# guest review (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover guest review. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Tudor’s Road to Bosworth Part 7: The Battle of Bosworth](https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-tudors-road-to-bosworth-part-7.html) _2026-08-22 · tonyriches · The Writing Desk_ In this series I have followed the progress of Henry and Jasper Tudor from Pembroke Castle to their long exile in Brittany and return with an army to Wales. Their long march, covering as much as twenty-six miles a day, ended when they encountered King Richard’s army camped at Ambion Hill, close to Sutton Cheyney. The Battle of Bosworth is poorly documented, with no first-hand accounts surviving.… ## [With My Own Hand: The Secret Life of Marie Maitland](https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/20/with-my-own-hand-the-secret-life-of-marie-maitland/) _2026-08-20 · eleanorwalker · Okazu_ Erica is away, so the staff get to play and I’d like to introduce you all to the story of Marie Maitland, Scotland’s 16th century Sappho. I first learned of Marie a few years ago when I discovered that the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh was displaying an imagined portrait of her, commisioned \[…\] ## [Author Anna Belfrage Reviews Queen Anna, Book One of the Stuart Queens Trilogy](https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/08/author-anna-belfrage-reviews-queen-anna.html) _2026-08-20 · tonyriches · The Writing Desk_ Available from Amazon UK and Amazon US A crown won in the eye of a storm. A queen who refuses to be broken... Princess Anna of Denmark sails for Scotland to marry King James VI, but storms ravage her fleet, igniting a deadly obsession with witchcraft in her new home. Arriving in a strange and paranoid court, Anna finds her new husband’s bed is a treacherous place. Over the last few years, I’ve… ## [Botan Kamiina Fully Blossoms When Drunk Anime, Full Season Review](https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/19/botan-kamiina-fully-blossoms-when-drunk-anime-full-season-review/) _2026-08-19 · mattmarcus · Okazu_ by Matt Marcus, Staff Writer The Botan Kamiina 1 oz Yume no Kanbai 19 year sake 0.75 oz strawberry-infused scotch whiskey (Glenlevit base) 0.5 oz Rokudaime Lily shochu 0.5 oz simple syrup 2 dashes of angst–I mean, angostura bitters Shake with ice, then pour into an absinthe-rinsed coupe. Garnish with a lily flower. When I first \[…\] ## [Now available for pre-order: Lady of the Castle: A Medieval Epic of Love, Loyalty, and Betrayal (The Nicola de la Haye Series Book 2) by Rachel Elwiss Joyce](https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/08/now-available-for-pre-order-lady-of.html) _2026-08-19 · tonyriches · The Writing Desk_ Available for pre-order from Amazon UK and Amazon US For a woman, holding power in a man's world is dangerous; holding faith in an intolerant one is deadly. England, 1185. Nicola de la Haye, constable of Lincoln Castle, commands her fortress with hard-won authority. Determined to protect her family from a kingdom fracturing around her, she discovers the hardest battle is the one inside her own… ## [Manga Mavericks Names Erica Friedman As Managing Editor](https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/18/manga-mavericks-names-erica-friedman-as-managing-editor/) _2026-08-18 · Erica Friedman · Okazu_ This is somewhat new news, as I’ve mentioned this before, but the announcement for my position with Manga Mavericks is officially official. ^\_^ Hehe, “manga expert.” Heh. https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/63148/manga-week-fall-2026-manga-mavericks-names-erica-friedman-managing-editor I will still be spearheading Okazu, and reviewing all the Yuri I can squeeze in! This week is Anime NYC, so I’ll… ## [Special Guest Interview with Nancy Bilyeau, Author of The Heiress of Northanger Abbey](https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/08/special-guest-interview-with-nancy.html) _2026-08-17 · tonyriches · The Writing Desk_ Available for pre-order from Amazon UK and Amazon US Gloucestershire, 1820: Twenty-two years after the close of Northanger Abbey, Catherine Tilney seems to be living a happily ever after. But her busy life as a clergyman’s wife is shattered by a letter that resurrects her darkest fears. Her daughter Phoebe has fallen under the influence of the unscrupulous Thorpe family—the very figures who once… ## [LGBTQ+, Yuri, BL Panels, Events and Signings and at Anime NYC 2026!](https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/16/lgbtq-panels-events-and-signings-and-more-at-anime-nyc-2026/) _2026-08-16 · Erica Friedman · Okazu_ Anime NYC is happening this week, August 20-23 at Javits Convention Center in New York City. To make it easy to find interesting things to do and see while there, I ve rounded up as much as I could find of the things that are or are likely to have some fun LGBTQ+ content! \[ \] ## [Special Guest Post By E.L. Ravenheart, Author of The Shadow keeper: Gothic Haunting Tales from Somerset](https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/08/special-guest-post-by-el-ravenheart.html) _2026-08-16 · tonyriches · The Writing Desk_ Available from Amazon UK and Amazon US In the deep woods of the Great Lakes, skeletal spirits hunt the arrogant. Shapeshifters guard what remains of the wild. Hunger transforms the soul with a single choice. Across the Atlantic, on mist-shrouded moorland where leylines pulse through peat, a barefoot girl walks for two centuries, keeping a covenant her family refused. At standing stones, trickster… ## [Yuri Figure Drawing Salon and Flamecon in NYC Today!](https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/15/yuri-figure-drawing-salon-and-flamecon-in-nyc-today/) _2026-08-15 · Erica Friedman · Okazu_ No YNN report for the next week or so, because we have entered all the events all at once season. ^\_^ I will start my day today in Brooklyn, NY, at Yume, helping Rica Takashima out at her Yuri Touhou Figure Drawing Salon. I ll be bringing a small selection of doujinshi of several sizes for \[ \] ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/IFSXYpMDRWws) _2026-08-15 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [Happy 24th Birthday, Okazu!](https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/14/happy-24th-birthday-okazu/) _2026-08-14 · Erica Friedman · Okazu_ 24 years ago today I started posting here on Okazu. I had a vague idea of tracking things that seemed interesting to Yuri fans, and writing about the evolution of the first 3-Day Yuri event, that would become Yuricon 2003. And here we are, 24 years later, with more Yuri news than ever and a \[ \] ## [Book Review: The Orphan from Verona, by Siobhan Daiko](https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/08/book-review-orphan-from-verona-by.html) _2026-08-14 · tonyriches · The Writing Desk_ Available from Amazon UK and Amazon US Verona, 1944. When an air raid strikes Elisa's home, she is left with nothing but the clothes on her back, the teddy bear clutched in her arms and her beloved older brother. Traumatised into silence, six-year-old Elisa can no longer speak and relies on Robi to guide her through this war-torn world. Siobhan Daiko’s The Orphan from Veron a balances human drama… ## [Book Review: Queen Elizabeth I's Governess: The Real Kat Ashley by Rosemary Griggs](https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/08/book-review-queen-elizabeth-is.html) _2026-08-13 · tonyriches · The Writing Desk_ Available for pre-order from Amazon UK and Amazon US Some of the most intriguing people in Tudor history are those who stood outside the spotlight. Katherine 'Kat' or Kate Ashley is one of these. Best known as the governess and confidante of Queen Elizabeth I, she played a pivotal role in the future queen's life, yet is overshadowed by more famous figures around her. In Queen Elizabeth I's… ## [Grow Up Show: Sunflower Circus Episodes 1 – 4](https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/12/grow-up-show-sunflower-circus-episodes-1-4/) _2026-08-12 · Erica Friedman · Okazu_ by Tazimonfire, Guest Reviewer The summer of 2026 season has been jam-packed with yuri, leading me to dub it the summer of yuri. One show that might have flown under the radar for most this season in the sea of fantastic adaptations is Grow Up Show: Sunflower Circus an original production animated by A-1 Pictures \[ \] ## [Blog Tour Interview with Karen Essex, Author of Renaissance Rivals: A novel of Isabella d’Este & Lucrezia Borgia](https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/08/blog-tour-interview-with-karen-essex.html) _2026-08-12 · tonyriches · The Writing Desk_ Available from Amazon UK and Amazon US The story of the brutal rivalry between two of history’s most fascinating power women: Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, celebrated in her own lifetime as “The First Lady of the World,” and Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara, daughter of the infamous Pope Alexander VI and one of the most maligned women in history. I'm pleased to welcome author Karen Essex… ## [Pink Candy Kiss, Volume 5](https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/10/pink-candy-kiss-volume-5/) _2026-08-10 · eleanorwalker · Okazu_ by Eleanor Walker, Okazu Staff Writer. This review WILL contain spoilers. It s taken 5 volumes of Pink Candy Kiss, but we finally got the confession. It s mutual, it s as messy as everything which has come before and it s all the better for it. The author says in the afterword If it feels rough and ugly \[ \] ## [Heaven](https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/09/heaven/) _2026-08-09 · Erica Friedman · Okazu_ I often think that, as a bibliomaniac I have read every possible iteration of the seven plots, or whatever (five, eight, doesn t matter.) Sometimes, it is very true that a story is similar enough to another that it feels familiar and many of the beats are similar, such as Rock Is A Lady s Modesty and, \[ \] ## [Exploring the Life of Sir Francis Drake - Tudor Corsair](https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/08/exploring-life-of-sir-francis-drake.html) _2026-08-09 · tonyriches · The Writing Desk_ Available from Amazon UK , Amazon US Amazon CA and Amazon AU 1564: Devon sailor Francis Drake sets out on a journey of adventure. He learns of routes used to transport Spanish silver and gold, and risks his life in an audacious plan to steal a fortune. I’d been planning an Elizabethan series for some time, as my aim was to tell the stories of the Tudors from Owen Tudor’s first meeting with Queen… ## [Yuri Network News – (百合ネットワークニュース) – August 8, 2026](https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/08/yuri-network-news-%e7%99%be%e5%90%88%e3%83%8d%e3%83%83%e3%83%88%e3%83%af%e3%83%bc%e3%82%af%e3%83%8b%e3%83%a5%e3%83%bc%e3%82%b9-august-8-2026/) _2026-08-08 · Erica Friedman · Okazu_ Okazu News This week, Okazu celebrates a 24th anniversary! We hope that if you enjoy these news report, our event reports, reviews or the communities we ve built online, you ll become a supporting member! Thank you for your generosity and support! Every cent you give to Okazu goes to supporting the writers and Yuri creators that \[ \] ## [Comic Yuri Hime, August 2026 (コミック百合姫2026年8月号)](https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/06/comic-yuri-hime-august-2026-%e3%82%b3%e3%83%9f%e3%83%83%e3%82%af%e7%99%be%e5%90%88%e5%a7%ab2026%e5%b9%b48%e6%9c%88%e5%8f%b7/) _2026-08-06 · Erica Friedman · Okazu_ Our Comic Yuri Hime, August 2026 (コミック百合姫2026年8月号) issue begins with a study in blue by Chitriko, as a young woman with pink hair, has just had her hair trimmed by a woman with dark hair. Both wear matching dresses of the same blue color. As Lorelei teeters on the edge of greatness, Momoka and Hajime \[ \] ## [Screen Share With Real Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4RstUQIUE9bj) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control — open source, like Screenhero. ## [I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day, Episodes 1-3](https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/05/i-want-to-love-you-till-your-dying-day-episodes-1-3/) _2026-08-05 · Erica Friedman · Okazu_ by Sasori, Okazu Staff Writer There is definitely no shortage of fantasy anime this season, and I Want to Love You Till Your Dying Day /Kimi ga Shinu made Koi wo Shitai, is another one to add to your summer list. This is an anime adaptation of Aono Nachi s yuri manga, animated by Roll2, streaming on \[ \] ## [Special Guest post by Anna Belfrage, Author of Like Chaff in the Wind (The Graham Saga Book Two)](https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/08/special-guest-post-by-anna-belfrage.html) _2026-08-05 · tonyriches · The Writing Desk_ Available from Amazon UK and Amazon US Matthew Graham committed the mistake of his life when he cut off his brother’s nose. In revenge, Luke Graham has Matthew abducted and transported to the Colony of Virginia, there to be sold as indentured labour – a death sentence more or less. Indentured servants – the backbone of the colonies The first few English attempts to set up a successful colony in… ## [Book Launch Guest Post by Alistair Tosh, Author of The Sons of Carthage: Hannibal ignites a war to humble Rome... (The Lion and the Eagle Roman Thrillers Book 1)](https://tonyriches.blogspot.com/2026/08/book-launch-guest-post-by-alistair-tosh.html) _2026-08-04 · tonyriches · The Writing Desk_ Available for pre-order from Amazon UK and Amazon US Two empires rise, but only one can survive… Hasdrubal Barca: The Forgotten General In 219 BC, Hannibal Barca, the renowned Carthaginian general, attacked Seguntum, a city allied with Rome on the eastern coast of Iberia, just north of modern-day Valencia. The siege triggered the Second Punic War, one of the greatest conflicts of the ancient… ## [Cage of Shadows](https://okazu.yuricon.com/2026/08/03/cage-of-shadows/) _2026-08-03 · Erica Friedman · Okazu_ Okazu turns 24 this year! Help us keep you up to date on Yuri, Baihe and GL by supporting us on Patreon or Ko-fi. Looking for a little Baihe in your Wuxia? Let me recommend Cage of Shadows, which you can watch with English subtitles right now on Youtube. The story dumps you right into \[ \]