From the monthly archives: November 2009
Title: The Stepsister Scheme
Author: Jim C. Hines
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: DAW Books
Publishing date: January 2009
Paperback: 352 pages
Stand alone or series: First in the Princess Novels series.
Why did I read the book: Kaz Mahoney pointed it to me when we were visiting [...]
Title: Ice
Author: Sarah Beth Durst
Genre: Fantasy, Retelling, Young Adult
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry (US) / Simon & Schuster Children’s (UK)
Publication Date: October 2009
Hardcover: 320 pages (US)
Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel
How did I get this book: Review Copy from the publisher [...]
Title: The Devil’s Alphabet
Author: Daryl Gregory
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Publisher: Del Rey
Publication Date: November 24, 2009
Paperback: 400 pages
Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel
How did I get this book: ARC from the publisher (via Sacramento Book Review)
Why did I [...]
Hi-yo! Another weekend, another stash. First, a few announcements…
Giveaway Winner:
The lucky winner of a copy of M.L.N. Hanover’s Darker Angels, book 2 in The Black Sun’s Daughter series, is…
LoriT! (Comment #23)
Congratulations! You know the drill – send an email to contact AT the book [...]
This Saturday, and every Saturday for the duration of the TV season, we bring you On The Boob Tube with The Book Smugglers:
in which we talk about all those water cooler moments of the past week’s episodes, raving about the good, ranting about the bad.
[...]
On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’ Radar was born, and because there are far too many books that we want than we [...]
What She Said: Resenting the Hero & Warbreaker
By Ana On November 20, 2009 · 6 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews, What She Said
Today we bring you the latest installment in our new feature, “What She Said…” in which we both review books that the other has already read and reviewed. The idea arose because of the dilemma that if one of us reads and reviews a book, the other can’t really post again about it, right? WRONG! [...]
Title: Darker Angels
Author: M.L.N. Hanover
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Pocket (Simon & Schuster)
Publication Date: September 2009
Paperback: 368 pages
Stand alone or series: Book 2 in The Black Sun’s Daughter series
How did I get this book: Review Copy from the publisher
Why did I [...]
Directed by Chris Weitz
Written by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer
Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Anna Kendrick
Running time: 130 minutes
Rated: PG-13 (violence and action)
Well, folks, it’s finally here. The movie that ravenous Twilight [...]
Title: The Last Will of Moira Leahy
Author: Therese Walsh
Genre: Fiction (Paranormal)
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
Publishing Date: October 2009
Hardcover: 304 pages
Stand alone or series: Stand alone
How did I get the book: Review copy from author
Why did I read the book: I don’t [...]
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