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May 2008

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New Cover!

For the Twilight fans in the house–at midnight on Friday, the cover for Stephanie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn was released. I love the cover art for all of Stephanie Meyer’s work–although I’m a bit surprised by this cover. It’s certainly…

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Chat With an Author

A Chat with an Author: Meljean Brook

I first heard about Meljean Brook from my gurus over at Ramblings on Romance. Based on Katie(babs) recommendation, I picked up Demon Angel and fell completely in love with both the world that Meljean Brook created and with her…

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Smugglers Weekly Stash and News

Book News: Pinky! Brain! Come and have a look: Julia Quinn has posted in her website, the cover and the summary for Mr Cavendish, I Presume – the second book in the Two Dukes of Wyndham series! Summary: There…

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7 Rated Books Book Reviews

Book Review: A Great and Terrible Beauty

Title: A Great and Terrible Beauty Author: Libba Bray Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Gothic Novel Stand alone or series: First book of the Gemma Doyle trilogy. Summary: (From amazon.com)A Victorian boarding school story, a Gothic mansion mystery, a gossipy…

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Book to Movie

Weekend at the Movies II: Prince Caspian

Actually I saw this one last weekend, but shh. Who’s counting? Title: Prince Caspian Book by C.S. Lewis Movie directed by Andrew Adamson; Starring Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, William Mosely, Anna Popplewell and Peter Dinklage I’ll be…

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Book Review: The Unsung Hero

Title: The Unsung Hero Author: Suzanne Brockman Review number: 52 Genre: Romance / Contemporary Stand Alone/ Series: Series, Troubleshooters book 1 Summary: After a near-fatal head injury, U.S. Navy SEAL Lieutenant Tom Paoletti catches a terrifying glimpse of an…

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Book Review: Undead and Unreturnable

Title: Undead and Unreturnable Author: MaryJanice Davidson Review number: 51 Genre: Chick lit – Vampires Stand Alone/Series: Book 4 of Queen Betsy Books Summary:Even the undead celebrate Christmas, and Betsy is in heaven shopping for gifts.But all is not…

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Smugglers Stash

Smugglers Weekly Stash and News

New books and Reviews:Kresley Cole’s new book, Dark Desires After Dusk came out yesterday and Dear Author has a very in-depth (and mouth watering ) review. I of course, can not wait to read it. The Good, The Bad…

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Book Review: The Host

Title: The Host Author: Stephanie Meyer Genre: Science Fiction Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Summary: (From amazon.com)The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of…

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Book Review: Mara, Daughter of the Nile

Title: Mara, Daughter of the Nile Author: Eloise Jarvis McGraw Review number: 51 Genre: Young Adult – Historical Fiction Stand Alone/Series: Stand Alone Summary: The adventures of an ingenious Egyptian slave girl who undertakes a dangerous assignment as a…

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Chat With an Author: Meredith Duran

I recently read and reviewed Meredith Duran’s first book, The Duke of Shadows (reviewed here) and fell in love with both the story and her writing style. The book has received a lot of praise online and it’s still…

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From Thea’s Dungeon

This Episode’s Unearthings: Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness Since the recent Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness got me in the mood…. Any horror fan worth their salt has seen The Evil Dead movies. These…

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Book Review: Devilish

Title: Devilish Author: Jo Beverley Review number: 49 Genre: Historical Romance – Georgian times Stand Alone/ Series : Book 5 of the Malloren family series. It can be read as a stand alone but I recommend that you read…

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The X-Files Trailer

Oh. My. God. The new X-Files Movie trailer is up! Video download courtesy of IGN. If you have problems with the video above, you can see it here. The X-Files: I Want to Believe comes out in theaters July…

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Movie Review: The Orphanage

Title: El Orfanato (The Orphanage) Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona; “Presented” by Guillermo del Toro; starring Belén Rueda, Fernando Cayo, and Roger Príncep In between all the basketball this weekend, I finally got a chance to watch this movie.…

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Book Review: Dark Needs at Night’s Edge

Title: Dark Needs at Night’s Edge Author: Kresley Cole Review Number: 46 Genre: Parnormal Romance Stand Alone/Series: Book 4 of Immortals After Dark Series Summary: Néomi Laress, a famous ballerina in the early 1900s, became a phantom the night…

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Weekend Poll

Nonsensical Weekend Poll

For this week’s ponderings: What’s your favorite TV show intro? The X-Files Friends Battlestar Galactica (Remake) LOST X-Men (the Animated Series) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Office (US version) Buffy the Vampire Slayer Beverly Hills 90210 Thundercats Firefly Transformers…

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