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July 2008

6 Rated Books Book Reviews

Book Review: Bewitching Season

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…

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6 Rated Books Book Reviews

*ARC* Book Review: Before the Scandal

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…

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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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*ARC* Book Review: Nightwalker

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…

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*ARC* Book Review: The Wild Road

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…

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Smugglers Stash

Smugglers Weekly 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…

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Weekend Poll

The X-Files Long Weekend: Favorite Moments 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…

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Miscellaneous

The X-Files Long Weekend: Greatest Hits

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.…

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The X-Files Long Weekend: Ruins

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…

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The X-Files Long Weekend: Quagmire

Title: “Quagmire” Episode Number: Season 3×22 Directed by Kim Manners; Written by Chris Carter and Kim Newton. Starring David Duchovny as Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully; Guest Starring Chris Ellis as Sheriff Lance Hindt, Timothy Webber…

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The X-Files Long Weekend

It’s finally here!!! After years of waiting and hoping feverishly and holding our collective breaths, X-Files fans are finally being treated to a new movie, starring our favorite intrepid FBI Agents, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully!!! And, in honor…

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Chat With an Author

A Chat with an Author: Angie Fox

I saw the blurb for The Accidental Demon Slayer online (at The Good The Bad and The Unread) and was immediately curious about it – I even added it to my wish list. Then I got an ARC from…

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*ARC* Book Review: Cry Wolf

Title: Cry Wolf Author: Patricia Briggs Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: The first full length novel in the Alpha and Omega series (following the novella “Alpha and Omega” in the On the Prowl anthology); set in the…

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Smugglers Stash

Smugglers Weekly Stash

Another Sunday, and we bid our Batman Long Weekend adieu… Coming This Week: On Monday, Thea will have an early review for Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs! Here’s the rundown: (from Penguin Group USA) Anna never knew werewolves existed…

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Batman Long Weekend

Batman Long Weekend: An Introduction

As we mentioned in this week’s Smugglers Stash, today we kick off our Batman Long Weekend in honor of The Dark Knight, in theaters nationwide on Friday! Note the (temporary) change of header *points above* for the weekend! We…

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Guest Dare The Dare

Guest Dare: Preludes and Nocturnes

Last month it was Kmont with the horror novel Summer of Night. This month, we decided to Dare Kate from What Kate’s Reading. Kate’s kryptonite? We Dared her to read and review a graphic novel (her first ever graphic…

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Batman Long Weekend Smugglers Stash

Smugglers Weekly Stash

Yo ho ho and a bottle o’… As our weekend comes to a close, we have once again used the magic Sorting Hat to select the winners of our Lisa Shearin Giveaway! *drumroll please* FIRST PLACE: PiduteRUNNER UP: Jill…

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