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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Ernest Cline’s Armada Delivers on Action; Not On Originality
Ernest Cline’s Armada is one of the most anticipated science fiction novels of this year after his popular Ready Player One charmed nerds and geeks everywhere after being re-released in 2014. I was …