From the monthly archives: July 2008

Book Review: Bewitching Season

By On July 31, 2008 · 7 Comments · In 6 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Bewitching Season

Author: Marissa Doyle

Genre: Young Adult, Victorian Historical Fiction with some supernatural magic goings on

Stand alone or series: As it is, a stand alone novel, but has the makings of becoming a series. A book 2, following twin sister Penelope Leland, is in the works!

Why did I [...]

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*ARC* Book Review: Before the Scandal

By On July 30, 2008 · 3 Comments · In 6 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Before the Scandal

Author: Suzanne Enoch

Genre: Romance/Historical

Stand Alone/ Series: This is book 2 in a trilogy called The Notorious Gentlemen –about three friends that met in the army while fighting Napoleon. Book 1 is Sullivan’s and it’s called After the Kiss. I don’t think you need to read book [...]

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

By On July 30, 2008 · 4 Comments · In Uncategorized

I was just checking out Aidan’s blog (which is awesome if you folks haven’t been), and saw this!

HELL. YES.

I absolutely cannot wait–this trailer is freaking sweet.

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A Chat With an Author: Jocelynn Drake and Giveaway of Nightwalker

By On July 29, 2008 · 24 Comments · In Chat With an Author, Giveaways

I got an ARC of Nightwalker (released on 29th July) , read it and loved it. As soon as I was done with it I went online in search for more information on this new series and found the author’s website – which is stock full of cool information about the series, the characters and [...]

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*ARC* Book Review: Nightwalker

By On July 28, 2008 · 7 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Nightwalker

Author: Jocelynn Drake

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Stand Alone/ Series: Book one of the Dark Days series.

Summary: For centuries Mira has been a nightwalker—an unstoppable enforcer for a mysterious organization that manipulates earth-shaking events from the darkest shadows. But elemental mastery over fire sets her apart from others of her [...]

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*ARC* Book Review: The Wild Road

By On July 27, 2008 · 10 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: The Wild Road

Author: Marjorie Liu

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Stand Alone/Series: Book 8 of the Dirk and Steele series but can be read as a stand alone without any problems.

Summary:Lannes Hannelore is one of a dying race born to protect mankind against demonic forces. And while those who look upon [...]

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Smugglers Weekly Stash

By On July 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In Smugglers Stash

It’s been fun, but our X-Files Weekend now comes to a close. And so, we look forward, onward ho!

First things first, our magical sorting hat has spoken. The winner of our Accidental Demon Slayer giveaway is…

M. of Apprentice Writer!

Congrats, M.–please drop us a comment or an email (thebooksmugglers [...]

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The X-Files Long Weekend: Favorite Moments Poll

By On July 26, 2008 · 5 Comments · In Weekend Poll

Since we’ve already kinda covered favorite episodes, our poll for the week will be a little more specific–

What’s your favorite X-Files moment?

“I could smell you coming Clarisse” (or, incidentally, “C’mere you big bald beautiful man”) – The Truth

Batting Practice – The Unnatural

The Mulder [...]

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The X-Files Long Weekend: Greatest Hits

By On July 25, 2008 · 11 Comments · In Uncategorized

No X-Files weekend could be complete without a rundown of some of our all-time favorite episodes. This list was nearly impossible to compile. SO, we cheated. We give you Ana’s and Thea’s separate top 10 favorite episodes…with runners up.

Thea’s Top 10: (in order–yes I ranked them, and it hurts my heart, but I did [...]

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The X-Files Long Weekend: Ruins

By On July 25, 2008 · 5 Comments · In 6 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Ruins

Author: Kevin J. Anderson

Genre: Science Fiction, Book Adaptation

Summary: (from amazon.com)
A well-connected American archaeologist disappears while exploring the lost Mayan city of Xitaclan — and FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are flown to the Yucatán jungles to investigate.

Not an ordinary FBI team, Mulder and Scully [...]

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