5 YA Fantasy Tropes We Can’t Get Enough Of
There’s just something about a good fantasy novel that glues it to your hand. Or, more accurately, there are several…
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Joseph Fink On Science, Religion, & Novelizing Night Vale
Another year has come and gone, and another wondrous, terrifying peek into the nightmarish little desert town of Night Vale.…
6 of the Witchiest YA Covens
Every few years, we hear that witches are having a moment, that they’ve made a resurgence in pop culture. Let’s…
A Plague of Giants Is a New Fantasy Epic That Grows in the Telling
Kevin Hearne, who has spent years delivering regular installments of his urban fantasy series the Iron Druid Chronicles, turns his…
If YA Novels Had R.L. Stine Taglines…
This is not a high-minded post. It has one goal: to celebrate the artistic genius of R.L. Stine, the king…
Night Vale’s Weirdest Secrets Are Revealed in It Devours!
Nothing makes sense in the community of Night Vale—not time, not space, and certainly not the mountains. This is not…
Outlander Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: Freedom & Whisky
Friends, countrymen, Sassenachs, the moment is finally here. Our long international nightmare (well, one of them) is finally at an…
Outlander Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: Of Lost Things
Quite a lot happened in last week’s episode of Outlander, and some of it, even, was not related to Murtaugh.…
14 of the Best YA Gothic Novels
With fall finally upon us, there’s no better time to curl up with something slightly spooky and a little romantic.…
Outlander Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: All Debts Paid
There’s no reason to beat around the bush when it comes to this week’s episode of Pain and Suffering: The…
Outlander Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Surrender
This week’s Outlander introduces a new character to the series: Cave Jamie. We will treat Cave Jamie as a separate…
Outlander Season 3 Episode 1 Recap: The Battle Joined
Welcome back, all ye Sassenachs and Scotsmen! After all those lonely months polishing your standing stone circles, Outlander has returned…
Ruin of Angels Is a Crafty Continuation of a Beloved Series
There are a great number of scary things in this world, and for a brief time, one of them was…
The Book Nerd’s Guide to the Worst Reading Spots
Welcome to the Book Nerd’s Guide to Life! Every other week, we convene in this safe place to discuss the…
An Echo of Things to Come Redraws the Map of an Expansive Trilogy
With the arrival of the second installment of James Islington’s Licanius trilogy, it’s clearer than ever—despite the expansive worldbuilding and…
The Book Nerd’s Guide to the Lies I Have Told
Welcome to the Book Nerd’s Guide to Life! Every other week, we convene in this safe place to discuss the…
After On Will Make You Rethink Your Relationship with Your Phone
There’s a scene in Rob Reid’s After On that finds budding tech entrepreneurs pitching to their boss the idea of…
Killing Is My Business Deepens the Mystery of Its Robot Noir
Raymond Electromatic is the world’s last robot—and a private eye turned for-profit hitman. In this line of work, being mostly…
6 Robots Too Smart for Their Own Good
Robots, man. You can’t live without them (unless you vacuum the old-fashioned way), and quite often, you can’t live with…
