Our Favorite New Orleans Vampires Return!
The Gates of Guinée by Alys Arden It’s one of our favorite times of the year — no, not Carnival season (although we *are* super excited about king cake!) — …
2020 Bestsellers & January New Releases
Check out our top 15 overall bestselling books of 2020! We find it so interesting that most are backlist titles (versus books that were released in 2020). This includes in-store …
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 …
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 …
Novel Ideas #82: Stranger Things Have Happened
Wherein I get overly excited about new Stranger Things books, discuss our best selling books of the year thus far, gush about Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse, and interview …
Novel Ideas #81: Know That You Suck
Wherein I discuss how to know that you suck when writing in a new segment titled “Write Right,” discuss the pros and cons of our book of the month, The …
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: 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 …