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 …
10 Superb Fantasy Series Not Written by White Men
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 #85: Year-End Wrap-Up
In our last podcast episode of 2018, I quickly catch you up on some interesting book industry news then immediately take you into all my favorite reads of 2018 (and …
Tubby & Coo’s Favorite Books of 2018
This year so far, I have read 55 books, for a total of 14,043 pages, which breaks down to about 40 pages per day (and the year’s not over yet!). …
Novel Ideas #84: The Hat Trick
Wherein I go over the moon for one of my favorite authors, N.K. Jemisin, discuss our book of the month, An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon, let you in on my …
Novel Ideas #83: A Smorgasbord of Authors
Wherein I discuss book industry news, pair a book with a board game in Tables & Fables, discuss our book of the month, The Prince and the Dressmaker, and interview …
Monthly Reads: March & April
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 bi-monthly blog post listing …
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 bimonthly 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 …