In episode 15 we chat about Jessica Townsend’s delightful magic and wonder-filled middle-grade book Nevermoor, the first of the Nevermoor series! Other books dicussed in this episode:
Tome & Tome Again Podcast: Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend
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Tome & Tome Again Podcast: The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
In episode 14 we chat about Terry Pratchett’s The Wee Free Men, the first of the Tiffany Aching series within the Discworld. Other books dicussed in …
Tome & Tome Again Podcast: Legends & Lattes & Cosy Fiction
In episode 13 we discuss Travis Baldree’s 2022 cosy fiction novel Legends & Lattes, as well as the rise of the genre since its publications …
Book review: Of Monsters and Mainframes by Barbara Truelove
A brilliantly queer and imaginative blending of sci-fi and fantastical monsters. Barbara Truelove’s Of Monsters and Mainframes is a sci-fi, fantasy, queerness-filled, adventure novel that will push …
Book Review: The Crimson Road by A. G. Slatter
AG Slatter’s The Crimson Road is a novel about facing one’s fate head-on and the people who help along the way.Violet Zennor grew up with …
Tome & Tome Again Podcast: Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
In episode 10 we discuss Howl’s Moving Castle, both the classic 1986 book by Diana Wynne Jones and the gorgeous 2004 movie by Hayao Miyazaki. …
Book review: Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood
An aesthetically pleasing cosy fantasy about discovering your powers and finding community. Lucy Jane Wood’s debut novel Rewitched is the story of Belladonna Blackthorn, a soon-to-be 30-year-old …
Book review: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher
A Sorceress Comes to Call is another brilliant novel from T Kingfisher that explores the human consequences of fairy tale ideas that we take for granted. …
Book review: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst is a sweet, cosy fantasy story about letting people in, building community, and making a home for oneself. Kiela has lived and …
Book review: The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth
Courtney Smyth’s debut novel The Undetectables is a good idea.It offers disability representation, with a protagonist who lives with fibromyalgia. There’s also LGBTQIA+ representation in …