From the monthly archives: January 2009

Book Review & Giveaway: Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs

By On January 30, 2009 · 60 Comments · In 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews, Giveaways

Title: Bone Crossed

Author: Patricia Briggs

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Publisher: Ace Books (Penguin)
Publication Date: February 2008
Hardcover: 320 pages

Stand alone or series: Book 4 in the ongoing Mercy Thompson series.

Why did I read this book: The Mercy Thompson books are some of my very favorites in the Urban Fantasy [...]

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Book Review: The Magic Knot by Helen Scott Taylor

By On January 29, 2009 · 8 Comments · In 6 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: The Magic Knot

Author: Helen Scott Taylor

Genre: Fantasy Romance

Publisher: Love Spell (Dorchester)
Publishing Date: January 27th 2009
Paperback: 320 pages

Stand Alones/ Series: First in a series of contemporary Fantasy romance but can be read as a stand alone.

Summary: HE’S A BIKER WITH AN ATTITUDE

What woman wouldn’t [...]

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Guest Dare: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman

By On January 28, 2009 · 13 Comments · In Book Reviews, Guest Dare, The Dare

Last month we had Marg over to review Stephen King’s It. This month’s victim? The unsuspecting Graeme from Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review! After Graeme admitted to us that he had never read Neil Gaiman’s epic Sandman comics, we had to Dare him. (Yes, again. We know this is the third Preludes and Nocturnes [...]

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Book Review: The Inferior by Peadar O’Guilin

By On January 27, 2009 · 19 Comments · In 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: The Inferior

Author: Peadar O’Guilin

Genre: Science Fiction-Fantasy, Dystopian, Young Adult

Publisher: David Fickling Books
Publication Date: June 2008
Hardcover: 448 pages

Stand alone or series: The first novel in a planned trilogy.

Why did I read this book: After Trin & Thrinidir mentioned this novel in their Smugglivus [...]

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Powerpuff Girls Review: Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl

By On January 26, 2009 · 12 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Talk Me Down

Author: Victoria Dahl

Genre: Romance – Contemporary

Molly Jennings is back in town after ten years – small Tumble Creek, Colorado to get over a writer’s block and start anew after a few complicated months with a stalker ex-boyfriend. Being back in town also means being back into the life [...]

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Smugglers Stash

By On January 25, 2009 · 15 Comments · In Smugglers Stash

Another Sunday, another stash! (No football though)

News, News, News

We have just learned that Joel Sutherland and Mike Stone have BOTH made the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Award!!!!!! Joel’s debut novel Frozen Blood (our review HERE; interview with Joel HERE) has gotten a nod in the [...]

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Nonsensical Weekend Poll – Which Video Game Chick is the Most Badass?

By On January 24, 2009 · 11 Comments · In Weekend Poll

As a girl that likes to occasionally play video games (I have a gamecube, an OG Xbox, a 360, and a Wii), sometimes I just want to kick back with a badass female character. Preferably a character that doesn’t prance around uselessly, or continue to get killed or kidnapped or whatever. I’m looking at YOU, [...]

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Graphic Novel Review: Caliber – First Canon of Justice by Sam Sarkar & Garrie Gastonny

By On January 23, 2009 · 2 Comments · In 6 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Caliber – First Canon of Justice

Author: Written by Sam Sarkar; Illustrated by Garrie Gastonny

Genre: Comics – Fantasy

Publisher: Radical Comics
Publishing Date: November 2008
Hardcover: 144 pages

Stand Alone or Series: The Graphic Novel is a collection of a 5-issue miniseries.

Why Did I Read The Book: I saw [...]

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Book Review: Impossible by Nancy Werlin

By On January 22, 2009 · 16 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Impossible

Author: Nancy Werlin

Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult

Publisher: Dial Books (Penguin)
Publication Date: September 2008
Hardcover: 384 pages

Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel.

Why did I read this book: I had been eying this book for a while, but hadn’t been in the mood for another YA faerie-curse [...]

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LOST – It’s Baaaaaaaaack!

By On January 21, 2009 · 11 Comments · In Miscellaneous

January means the return of all good things–and LOST is back tonight!!!!!!!!

Tonight at 9/8 central is a two-hour premiere (not counting that stupid clip show, which begins at 8/7c if you’re interested) with episodes titled “Because You Left” and “The Lie”.

Here’s the official release from ABC (spoiler free):

THE REMAINING SURVIVORS START [...]

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