From the monthly archives: April 2008

Book Review Double Feature: Magic Bites and Magic Burns

By On April 30, 2008 · 10 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Magic Bites and Magic Burns

Author: Ilona Andrews

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Stand alone or series: First and second novels in the Kate Daniels series

Summary: (From amazon.com)

MAGIC BITES
Mercenary Kate Daniels cleans up urban problems of a paranormal kind. But her latest prey, a pack of undead [...]

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Book Review: If you Dare

By On April 29, 2008 · 3 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: If You Dare

Author: Kresley Cole

Review number: 41

Genre: Historical Romance

Stand Alone/ Series: First in the McCarrick Brothers series but can be read as stand alone.

Summary: Can he exact revenge? High in the Pyrenees, a band of mercenaries led by Courtland MacCarrick wages war for General Reynaldo Pascal. [...]

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Book Review: Visions of Heat

By On April 28, 2008 · 1 Comment · In 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Visions of Heat

Author: Nalini Singh

Review Number: 40

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Stand Alone/Series: Book 2 of Psy/Changeling series

Summary: Used to cold silence, Faith NightStar is suddenly being tormented by dark visions of blood and murder. A bad sign for anyone, but worse for Faith, an F-Psy with the highly [...]

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Worst Adaptations

By On April 27, 2008 · 4 Comments · In Smugglers Ponderings

Reading SciFi Chick’s recent list “13 Unfortunate X-Men Costumes”, got me to thinking. While some superheroes have blundered into some lamentable costume phases, how about those poor heroes that are just totally miscast or misrepresented in movie adaptations? Considering the bevvy of upcoming movie releases, I thought it would be fun to contemplate some [...]

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Nonsensical Weekend Poll

By On April 26, 2008 · 7 Comments · In Weekend Poll

For this week’s ponderings:

What’s your favorite ’80s teen/Brat Pack movie?

Pretty In Pink – Duckie, BLAINE, and Andie strut their stuff in this Hughes classic

Some Kind of Wonderful – Your tomboyish drum playing best friend? Or the hottest gal in school? Decisions, decisions.

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Book of the Month: Touch the Dark

By On April 25, 2008 · 7 Comments · In 5 Rated Books, 7 Rated Books, Book of the Month, Book Reviews

Title: Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer Series, book 1)

Author: Karen Chance

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal

Stand alone or series: First in the Cassandra Palmer series

Summary: (from Amazon.com)

Like any sensible girl, Cassie tries to avoid vampires. But when the bloodsucking Mafioso she escaped three years ago finds Cassie again with [...]

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From Ana’s Dungeon

By On April 24, 2008 · 5 Comments · In Dungeons

This Episode’s unearthing: a 2001 Bollywood movie, Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham or It’s All About Loving Your Parents

I love Bollywood movies. I am not, by any means, a great connoisseur, but I have watched a few and I loved most [...]

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Book Review: Heroes Adrift

By On April 23, 2008 · 6 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Heroes Adrift

Author: Moira J. Moore

Genre: Fantasy

Stand alone or series: Third book in the Hero series

Summary: (from amazon.com)
The Empress wants to locate the descendants of her exiled sister. No magically-bonded Pair is more ill-suited for the job than long-suffering Shield Lee Mallorough and her all-too-charming Source Shintaro [...]

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Book Review: A Fistful of Charms

By On April 22, 2008 · 7 Comments · In 9 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: A Fistful of Charms

Author: Kim Harrison

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Horror

Stand alone or series: Fourth novel in The Hollows (Rachel Morgan) series

Summary: (From amazon.com)
The evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty hunter Rachel Morgan. Her new reputation for the dark arts is turning human [...]

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Book Review: Slave to Sensation

By On April 21, 2008 · 9 Comments · In 6 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Slave to Sensation

Author: Nalini Singh

Review number: 38

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Stand Alone/ Series: Book 1 of the Psy/Changeling series.

Summary: In a world that denies emotions, where the ruling Psy punish any sign of desire, Sascha Duncan must conceal the feelings that brand her as flawed. To reveal them would [...]

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