Fantasy is a genre that, frankly, lost my interest a while ago. After Tolkien came onto the scene and introduced the epic heroโ€™s journey, many copycats popped up, and it seemed to me that every fantasy book I read was …

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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 Lania Knight, author of the sci-fi novel Remnant. Like our …

Novel Ideas #82: Stranger Things Have Happened 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 bi-monthly blog post listing the books I’ve read in the past month and brief …

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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 »

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 …

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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 …

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2017 is coming to a close, and if you’re anything like us, you’ve been prepping your TBR list for 2018 since the summer. There are SO. SO. MANY. amazing books being released in just the first few months of next …

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