spotlight: Death and the Taxman by David Hankins

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Hello, reader!

Today on the blog, I’m helping the Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) spotlight all the books that made it to the semi-finals! There were so many incredible books entered this year, so it’s my pleasure to feature the ones that may not have made it to the finals, but were still worthy of note!

But what is BBNYA, exactly? The Book Bloggers’ Novel of the Year Award (BBNYA) is celebrating the books that made it to the semi-finals with a mini spotlight blitz tour for each title.

BBNYA is a yearly competition where book bloggers from all over the world read and score books written by indie authors, ending with 15 (17 in 2025) finalists and one overall winner.
If you want some more information about BBNYA, check out the BBNYA Website https://www.bbnya.com/ or take a peek over on Twitter @BBNYA_Official.

Our spotlight for today is shining on a tongue-in-cheek contemporary fantasy that was a lot of fun: Death and the Taxman by David Hankins!

  • Title: Death and the Taxman
  • Authors: David Hankins
  • Publication date: April 15th, 2024
  • Genre: Fantasy/Humor
  • Age group: Adult
  • Length: 330 pages

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Blog Tour: HomeAdrift by Soheil Mirchi
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Blog Tour: HomeAdrift by Soheil Mirchi

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Hello, reader!

Today I’ll be sharing my thoughts as a part of a blog tour run by The Write Reads! The book is an eerie sci-fi novel that will get under your skin in the best of ways: HomeAdrift by Soheil Mirchi.

But, before I give you my full thoughts on the book, I have people to thank. First, thank you to Dave @ The Write Reads and all of the crew for giving me a spot on this tour! Second, thank you to the author for providing me with a free copy of the book so that I could participate in this tour. It is, as always, appreciated!

Alright, now let’s get to the post!

  • Title: HomeAdrift
  • Author: Soheil Mirchi
  • Publisher: Whiskers & Ink Press
  • Publication date: November 12th, 2025
  • Length: 326 pages
  • Genre: Science Fiction
  • Age group: Adult
  • Content/Trigger Warnings: Isolation, trauma, death, suicide

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How far can you go before the silence breaks you?

Commander Solene Ellis has left Earth behind forever. Now she drifts through the void aboard the colony ship Nia Kvara, watching over 100,000 colonists in hibernation. Only Ava, the ship’s AI, keeps her company.

The voyage spans 3,000 years, but for Solene, time comes in fragments—fleeting moments of wakefulness between long, frozen sleeps. Hours blur into decades. Memories unravel. In the stillness, she begins to lose track not only of time, but of herself.

And solitude in deep space doesn’t stay quiet for long. Whispers echo where no one should be. Shadows shift just beyond her vision. A mysterious vessel appears in the void. Even Ava starts to act… strangely.

As reality fractures, Solene must face a terrifying is something out there hunting them—or has her own mind become the true threat? For readers of literary science fiction, space horror, and character-driven psychological drama, HomeAdrift is a story of isolation, survival, and what it means to find home when there’s nowhere left to go.

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