Last month we had Graeme from Graeme’s Fantasy Book Review over to review Neil Gaiman’s first installment to his epic Sandman series, Preludes and Nocturnes. This month we decided to pick on ask Kristen over, who runs one of…
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Book Review & ARC Giveaway: White Witch, Black Curse by Kim Harrison
Title: White Witch, Black Curse Author: Kim Harrison Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Eos Books (HarperCollins) Publication Date: February 2009 Hardcover: 512 pages Stand alone or series: Book 7 of the ongoing The Hollows (Rachel Morgan) books. These books must…
Title: Little Brother Author: Cory Doctorow Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Techno-Thriller Publisher: Tor Teen Publication Date: April 2008 Hardcover: 384 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Why did I read this book: The impressive author blurbs…
Title: Talk Me Down Author: Victoria Dahl Genre: Romance – Contemporary Molly Jennings is back in town after ten years – small Tumble Creek, Colorado to get over a writer’s block and start anew after a few complicated months…
Title: Impossible Author: Nancy Werlin Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial Books (Penguin) Publication Date: September 2008 Hardcover: 384 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel. Why did I read this book: I had been eying this book…
Title: Kiss of a Demon King Author: Kresley Cole Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher:Pocket Books Romance (Simon & Schuster) Publishing Date: Jan 20th 2009 Paperback: 432 pages Stand Alone/Series: Book 6 in the Immortals After Dark series Summary: For centuries,…
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Manga Appreciation Week: Joint Review – The Tarot Cafe – The Wild Hunt by Chandra Rooney
Title: The Tarot Cafe -The Wild Hunt Author: Chandra Rooney Genre: Light Novel, Manhwa, Romance, Fantasy Publisher: TokyoPop Publication Date: January 2009 Paperback: 240 pages Stand Alone or Series: First spinoff novelization based on the popular Tarot Cafe manhwa…
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Manga Appreciation Week: Book Review – Vampire Knight Vol.1 by Matsuri Hino
Title: Vampire Knight, vol. 1 Author: Matsuri Hino Genre: Manga Publisher:VIZ Media LLC; Shojo Beat Manga Ed edition Publication Date: English – Jan 9, 2007 Comic:208 pages Stand Alone/Series: Volume one of an ongoing series. Summary: Cross Adademy is…
Bubbles and Blossom team up again after the last two (failed) attempts to read something that we both enjoy. (Buttercup is still MIA, last time we heard from her, she seemed to have ditched Batman in order to camp…
Title: Frozen Blood Author: Joel Sutherland Genre: Horror Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Why did I read this book: When we contacted Joel to participate in Smugglivus, he graciously agreed and offered us a review copy of…
Title: To Seduce a Sinner Author: Elizabeth Hoyt Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: It is book 2 in a series called The Legend of The Four Soldiers but it can be read as a stand alone. Summary: THE…
For this month’s dare we invited Karen Mahoney, writer of YA Urban Fantasy (her first story will be published in a YA anthology, The Eternal Kiss in Autumn 2009) . We love Karen’s livejournal (how could we not? A…
Saddened with their latest Powerpuff offering and hopeful that Jo Goodman’s new book would get them both out of their reading slump, Katiebabs (aka Blossom ) and Ana (aka Bubbles) decided to join forces again and review The Price…
Title: Magic to the Bone Author: Devon Monk Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 1 in a brand spankin’ new Urban Fantasy series Why did I read this book: We were sent an early copy, and the…
Title: Marvel Zombies Author: Robert Kirkman, Sean Phillips Genre: Graphic Novel, Horror Stand alone or series: First Graphic novel in what is now a collection of 3 Marvel Zombie specials Summary: (From amazon.com)Torn from the pages of Ultimate Fantastic…
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Halloween Week – Joint Review: The Beast Within
Title: The Beast Within Author: Anthology, edited by Matt Hults Genre: Horror, Short Fiction Stand Alone or Series: Stand alone anthology, a collection of stories dealing with shapeshifters of all kinds Why did we read this book: One of…
Title: Demon Night Author: Meljean Brook Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone or Series: Book 5 of the Guardians series, but the third full-length novel in the series. The books are written such that one could theoretically read them as…
Title: The Hunger Games Author: Suzanne Collins Genre: Young Adult, Speculative Fiction Stand Alone or Series: Book One in a planned trilogy. Summary: (from amazon.com)Katniss is a 16-year-old girl living with her mother and younger sister in the poorest…
Title: Delicious Author: Sherry Thomas Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: Stand Alone Summary: Famous in Paris, infamous in London, Verity Durant is as well-known for her mouthwatering cuisine as for her scandalous love life. But that’s the least…
Title: Succubus On Top Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 2 of the Succubus series Why did I read this book: Loved Succubus Blues (book 1) and could not wait to get more Georgina.…
Title: Vampire Academy Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Stand Alone or Series: Book 1 in the Vampire Academy series Why did we read this book: Other than the fact that we are having a Richelle-A-Palooza? Thea…
Title: Night Falls Darkly Author: Kim Lenox Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Historical Stand Alone/ Series: Book 1 of Shadow Guards series. Summary: ARCHER, Lord Black, returns to England at the behest of Queen Victoria to immerse himself in the dark,…
Title: Goddess of the Sea Author: P.C. Cast Genre: Romantic Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Goddess Summoning series Summary: (from amazon.com)After her plane crashes into the sea, an Air Force Sergeant finds herself occupying the…
Title: It Happened One Night Authors: Mary Balogh, Stephanie Laurens, Jacquie D’Alessandro and Candice Hern Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: All fours stories are stand alone Summary: It Happened One Night . . . and nothing was ever…
Title: The Magical Christmas Cat Authors: Lora Leigh, Nalini Singh, Linda Winstead Jones and Erin McCarthy Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/ Series: It can be read as a stand alone but at least two of the stories (Nalini Singh’s…