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Author Interview: T. Kingfisher (Dark Side of the Word Podcast)

Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Kait and I were over the moon this month because we interviewed one of our favorite horror authors: Ursula Vernon, a.k.a., T. Kingfisher. We read (and adored) the first two books in Kingfisher’s Sworn Soldier series last year: What Moves the Dead and What Feasts at Night. We are so excited to say that we were some of the first people to read...

WHAT FEASTS AT NIGHT (Dark Side of the Word Podcast)

Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! Another new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word! Join me and Kait as we discuss Book #2 in The Sworn Soldier series: What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher.   It's another hit for Kingfisher! Kait and I both enjoyed the What Feasts at Night, though I still liked What Moves the Dead more. We appreciated the continued humor in this second book, as well as the banter between the characters...

WHAT MOVES THE DEAD (Dark Side of the Word Podcast)

Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the Gothic horror novel What Moves the Dead, which is Book #1 in The Sworn Soldier series by T. Kingfisher. This episode is a love fest for What Moves the Dead. Kait and I both really enjoyed Kingfisher's smart, spooky, and surprisingly funny retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. We discuss...

THE CURIOUS SECRETS OF YESTERDAY (DNF Book Review)

I really wanted to love Namrata Patel’s newest novel, The Curious Secrets of Yesterday. I absolutely adored Patel’s debut, The Candid Life of Meena Dave. While I didn’t get a chance to read her sophomore book, Scent of a Garden, I was excited when Kaye Publicity approached me about an ARC for book #3. Unfortunately, The Curious Secrets of Yesterday is getting added to the DNF pile for me. Let’s talk about why.   What’s The Curious...