Ana: I’m [Bill S. Preston, esquire] Ana, Romance reader at heart…
Thea: And I’m ["Ted" Theodore Logan] Thea, Speculative Fiction junkie…
Ana & Thea: And we’re…[Wyld Stallyns] BOOK SMUGGLERS!!!!!!!
*play facemelting riffs on air guitars*
We’ve brought you some of our favorite authors with their reflections on 2008 [...]
Who: Li, of the fantastic book review blog Me and My Books.
Li is another blogger who we stalk on the regular–and it shows in TBR purchases. It is because of Li that we met some of our favorite literary characters this year: the lovable Miles Vorkosigan and the ineffable Amelia Peabody! Li [...]
Who: Kate, the incredibly intelligent and wonderful woman that runs the review blog What Kate’s Reading.
Kate runs a fantastic blog, reviewing historical fiction, academic works, non-fiction, romance, and home of the infamous ‘Unbuttoned Yet Tucked In’ series (in which Kate argues that not all romance novels with horrible covers are horrible [...]
Day 5 of Smugglivus
Who: Carolyn Jean from The Thrillionth Page
The Thrillionth Page is one of our favorite blogs and it is all down to the gloriously creative CJ. Her reviews come in many formats: thoughts as she reads the books or post-reading reflections in which she examines her reactions and how she [...]
Day 5 of Smugglivus
Who: Kmont from Lurv a la Mode
Kmont in one word: cool. We love her very in-depth reviews of Romance (mostly paranormal), Fantasy and SCi Fi . Her sense of humor is of that kind that makes one fall of the chair with laughter. This is another blog that is [...]
Day 4 of Smugglivus
Who: Lisa Trevethan of Urban Fantasy Land
Lisa is one of the contributors for Urban Fantasy Land, a fantastic blog for all your Urban Fantasy needs in any format: books, comics, tv and movies. New authors, new titles, new covers, author tidbits and interviews, reviews and giveaways, you name it, [...]
Day 4 of Smugglivus
Who: Karen Mahoney, writer of YA and Urban Fantasy whose first story will be published in 2009. She talks about her writing and life at her livejournal: Karen Mahoney.
Karen is one of our buddies – a honorary Book Smuggler (as she – cheekily – talks about herself ) , [...]
Day 4 of Smugglivus
Who: Angiegirl (Angie), solo blogger that runs the EEEEVIL review blog, Angieville. (Why EEEEVIL? Because Angie is single-handedly responsible for quadrupling Thea’s TBR this year.)
Angie’s blog is one we stalk for book recommendations–she always has some great find we never would have heard of otherwise. Not only [...]
Day 4 of Smugglivus
Who: The Discriminating Fangirl (aka “TDF”), geek blogger extraordinaire of The Discriminating Fangirl. From the second we saw her tagline:
“pop culture + geekery = happiness”
…we knew it was love. TDF runs an eclectic blog, reviewing everything from comics to urban fantasy and paranormals, as well as [...]
Day 3 of Smugglivus
Who: Heather, the pioneering gal behind the dedicated Science Fiction Romance site, The Galaxy Express!
Heather runs a true, dedicated niche blog–and though you might think Science Fiction Romance is too narrow a genre classification to warrant such devotion, you could not be more wrong. Heather’s blog provides awesome [...]
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We are two completely obsessed, sad, sick addicts when it comes to books. Faced with threats and cynicisms from our significant others and because of the massive amounts of time and money we spend at Amazon.com, we resorted to getting books delivered to our offices and then smuggling them into our homes (in huge handbags) to avoid detection. Here we found a perfect outlet for our obsession! Reviews, recommendations, and other ponderings are our specialty.Sponsors
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We do at least two of these conversational-style joint reviews a monthInterviews with authors whose books we have reviewedAuthors whose books we have reviewed talk about their writing inspirations and influencesReviews of books that have made it to the big screenMonthly feature in which we "dare" guest reviewers to read & review books outside of their comfort zonesFeature in which each Smuggler reads and reviews a book that the other has already reviewedWeekly feature in which each Smuggler discloses upcoming titles they cannot wait to readFeature in which we ask the often controversial question: Do Covers Matter?FTC Disclaimer
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