From the monthly archives: April 2009
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 [...]
It is not a secret that we are huge fans of Melissa Marr’s books. Thea was the one who first read Wicked Lovely last year and promptly told Ana it was one of the Good Ones.
From that moment on, we were hooked. After we read her newest release, Fragile Eternity (out [...]
Title: Fragile Eternity
Author: Melissa Marr
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy/Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publishing Date: April 2009
Hardcover: 400 pages
Stand Alone/ Series: Book 3 in the Wicked Lovely series but also the direct sequel to book 1, Wicked Lovely.
Summary: (from amazon.com)
“Seth never expected he would [...]
Sunday is here, Sunday is here! Which means it’s playoffs time!
Oh, yeah, and time for another stash.
Giveaway Winner:
Our lucky winner of the Angie Fox Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers swag is:
Tiah!
You know the drill: send us an email (contact AT thebooksmugglers DOT com) with your snail [...]
Recap of Lost, Episode 12, season 5 – Dead is Dead
it is time to embark on a Ben-centric episode! Woohoo!
Episode opens with a VERY charming, good looking man on a horse getting to the Other’s camp. The bloke has a british acccent so I know it’s Charles Widmore. Who would have thought [...]
Hello and welcome to another addition to our new series “Inspirations and Influences” in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their …..well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild and write anything they want. It can be about their [...]
Title: The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers
Author:
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Love Spell
Publishing Date: April 28, 2009
Paperback: 336 pages
Stand Alone/ Series: Second book in the Demon Slayer series.
Why did I read the book: I read the first one and enjoyed it a lot and was happy when [...]
We saw this at Kati’s place (who saw it at Nicola’s) and we thought: wow, what a cool meme, we want to play too!
So here it goes:
1. What author do you own the most books by?
Ana:
Agatha Christie – I own all of her books and read every single [...]
Title: Magic Strikes
Author: Ilona Andrews
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Ace
Publication Date: April 2009
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
Stand alone or series: Book 3 of the Kate Daniels series.
Why did I read this book: I liked Magic Bites (book 1), and loved Magic Burns (book 2). It goes [...]
Title: The Magicians and Mrs. Quent
Author: Galen Beckett
Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Regency & Gothic Romance (yes, it is ALL of these things at once)
Publisher: Bantam Spectra
Publication Date: July 2008
Hardcover: 512 Pages
Stand alone or series: Book 1 in a planned series.
Why did I read this book: [...]
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