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We Know How to Read : House of Flame and Shadow Theories and Predictions

SPOILERS! We are diving head-first into all of our unhinged, well-thought-out theories and predictions for all the characters in the upcoming House of Flame and Shadow release! This episode is long but we have so much to cover before Jan. 30th. Enjoy the crazy train ride into our inner SJM theories and join us on our Discord to talk more about these delulu predictions and more!  

We Know How to Read: Everything You Need to Know Before : House of Flame and Shadow

We've done it so you don't have to. We have combed through the extensive work of SJM to bring together what we think is the creme de la creme of recap information for you before the release of House of Flame and Shadow. Spoiler warning for ALL Sarah J Maas novels and series. We are diving into the lore, the maps, the characters, and all the breadcrumbs Sarah's been leaving us for years! 

We Know How to Read: Top 12 Reads of 2023 : Part 3

Hello, 2024! We are so excited to wrap up this mini-series of our top 12 reads of 2023!  This is the third and final part of the series that will feature our top reads for Sumt-ober, October, Yarros' November, and December of the year. Think of this as our 2023 book bracket meets our ultimate book recommendations to you - with a lot of chaotic, embarrassing, laughable, moments along the way! Join us starting in February for our House of Flame and Shadow book club!

We Know How to Read : Top 12 Reads of the year : Part 2

Hello, 2024! We are so excited to be reading our way into the New Year with you! As we all are writing down our book goals, TBRS, and more. We want to share with you our top reads of 2023. This three-part series will feature our top reads for each month of the year. Think of this as our 2023 book bracket meets our ultimate book recommendations to you - with a lot of chaotic, embarrassing, laughable, moments along the way! So happy for you to join us this year for more bookish chaos! 

We Know How to Read : Top 12 Reads of the year! Part 1

Hello, 2024! We are so excited to be reading our way into the New Year with you! As we all are writing down our book goals, TBRS, and more. We want to share with you our top reads of 2023. This three-part series will feature our top reads for each month of the year. Think of this as our 2023 book bracket meets our ultimate book recommendations to you - with a lot of chaotic, embarrassing, laughable, moments along the way! So happy for you to join us this year for more bookish chaos! 

We Know How to Read : S11E7 : Ligia Cushman Interview

Welcome to our holiday season of They Know How to Write and our season finale episode! Rounding off this amazing see, this week we were so honored to have Ligia Cushman! Ligia N. Guzman-Cushman is a Dominican-American fantasy author best known for the "Rise of a Dark Throne: The Mōsa Chronicles." Ligia Cushman is proud to be an Afro-Latina author, writing diverse and inclusive fantasy novels filled with romance and magick. With an epic tale of two unlikely characters embarking on a magick-filled enemies-to-lovers adult fantasy romance novel, you are hooked!  

We Know How to Read : S11E6 : Isabelle Olmo Interview

Welcome to our holiday season of They Know How to Write! This week we were so honored to have Isabelle Olmo on our holiday special They Know How to Write. Isabelle is not only a talented author of The Queen's Red Guard, a feminist epic fantasy series with a diverse cast of characters, but she is equally hilarious and so much fun to have on the show! We got into all the details with Isabelle while she was on the show including how she got into writing fantasy, the inspiration behind her diverse characters, and general chaos! One thing is always certain; her stories are about women and their inherent power. 

We Know How to Read : S11E5 : Angela Breen Interview

Welcome to our holiday season of They Know How to Write! This week we were so honored to have Angela Breen! Angela Breen is the author of Pretty. Gritty. Love Stories. Angela loves strong heroes and heroines who can save themselves. She writes about the dark and gritty parts of life as well as the fun stuff! This week we got into the Pretty, the Gritty, and all of the love with the very talented Angela. What a fun time we had getting to know the inside outs of Angela's writing, characters, and more. 

We Know How to Read : S11E4 : Kate Gateley Interview

Welcome to our holiday season of They Know How to Write! This week we were so honored to have Kate Gateley! It was amazing to get the chance to sit down and talk with the award-winning fantasy novelist of the Lost Wells Trilogy and immerse readers into a world of magic, Celtic History & self-discovery. When Kate published her first book, Tides of the Sovereign (FriesenPress 2022), Book One of the Lost Wells Trilogy, she knew that it was only the beginning of a story she has always wanted to write—one with heart and meaning that was actually worth sharing. We couldn't have had more fun learning about Kate's journey as an author, the behind the scenes of writing her novels, and meeting a kinder spirit. Check out her series now!

We Know How to Read : S11E3 : Andrea Tang Interview

Welcome to our holiday season of They Know How to Write! This week we were so honored to have Andrea Tang. To add to the excitement of this episode TODAY is the launch day of Kingdom of Without a cyberpunk heist thriller, what more could you want?! Find it online or at a store near you. Also, she loves martial arts in general and Brazilian jiu-jitsu in particular, and in her spare time, enjoys learning new sports and checking out live theater. Andrea is the author of Rebelwing and its companion novel, Renegade Flight, as well as the upcoming The Kingdom of Without(out now). This interview is classic We Know How to Read - full of side quests, loads of laughs, and hearing about the epic tales Andrea has written.