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September 2009

9 Rated Books Book Reviews

Book Review: Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

Title: Leviathan Author: Scott Westerfeld / Illustrations by Keith Thompson Genre: YA (Steampunk) Publisher:Simon and Schuster’s Children/Simon Pulse Publishing Date: 1 Oct 2009/ 6 Oct 2009 Hardcover: 448 pages Stand Alone or series: First in a planned trilogy Summary:…

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9 Rated Books Book Reviews

Book Review: Fire by Kristin Cashore

Title: Fire Author: Kristin Cashore Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: October 2009 (US) / September 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 480 pages Stand alone or series: Fire is the prequel/companion novel to Graceling, but…

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Miscellaneous

Banned Books Week 2009

September 26 – October 3 marks Banned Books Week 2009. It’s a week during which we celebrate our rights of intellectual freedom – our freedom to read, express, and explore ideas, even if such ideas are “unorthodox or unpopular.”…

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Smugglers Stash

Smugglers Stash and News

Howdy fellows! How is everybody this Sunday? Good? Good. Getting straight down to business then. Giveaway winners: The two winners of the Ariel prize packs are: Kate (comment #54) Jenny N (comment #34) Congratulations! Please send us your snail…

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On the Boob Tube Popgeekery

On the Boob Tube

You may have noticed by now how much we love books and reading. What you probably don’t know is that we love TV shows about just as much. We are both huge couch potatoes and each of us follow…

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Giveaways

Giveaway: Ariel by Steven R. Boyett

In anticipation for the release of the long awaited Elegy Beach, Steven Boyett’s much loved fantasy-post-apocalyptic tale Ariel has been re-released. And, after reading and enjoying Ariel, we’ve decided to hold a giveaway! More About the Book: At four-thirty…

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7 Rated Books Book Reviews

Book Review: Ariel by Steven R. Boyett

Title: Ariel Author: Steven R. Boyett Genre: Speculative Fiction (Sci-Fi/Fantasy), Post-Apocalyptic Publisher: Ace Publication Date: January 1983 (original) / August 2009 (re-release) Paperback: 448 pages Stand alone or series: When Ariel was first published in 1983, it was intended…

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Smugglers Stash

Smugglers Stash and News

Happy Sunday, everyone! I kindly want to kick off this week’s edition of our Sunday Stash to say… MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! As of this instant, UCLA has a better football record than USC. Suck it Trojans. SUCK IT! Ahem. Now back…

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Miscellaneous

And the Award Goes to…

…THE BOOK SMUGGLERS! (and no, we didn’t steal any awards from sweet, defenseless teenage girls) The Book Smugglers have been bestowed with not one but TWO (!?!?!?!) awards for Book Blogger Appreciation Week: When we found out the news,…

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9 Rated Books Book Reviews

Book Review: Liar by Justine Larbalestier

Title: Liar Author: Justine Larbalestier Genre: YA/Thriller Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books Publishing Date: September 29, 2009 Hardcover: 384 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Summary: Micah will freely admit that she’s a compulsive liar, but that may…

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Smugglers Ponderings

BBAW Day 5: Presto Manifesto!

Today we are supposed to talk about our goals for our blog, to say what we like best about it, and to explain where would we like our blog to be one year from now. Given how there seem…

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Book Review: Cape Storm by Rachel Caine

Title: Cape Storm Author: Rachel Caine Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher:Roc (Penguin) Publication Date: August 2009 Paperback: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Book eight (eek!) in an ongoing series. And take it from me, this is a series you’re…

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Miscellaneous

Catching Fire Giveaway Winners

After two weeks of entries, our Catching Fire Giveaway bonanza has come to an official close! The lucky winners of a copy of the book, a limited edition T-Shirt, and collectible mockingjay pin are: Daisy Underhill (Comment #90) Honey…

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8 Rated Books Book Reviews

Book Review: Forest Born by Shannon Hale

Title: Forest Born Author: Shannon Hale Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publication Date: September 15, 2009 Hardcover: 400 pages Stand alone or series: Book four in the Books of Bayern series. Why did I read this book:…

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