From Mod R: If it’s Friday, it’s winner time! The much-coveted prize of last week’s Secret Giveaway was a galley of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me (Maggie the Undying 1), the new fantasy isekai series by Ilona Andrews. A galley is a plain-bound (no illustrated cover, sprayed edges, very likely pre copy-edits version of
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Small Magics and Small Housework
The full-cast dramatized adaptation of Small Magics will be released by Graphic Audio on July 2nd and the pre-order is live on the GA website here. Audible and all the other usual audio retailers should have the preorder sometime in the beginning of May. The release will include the full content of Small Magics: extended
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Magic Binds Samples from Graphic Audio
The Magic Binds full cast dramatized adaptation will be released on Tuesday, March 25th. The preorder is available on the Graphic Audio website, as well as on Audible and all the other usual third party retailers. Of course, we got sample goodies! What do you mean, ‘do I need cake right now‘? Kate. Beloved. We
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The Iron and Magic Trivia Quiz
After a weekend of excitement and prayers for p*tience to last us until the release of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me, it’s time to return to our Iron Dogs. Since House Andrews gifted us with chapters from the first draft of Hugh 2, I thought we should test our memory of where it all
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Best of the Best poll – Sidekick Stars edition
We’re all sick of the villains, morally gray characters and the bad things we have to hear about constantly. It’s time to switch things around and celebrate the best of the best supporting characters — they may not be the main protagonists, but they absolutely make every scene better just by existing. They’re the ride-or-dies,
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The Book Devouring Horde Quiz
“I heard Realtors have to disclose if the house is haunted,” Leon said.I looked at Mom in the driver’s seat. She gave me an amused smile. No help there.“Apparently only four states require you to disclose paranormal activity,” Arabella reported. “Nine states require you to notify the buyer if a death occurred on the premises.
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Mission Nav-possible
Conifers rose like black candles in a demonic mass, the heady scent of pine intoxicating and thick. Only the soft whisper of falling snowflakes punctuated the silen… “Are we there yet?” …punctuated the silence of the… “For the LAST time, it’s the Grueling Field, then the Evening Forest, then the Glades of Remembrance!” “I ran
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Friday Foodies
“I live in constant terror that someone around me might be even a little bit peckish” said Nigella Lawson once, and honestly, she gets me. My Notes app is full of recipes that look good, my counters with food experiments, and my thoughts are occupied by yumminess I remember and want to have again. It’s
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Quiz Time! So you want a pet nechist…
Sanctuary, Roman’s book, will be released next month, in a flurry of exciting events and merch House Andrews are putting together behind the scenes. The misadventures of Roman’s menagerie of pet nechists were the most fun parts of the serialized version of the book, and if you’ve ever wondered how it would be to have
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Bookish AITAs
I really do my best to, as the French say, m’occuper de mes oignons. Every week is a good week to stay hydrated and mind my own business. But then the algorithms shove these AITA posts with clickbaity titles at me and I can’t help checking them out. AITA stands for Am I the Asshole?
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555- RUMORS
“What’s the number again?” “555-RUMORS” “Who’s dialing, I can’t see?” “It’s Steve. And you’re treading on my feet.” “Sorry! Tell him to put it on speaker so we can hear in the back.” Beep beep beep. “Welcome to the Book Rumors hotline. If you’ve been waiting for a sequel longer than seven years, please press
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Favorite IA Supporting Character Quiz
Something we say a lot as a Horde is that our authors could turn every single one of their supporting characters into the lead of a story we couldn’t wait to read. In honor of one of the most beloved secondary characters who recently broke into the protagonist club, let’s see if the quiz can
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