From the monthly archives: November 2008

Kim Harrison Giveaway winners

By On November 30, 2008 · 9 Comments · In Giveaways, Smugglivus

The six winners of a copy of The Outlaw Demon Wails are:

Wendy
Shannon
Janell
Li
Logan
Tasha

And the winner of the GRAND PRIZE – the entire collection of The Hollows books (1-6) is:

Bamabelle

All [...]

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Countdown to Smugglivus: Week 1 Calendar

By On November 29, 2008 · 9 Comments · In Smugglivus

Finally, Smugglivus is Coming! (*mostly*)

On Monday, we start the official Countdown to Smugglivus (our crazy celebratory festival that starts Dec 26th. You can read about it here)and this is this week’s line up of guest authors coming to celebrate with us:

Monday – Joel Sutherland: editor of Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths- and [...]

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Book Review: What a Scoundrel Wants by Carrie Lofty

By On November 28, 2008 · 21 Comments · In 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: What a Scoundrel Wants

Author: Carrie Lofty

(God, I hate this cover)

Genre: Historical (medieval) romance

Stand Alone/ Series: Stand Alone but there is another book in the same world in the works.

Summary: In Sherwood Forest, outcast warrior Will Scarlet rescues a blind woman who dreams of fire. Now, [...]

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Book Review: When The Duke Returns by Eloisa James

By On November 27, 2008 · 8 Comments · In 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: When the Duke Returns

Author: Eloisa James

Genre: Historical Romance (set in Georgian times)

Stand Alone/ Series: Book 4 in the Desperate Duchesses series

Summary: Married by proxy as a child, Lady Isidore has spent years fending off lecherous suitors while longing for her husband, Simeon Jermyn, the Duke of [...]

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I Love This Series: Desperate Duchesses by Eloisa James, an Introduction

By On November 26, 2008 · 11 Comments · In Book Reviews

Intro

There are moments in the life of a reader when it seems like the reality is bending, stars are aligning and the Universe is conspiring to make one believe that anything is possible – that people fall in love at first sight, that Dukes and Duchesses frolic about flirting with each other, that virgins [...]

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Interview and Giveaway: Kim Harrison

By On November 25, 2008 · 54 Comments · In Chat With an Author, Giveaways

Kim Harrison is, without a doubt, one of my favorite authors. Her bestselling series, The Hollows, is not only my all-time favorite Urban Fantasy series, but also is comprised of some of my favorite books of any genre. So, when I learned that Harper Collins would be releasing the mass market paperback of her latest [...]

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Book Review: The Outlaw Demon Wails by Kim Harrison

By On November 24, 2008 · 12 Comments · In 9 Rated Books

Title: The Outlaw Demon Wails

Author: Kim Harrison

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Stand alone or series: Book 6 in The Hollows (Rachel Morgan) series.

Why did I read this book: The Rachel Morgan books are beyond a doubt my favorite Urban Fantasy series. Book 5, For a Few [...]

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Smugglers Stash and News

By On November 23, 2008 · 11 Comments · In Smugglers Stash

This week:

We kick-off the week with a three-day Kim Harrison Extravaganza!

On Monday, Thea reviews book 6 in The Hollows series, The Outlaw Demon Wails, in honor of the mass market paperback release of the book.

On Tuesday we will have an INTERVIEW with Kim Harrison (*Thea: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*) including [...]

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Smugglivus is Coming: The Details!

By On November 22, 2008 · 13 Comments · In Smugglivus

If you are a regular around these shores you may have noticed that in the past few weeks we have been talking about something called…Smugglivus. Cryptic posts, shout outs, and the sidebar widget that changes every three days with a countdown and the words

Smugglivus…is coming

But what exactly [...]

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Joint Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

By On November 21, 2008 · 12 Comments · In 9 Rated Books, Book of the Month, Book Reviews, Joint Review

Title: The Graveyard Book

Author: Neil Gaiman

Genre: Young Adult, Horror, Fantasy

Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel

Why did we read this book: Really? Because, obviously, we love Neil Gaiman. (The question should be why did it take us so freaking long to read this [...]

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