Novel Ideas #80: Eat All Your Peas & Carrots!
Wherein I ask WHY to Patrick Rothfuss stating the Kingkiller Chronicles is just a “million word prologue,” spend way too long talking about Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi, introduce …
Independent Bookstore Day 2018 Events & Fun
It’s time to celebrate your favorite local indies! 2018 Independent Bookstore Day marks its fourth year of celebrating independent bookstores nationwide, with literary parties around the country. While IBD is …
Exclusive Sale Items for Independent Bookstore Day 2018
The folks behind Independent Bookstore Day have curated an awesome list of exclusive custom merchandise that will ONLY be available on Independent Bookstore Day, May 12, 2018 and only at …
Book Review: Children of Blood of Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Fantasy is a genre that, frankly, lost my interest a while ago. After Tolkien came onto the scene and introduced the epic hero’s journey, many copycats popped up, and it …
Novel Ideas #79: Once Bitten
Wherein I shamelessly promote our new Goodreads discussion group, get VERY excited about new Sandman comics, rave about some excellent SFF books written by women of color, make a pretty bad joke …
Tubby & Coo’s Publishing Progress
Now that our publishing venture is fully funded, we will be posting bi-monthly updates showing the progress we’re making on all our books. We thought it might interest our customers …
Book Review: Six Months, Three Days, Five Others by Charlie Jane Anders
As you’ve seen in our Best Books of 2017 post and heard on the podcast, Charlie Jane Anders wrote my favorite book I read last year, All the Birds in the …
Monthly Reads: January & February
As a symptom of owning a bookstore, I get asked often about what I’m currently reading. As a response to that, I thought I’d start a monthly blog post listing …
Novel Ideas #78: All the Birds in the Sky Aren’t Enough
Welcome To Our 2018 Novel Ideas Reboot! We’ve rebooted our podcast to bring you more great content in a better format. Novel Ideas, hosted by owner Candice Huber (yours …
10 Books with Amazing Queer Characters
If you’re queer, you’ll understand the struggle of walking into a bookstore and asking for queer books, only to be ushered quickly to a dark, dank section in the back …