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Summer of Night

Smugglivus 2010 Feats of Strength: Ana reads Summer of Night by Dan Simmons

By On January 5, 2011 · 9 Comments · In Book Reviews, Smugglivus, Smugglivus Feats of Strength

The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In the Feats of Strength, we each dare each other to read a book that we know is so far beyond the other’s comfort zone as to put it in another galaxy altogether. It is more than a mere Dare – [...]

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Smugglers’ Stash and News

By On February 7, 2010 · 14 Comments · In Smugglers Stash

Hola compadres!

Another Sunday, another stash, another installment with some fabulous news to share!

Book Blog Covention

A couple of Sundays ago we reported that the first ever con for book bloggers, The Book Blogger Convention, will happen in New York on the 28th of [...]

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On the Smugglers’ Radar

By On February 6, 2010 · 18 Comments · In On the Radar

“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 [...]

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On The Smugglers’ Radar

By On October 11, 2009 · 10 Comments · In On the Radar

For the past few months, we have been including an “On our Radar” section in our weekly stash 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 [...]

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Book Review: Drood by Dan Simmons

By On March 12, 2009 · 9 Comments · In 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Drood

Author: Dan Simmons

Genre: Literature, Fiction, Mystery

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (Hachette Group)
Publication Date: February 2009
Hardcover: 784 pages

Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel, although draws from the works and lives of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins.

Why did I read this book: Dan Simmons is [...]

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Guest Dare: Summer of Night

By On June 10, 2008 · 8 Comments · In Book Reviews, Guest Dare, The Dare

A few weeks back, Ana and I decided to share our love for pushing the reading comfort zone, and we Dared the wonderful Kmont from Lurv à la Mode to guest review a book here!

We asked Kmont what genres she would normally never read, and from there gave her [...]

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