From the monthly archives: April 2009

The Wolverine Effect

By On April 30, 2009 · 22 Comments · In Popgeekery

The summer officially kicks off this Friday with the first official blockbuster film of the season – X-Men Origins: Wolverine. And, as we both have nothing but love for Wolvie, what better way to prepare for the film’s release than talking a bit about our own experiences with the character?

Ana:

Skini.

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Book Review: The Laurentine Spy by Emily Gee

By On April 29, 2009 · 15 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: The Laurentine Spy

Author: Emily Gee

Genre: Officially, Dark Fantasy but it has a LOT of romance.

Publisher: Solaris
Publishing Date: April 28, 2009
Paperback: 416 pages

Stand Alone or series: Stand alone

Summary: The Corhonase citadel is a place of virtue and debauchery. But nothing is as it seems, [...]

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Book Review: The Trouble With Demons by Lisa Shearin

By On April 28, 2009 · 6 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: The Trouble With Demons

Author: Lisa Shearin

Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

Publisher: Ace Books
Publication Date: April 2009
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages

Stand Alone or Series: Book 3 in the ongoing Raine Benares series.

Why did I read this book: I’ve read and loved the first two Raine Benares [...]

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Book Review: Dayhunter by Jocelynn Drake

By On April 27, 2009 · 5 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Dayhunter

Author: Jocelynn Drake

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Publisher: Eos
Publishing Date: April 28th 2009
Paperback: 368 pages

Stand alone or series: book 2 in the Dark Days series

Why did I read the book: I read and reviewed the first book in the series and I loved it. It was [...]

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Smugglers Stash and News

By On April 26, 2009 · 9 Comments · In Smugglers Stash

Another Laker victory, another Sunday, another stash…

(And yay for the Bulls victory! You know how I feel about Boston.)

Around the Blogosphere:

There’s been an interesting discussion floating around Book Review Land over the past week, concerning authors and the effect author comments may have on facilitating or ‘chilling’ [...]

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Lost Recap: 05 x 14 Some Like it Hoth

By On April 25, 2009 · 5 Comments · In Miscellaneous

This week: recap of Lost, Season 5 Episode 14 – Some Like it Hoth, a Miles episode, A.K.A. The return of the Daddy Issues.

Flashback time: a woman, in a flat, looking to rent it. I recognise her from the first episode of this season, the wife of Dr Chang and the [...]

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A Chat with an Author: Jo Beverley

By On April 24, 2009 · 7 Comments · In Chat With an Author

Welcome to another Chat with an Author. Our guest this time is Jo Beverley, prolific writer with more than 30 novels published, winner of 5 Rita Awards and a member of the RWA Honor Roll, and the RWA Hall of Fame. The Secret Wedding (reviewed here) is a brand new novel in the world [...]

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Night of the Chicken Dead

By On April 23, 2009 · 11 Comments · In Miscellaneous

“Humans…the other white meat. Unless you’re black, then it’s dark meat. Or if you’re Asian, then it’s yellow meat. Or if you’re Native American, it’s red meat. (Well…you get the idea.)”

~ Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead

What came first, the chicken or the egg? Who cares…when the world is about to end in [...]

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Book Review: The Secret Wedding by Jo Beverley

By On April 23, 2009 · 16 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: The Secret Wedding

Author: Jo Beverley

Genre: Historical Romance (Georgian)

Publisher:Signet
Publishing Date: April 7th 2009
Paperback:432 pages

Stand Alone or Series: Book two in the Secrets trilogy. All the books in the series can be read alone but they all share the same premise: meeting of strangers at an inn [...]

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Guest Dare: Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr

By On April 22, 2009 · 17 Comments · In Book Reviews, Guest Dare, The Dare

Another month, another dare.

Every month we dare a book blogger to read a book that is outside their comfort zone and invite them to post their reviews or thoughts here. This time, the victim guest is Jessica who writes the excellent Racy Romance Reviews. As soon as we asked her which genre she [...]

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