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Bookling - The Incandescent

Bookling - The Incandescent

We’re talking about Emily Tesh’s new book, The Incandescent, which is out today. Set in a British magical school, it gives us the overworked administrative point-of-view of running a magical school, to what felt like, to us, a very millennial-coded story that was fun. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art (@MangoyuArt), and our music is by Bad Sparrow (@BadSparrowMusic). You can find us on  BlueSky, and Instagram.

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The Devils Review - Monsters No Worse Than Men

The Devils Review - Monsters No Worse Than Men

The Devils by Joe Abercrombie feels fresh while still retaining the style of writing the author has become famous for. It’s set in a new world, our world in an alternate timeline Europe, where the church wages war with elves that eat the flesh of man and are waiting for their chance to wage war against humanity yet again. A fellowship of an immortal, a jack-of-all-trades, a necromancer, a vampire, a werewolf, a monk, and an elf has to escort a thief turned princess across Europe while the many sons of her usurping sorceress aunt send human animal hybrid monsters …

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Anji Kills a King Review: The Fish Rots From Everywhere

Anji Kills a King Review: The Fish Rots From Everywhere

Anji Kills a King wastes absolutely no time. With a title like that there’s no reason to beat around the bush, but Evan Leikam doesn’t even bother with setting the scene before we’re watching Anji coping with cleanup and escape. It’s bold, it’s striking, and it makes for a pulse-pounding introduction to the land of …

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Bookling - Running Close to the Wind

Bookling - Running Close to the Wind

April Fool’s! We love boat books; well, specifically, we love Alexandra Rowland’s Running Close to the Wind. A perfect combination of our running bit of disliking boat books and this being one of the funniest books we’ve ever read, we thought it perfect for the day. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), …

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Cold Eternity Review: Eat the Rich

Cold Eternity Review: Eat the Rich

If you’re reading this right now I’m guessing you could use a break from the horrors of our current reality, might I suggest the horrors of not-so-different one? Stay with me here, because Cold Eternity by S.A. Barnes is a spooky sci-fi thriller that says “Fuck Billionaire and AI…in spaaaaace!” It’s a little bit Alien, …

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A Drop of Corruption Review: How We Deal With the Swamp

A Drop of Corruption Review: How We Deal With the Swamp

Every time a new Robert Jackson Bennett book comes out, I read it way too fast and then feel something I mostly otherwise feel after eating an entire bag of Cadbury mini-eggs: not regret—never!—but longing to return to the start, to experience the whole thing over again. I want to have both the anticipation and …

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March Madness Character Draft 2025

March Madness Character Draft 2025

It’s March, so by the rules of podcasting, we must do a draft. On this episode, each host drafted eight characters to come to a new world as its new protectors (or rulers, depending on their disposition). You can decide via the poll below whose eight would be the best protectors or make the best …

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Bookling - Wind and Truth

Bookling - Wind and Truth

Our Cosmerenauts Steph and Josh talk full spoilers about the fifth book in the Stormlight Archive, Wind and Truth. We talked about what we loved, what didn’t work, our character MVPs of the book, and the future of the characters and the series. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall …

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The Discord of Gods 91-109: As Was Foretold

The Discord of Gods 91-109: As Was Foretold

This is the end of our journey with A Chorus of Dragons. We want to thank @jennlyons.bsky.social for the series, the catalyst for this podcast’s start. We talk about the final battle, the ending, and the series overall. our hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us …

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The Discord of Gods 81-90: This Could Be Nice

The Discord of Gods 81-90: This Could Be Nice

Our penultimate episode on Jenn Lyons’ The Discord of Gods / A Chorus of Dragons episode. We talk about new guardians, Relos Var’s point of view, the final battle starts, and Teraeth doing a Kamehameha. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us all on Bluesky. …

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Our Best Books of 2024

Our Best Books of 2024

We come together to tell you about what we each thought were the five best books we read in 2024. We’ve included a special section for Jenn Lyon’s The Sky on Fire, which was on everyone’s list. This year, we’re not just limiting it to books published in 2024. Plus, a few books we’re anticipating …

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The Discord of Gods 71-80: Oompher is a Nepo Baby

The Discord of Gods 71-80: Oompher is a Nepo Baby

On this episode we discuss chapters 71-80 of The Discord of Gods, the fifth book in Jenn Lyon’s A Chorus of Dragons. We’re close to the very end now, and events get near apocalyptic levels of crazy. Your hosts are Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits). You can find us all …

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Off the Books: Sung-il Kim and Anton Hur

Off the Books: Sung-il Kim and Anton Hur

On this Off the Books, we are interviewing Sung-il Kim, author of Blood of the Old Kings, and Anton Hur (Toward Eternity, transl. Blood of the Old Kings, I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-Hee) to discuss Kim’s book, falling empires, publishing, translations, technofeudalism, and what’s next for The …

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The Discord of Gods 61-70: 14,000 Years of Therapy

The Discord of Gods 61-70: 14,000 Years of Therapy

In these chapters of Jenn Lyon’s The Discord of Gods (61-70), we discuss the return of a former final boss who is now a mini-boss, the opposite of Keanu Reeves, and their quick demise. Always remember: no vengeance, do okay. Your hosts are Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), and you …

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Bookling - Helpmeet

Bookling - Helpmeet

On this Bookling, we’re reading Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum, just in time for Halloween, a tale of intimacy, body horror, poverty, diseases, possession, infidelity, and identity. Your hosts are Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), and you can find us all on Bluesky. Our art is by Mangoyu Art (@MangoyuArt), and …

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Rough Pages Review: Be Dangerous, Read Books

Rough Pages Review: Be Dangerous, Read Books

It’s no secret that I am a big fan of Lev AC Rosen’s Evander Mills series. The first two books, Lavender House and The Bell in the Fog were on my favorites lists for the past two years. When I interviewed Rosen last year he spoke about how Lavender House was his Agatha Christie, and …

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Bookling: Blood of the Old Kings

Bookling: Blood of the Old Kings

On this Bookling, we discuss Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-Il Kim, translated by Anton Hur. Multi-eyed dragons, fiery swords, mech-like war machines, and a curmudgeon sorcerer trapped in a mindscape are just some of the details of this great book. Your hosts are Joshua MacDougall (@FourofFiveWits), Christina Ladd (@christinaladd), and Steph Kingston (@StephOKingston), …