Out of Order Book Club

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Mal Bernhardt

26 January 2026

43m 58s

Charmed: Shadow of the Sphinx (2003)

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In this week's episode of the the TV tie-in mini-season, we'll be taking a look at 'Shadow of the Sphinx' by Carla Jablonski, which is a Charmed novel. My knowledge of this series is based on watching a few episodes here and there when it was originally broadcast back in the late 90s and early 00s. Will it impact my understanding of the novel? Well, it is certainly a risk!

If you mix that lack of knowledge with the fact that this is a novel that is linked to a particular series (sorry!) season of Charmed, and it's a great chance to see whether this TV tie-in can standalone which is what we're really interested in on this podcast.

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Social Media: Since recording this podcast, I have deactivated my Blue Sky account so I am less distracted. This means at the moment, you can't find me and follow me on Blue Sky. Hopefully, I'll be back there some day!

Useful links and helpful sources:

Carla Jablonski's website

M.J. Clarke - The Strict Maze of Media Tie-In Novels (2009)

The Big Megillah interview

A great interview called 'The collaboration between author and illustrator' which tells you all about that, and gives some idea about how Jablonski approaches the creative process.

Charmed List of novels (Wikipedia)

This was truly helpful in giving me an overview of the novel series and how they relate to the TV series.

The House of Halliwell podcast

I was right! In the podcast, I guessed that there was a podcast with the original cast members talking about the series, and here it is!

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