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Smugglers’ Stash & News

Heidi-ho! It’s another Sunday, and another stash. We hope everyone’s having an awesome Valentine’s Day, whether you’re out doing romantic crap, enjoying your time with friends, or happily on your own!

(We are loving these dorky Valentine’s Day Cards – and so want to share you with you, dear readers.) Now, down to business!

Lisa McMann’s Gone Winners:

We have TEN lucky winners to announce! Drumroll please…

Lili Ramos (Comment #34)
Melissa (Comment #86)
Seahn (Comment #57)
Cindy (Comment #27)
Emily W (Comment #65)
Susan (Comment #71)
Heather (Comment #61)
Barbara (Comment #40)
Anita Yancey (Comment #79)
Tiffany M (Comment #33)

Flash Giveaway: The Valentine’s Day Edition Winners:

And the winners are:

Batch 1: Meghan (Comment #13)
Batch 2: Jessica (Comment #2)
Batch 3: Christie I (Comment #25)
GRAND PRIZE: Cybercliper (Comment #43)

Congratulations to the winners! You know the drill. Send an email to contact AT the book smugglers DOT com with your snail mail address, and we will get your winnings out to you as soon as possible. Thanks to everyone that participated!

Around the Interwebs and Other News:

This week, we were interviewed over by author Sam Sykes, debut novelist of the forthcoming Tome of the Undergates. He asked us about book standards, covers, and – most interestingly – about what women expect out of their reading. You can check out our answers over HERE.

Jessica, the ridiculously intelligent and eloquent woman behind Racy Romance Reviews has a great article up right now: “Feminist Critique of Romance: Ur Doin It Wrong.” Jessica takes a look at Rochelle Hurst’s “THE BARRISTER’S BEDMATE: Harlequin Mills & Boon and the Bridget Jones Debate” (Australian Feminist Studies, Vol. 24, No. 62, December 2009) and has some very interesting findings. In addition to misattributed and out-of-context quotes, Ms. Hurst’s fundamental analysis, argument and logic are shockingly flawed. Make sure to check it out, if you haven’t already.

Also, it’s been all over the place, but we have to reiterate because we are just that. damn. excited. The title and cover of the third and final volume of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games series has been officially revealed! Feast your eyes on this gorgeous beauty:

According to Scholastic’s On our Minds blog and an interview with Scholastic’s VP Editorial Director, David Levithan, we can expect the following of Mockingjay:

I am not, under any circumstances, allowed to divulge the contents of the third Hunger Games book. Nada. Nothing. Not a peep. I can, however, share with you five things that will not be appearing in the new book:

– Panem is not shaken up when District 9 is nominated for a best picture Oscar.

– At no point does President Snow utter the line, “This is Snowmageddon, baby.”

– Despite internet rumors to the contrary, it is not revealed that Cinna has been secretly designing outfits for a Capitol operative known as “Lady GaGa.”

– All rumors of a crossover appearance by Geronimo Stilton are false.

– In a tough editorial call, we decided not to have Katniss win the Hunger Games…only to be interrupted by Kanye West.

Ok, so that’s not very helpful. But holy crap, it’s the third book in the series! Mockingjay comes out on August 24th – guess we’ll just have to wait until then.

Also:

That is all.

Finally, in TVlandia news, we Smugglers have an announcement to make. Ahem. Episode 2 of the Sixth and Final Season of LOST – “What Kate Does” – totally, unconscionably SUCKED. Who cares about Kate any more? She’s gorgeous and we love Evangeline Lilly, but good god is Kate the most ridiculously stupid character ever. Also, no more mystical Japanese dude. Please. Only fifteen episodes to go (if you count the two-part finale is as two separate episodes). Let’s get back on the ball, writers. Please.

(Next week, “The Substitute” is a Locke-centric epi. We are pleased. Bring it!)

This Week on The Book Smugglers:

On Monday, Thea kicks off the week with a review of Jen Nadol’s debut young adult speculative fiction novel, The Mark. Later in the day we interview Jen Nadol about her new book, her influences, and her favorite authors and titles.

Tuesday, it’s time for another Alert Nerd Mega-Crossover-Linkup-Bonanza! We posted about it briefly before, but Tuesday is the official day for our very own “True Geek Confessions,” in which we reveal our deepest, darkest, geekiest secrets. Everyone can participate – all you need do is post your own Geek Confessional on Tuesday, and add your link to the Alert Nerd list. You can read all about the official event HERE. Later in the day, Thea reviews Rachel Caine’s newest, the second book in her Outcast Season spinoff series (in the Weather Warden universe) Unknown.

Wednesday is another huge day – it’s our official stop on the Harper Teen 28 Days of Winter Escapes Blog Tour & Book-a-Day Giveaway! We will have a joint review of Delia Ephron’s The Girl With the Mermaid Hair, and also an exclusive Q&A with the author. Make sure to stop by the official Winter Escapes website on Wednesday too, for a chance to win The Girl With the Mermaid Hair and an iTouch.

Thursday, Ana gives her review of Blood of the Demon, Diana Rowland’s highly anticipated sequel to last year’s Urban Fantasy novel Mark of the Demon.

Finally, on Friday we close out the week with Ana’s review of historical romance novel In For A Penny by Rose Lerner. Plus, we’ll have Rose over later in the day to talk about her Inspirations & Influences!

It’s another suicidal hectic week here – we hope you enjoy it!

~ Your Friendly Neighborhood Book Smugglers

15 Comments

  • azteclady
    February 14, 2010 at 8:06 am

    Huge congrats and good-natured envy *cough* no, really *coughcough* to all the winners.

    Thank you, lady smugglers–and happy V’s day to all!

  • Lenore
    February 14, 2010 at 9:08 am

    Team Peeta!

    Oh, and LOST ep 2 was not all bad. We did get to see a glimpse of Roussou Claire!

  • Ana
    February 14, 2010 at 9:12 am

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

    Rousseau Claire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    LOL. Oh god, Lenore, when I saw that I nearly collapsed in giggles. I thought the entire episode was a major fail especially since the the first episode was SO good.

  • Danielle
    February 14, 2010 at 9:42 am

    I just had an interview with Jen over at my blog. Can’t wait to hear what you have to say about The Mark!

    (and ROCK ON TEAM PEETA!)

  • Celia
    February 14, 2010 at 9:56 am

    I’ll definitely be looking forward to this week – sounds like you’ve got a lot of great content lined up. I’m especially intrigued by Blood of the Demon – as I’m doing a challenge right now for angel & demon books, and haven’t found a demon book to love yet.

    Happy Valentine’s!

  • Cindy
    February 14, 2010 at 10:35 am

    First of all, happy V-day to you both !
    Quite happy to be a winner, thank you for organising the contest !
    And I’m also definitely looking forward to this week.

  • Erika (Jawas Read, Too!)
    February 14, 2010 at 11:58 am

    The Star Wars graphics are making me love your blog even more! 😀

  • Dottie
    February 14, 2010 at 12:50 pm

    Congrats Winners!! Happy V-Day!

    Dottie 🙂

  • Carolyn H
    February 14, 2010 at 2:21 pm

    Congrats winners. Woot woot 😀

  • Carolyn Crane (CJ)
    February 14, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    OH, Lost. Kate really looks different than when Lost started. And I really want to understand the fate of Locke. He has such a tragic story, though maybe he’s evil now. I don’t know. Happy Valentines day!! ➡ 🙂

  • limecello
    February 14, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    Congratulations to all the winners – and Happy Vday to all 😀
    Also, Happy Chinese/Lunar New Year!

  • Veronica F.
    February 14, 2010 at 11:42 pm

    HAPPY VALENTINE”S DAY Book Smugglers! 😀
    and, ahem….Team Gale!!!

  • Seahn
    February 15, 2010 at 12:40 am

    Mockingjay so pretty- How can you not love David Levithan and Peeta.

  • RRRJessica
    February 15, 2010 at 6:45 am

    Shit. Now I wish I didn’t make fun of you guys in my post this morning…

    PS. Thanks for the linkage love

  • Curtissot
    April 9, 2017 at 4:25 am

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