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Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author! Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Indie Author of the Crown and Tide Series. A Grave for Us All—2023. Book blogger w/ @BookSilverstone. Father. Husband. Punk. Christian. #SPFBO9. He/Him.

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Book Cover for: Never Let Me Go: Introduction by David Sexton, Kazuo Ishiguro

Never Let Me Go: Introduction by David Sexton

Kazuo Ishiguro
Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!

@DrJohnmauro He’s still got a special place in my heart, and I used to root for him every year to win the Nobel prize. One year I was mad he didn’t get it and said, “who is this guy?” It was Kazuo Ishiguro. I picked up Never Let Me Go and he’s been my favorite ever since.

Hardcover, 2023

$27.00$13.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Ulysses: An Illustrated Edition, James Joyce

Ulysses: An Illustrated Edition

James Joyce
Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!

Does AI even have Intelligence if it doesn’t falsely claim to have read James Joyce’s Ulysses and get really evasive when asked about it, but you aren’t sure if it has or not because YOU are also falsely claiming to have read it, so you end up at an impasse and shrug it off?

Hardcover, 2022

$75.00$50.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
Book Cover for: Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep (D&d Adventure Book), Sean Wallace

Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep (D&d Adventure Book)

Sean Wallace
Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!

@AGrimBastard The problem I see is that there is a large subset of people who ONLY know Dungeons and Dragons. A lot of my students are interested in DnD because of Critical Role (which is heavily tied to WOTC), and are always asking about playing it. I dunno if it can be stopped at this point

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Book Cover for: Bone Shroud: Kallattian Saga, Volume Two, Andrew D. Meredith

Bone Shroud: Kallattian Saga, Volume Two

Andrew D. Meredith
Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!

Guys, if you wanna check out an indie author with expert level world-building and a talent for storytelling, you owe it to yourself to check out the books by @AndrewDMth. I just finished Deathless Beasts. I have so many thoughts. Can’t wait to start Bone Shroud. Review coming!

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Book Cover for: The Witcher: Ronin (Manga), Rafal Jaki

The Witcher: Ronin (Manga)

Rafal Jaki
Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!

Considering working on one of my back burner projects for when I need a break Which sounds more interesting The Unclaimed Girl: Dark YA Fantasy. Wandavision x The Witcher. A Constellation of Lies: more sprawling and epic than Traitors in a new location but similar themes.

Paperback, 2022

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin
Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!

This! RIP to a fantastic voice in SFF. I’d you haven’t read Left Hand of Darkness, I strongly recommend it! https://t.co/3Sf0aEgrbr

Paperback, Mass Market, 1987

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Great Gatsby *, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Great Gatsby *

F. Scott Fitzgerald
Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!

@HamzeRami That sounds about right, or like how F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for The Great Gatsby and that was his least successful book if I recall

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Book Cover for: The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner, Cormac McCarthy

The Road: Pulitzer Prize Winner

Cormac McCarthy
Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!

…probably my favorite indiebook so far. I keep finding myself thinking about it, and it is completely devastating me in a way that reminds me of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road. Hope and despair hand in hand. Love it.

Paperback, 2007

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Blade Itself, Joe Abercrombie

The Blade Itself

Joe Abercrombie
Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!

@ToriTalks2 Thrice is my next audiobook to listen to! I’m verrrrrry excited about it. I love the concept. Joe Abercrombie’s books are among my favorite, but I will warn you, it took me awhile to get into the Blade Itself. Everything else (minus Red Country and Sharp Ends) was fantastic imo

Paperback, 2015

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of the First Law, Joe Abercrombie

Sharp Ends: Stories from the World of the First Law

Joe Abercrombie
Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!Michael Roberti—SPFBO9 author!

@ToriTalks2 Thrice is my next audiobook to listen to! I’m verrrrrry excited about it. I love the concept. Joe Abercrombie’s books are among my favorite, but I will warn you, it took me awhile to get into the Blade Itself. Everything else (minus Red Country and Sharp Ends) was fantastic imo

Paperback, 2017

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book