Improvements to series follows

Improvements to series follows

Yesterday we released some improvements to the page that lists all the series you’re following. You’ll notice two things off the bat: Under the heading, it says “Showing 46 filtered results.” There’s a new “Filter” button in the top right. Series you’re caught up on are hidden by default When you first load the page, the series you’re fully caught up on that have no […]

February 2022 fantasy releases

February 2022 fantasy releases

I’m cheating with this list just a little because there are also two science fiction books in it. But I didn’t feel I included enough to really make it a “sci-fi and fantasy” list. Castles in their Bones (Castles in their Bones, #1) by Laura Sebastian Born to rule. Raised to deceive. The plot: overthrow a kingdom. The goal: world domination. The plan: marriage.Empress Margaraux […]

My top reads of 2021

My top reads of 2021

In 2021 I finished 70 books, with an average rating of 4.24. It’s been a pretty awesome year and I’ve discovered a lot of new favourites. In no particular order, here were my top reads: Hostage of Empire series by S. C. Emmett Two queens, two concubines, six princes. Innumerable secret agendas.A single hidden blade. The imperial palace — full of ambitious royals, sly gossip and […]

September fantasy releases to add to your TBR

September fantasy releases to add to your TBR

Can you believe it’s September already? There are so many great books coming out this month and I’m excited to share them with you! 🙂 Fury of a Demon (Dragons of Terra, #3) by Brian Naslund The conclusion to the Dragons of Terra trilogy! I’m particularly excited to see how this one ends. This series is full of memorable characters, dragons, and a really interesting […]

2022 fantasy releases to put on your radar now

2022 fantasy releases to put on your radar now

I know we’re just only halfway through 2021, but I’m already starting to get excited about the books releasing in 2022. There are some REALLY awesome ones, and I’m sure even more will pop up over the next few months. I’ve put together my top fantasy picks coming in 2022 (of what I’ve seen so far!), but I also want to share a few highlights […]

Editing book data

Since we first started building Bookhype, one of the challenges we faced was figuring out a way to accept book data form publishers, but also have the ability for site librarians to change that book data, without the publisher being able to change it back. Although you’d think the publishers would always send the most accurate, up-to-date information about the books they publish, sadly that’s […]

New genre pages

New genre pages

We’ve recently added new dedicated genre pages to Bookhype, which allows you to more easily find books within a genre you’re interested in. So far we have pages for: Fantasy Historical Mystery Romance Science Fiction Thriller … along with sub-genres within each of those. Soon we’ll be adding one for Young Adult as well. (I know, “Young Adult” isn’t really a genre; it’s an age […]

Sci-fi & fantasy releases for the first half of 2021

Sci-fi & fantasy releases for the first half of 2021

I’ve put together a list of some exciting science fiction and fantasy books coming out in the first half of 2021. We’ll come back in a few months for the second half of the year! Lore by Alexandra Bracken January 2021 Every seven years, the Agon begins. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals. They […]

Recommendations are now available

Recommendations are now available

We’ve been experimenting with a recommendation engine for a few weeks now, and recently we made it available to everyone! This has been an interesting project for us because it was our first experience with machine learning. We had a lot to learn, and will definitely continue to learn more as we improve the engine over time. How does it work? Our recommendation engine looks […]