The Gates of Guinรฉe by Alys Arden It’s one of our favorite times of the year โ€” no, not Carnival season (although we *are* super excited about king cake!) โ€” the fourth installment inย The Casquette Girlsย series is about to be …

Our Favorite New Orleans Vampires Return! Read more »

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 and online sales. The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin …

2020 Bestsellers & January New Releases Read more »

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 …

10 Superb Fantasy Series Not Written by White Men Read more »

  Wherein I discuss book industry news, pair a book with a board game in Tables & Fables, discuss our book of the month,ย The Prince and the Dressmaker, and interview two of the authors on our slate to be published. …

Novel Ideas #83: A Smorgasbord of Authors Read more »

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 »

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 Sea Beast Takes a Lover by Michael Andreasen, bring you …

Novel Ideas #81: Know That You Suck 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 …

Monthly Reads: March & April 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 …

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 »