Wherein I ask WHY to Patrick Rothfuss stating the Kingkiller Chronicles is just a “million word prologue,” spend way too long talking aboutย Children of Blood and Boneย by Tomi Adeyemi, introduce a new segment called “Tables & Fables” where I pair …

Novel Ideas #80: Eat All Your Peas & Carrots! Read more »

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 being celebrated on April 28th in most locales, in New …

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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 indie bookstores (like us!). We are not allowed to take …

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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 seemed to me that every fantasy book I read was …

Book Review: Children of Blood of Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Read more »

Wherein I shamelessly promote our new Goodreads discussion group, get VERY excited about newย Sandmanย comics, rave about some excellent SFF books written by women of color, make a pretty bad joke about Octavia Butler’sย Fledgling, and talk New Orleans Poetry Festival with …

Novel Ideas #79: Once Bitten Read more »

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 to learn more about the publishing process and everything that …

Tubby & Coo’s Publishing Progress Read more »

  As you’ve seen in ourย Best Books of 2017 post and heard on the podcast, Charlie Jane Anders wrote my favorite book I read last year,ย All the Birds in the Sky,ย so of course I had to read this short story …

Book Review: Six Months, Three Days, Five Others by Charlie Jane Anders Read more »

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 the books I’ve read in the past month and brief …

Monthly Reads: January & February Read more »

  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 truly) will now air once per month in partnership with …

Novel Ideas #78: All the Birds in the Sky Aren’t Enough Read more »

2017 was a tumultuous year for politics, and when we looked back to determine our favorite books of the year, we realized what we read truly reflected that. We read mostly books written by women, people of color, and transgender …

The 10 Best Books We Read in 2017 Read more »