Title: Magic Strikes Author: Ilona Andrews Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Ace Publication Date: April 2009 Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Book 3 of the Kate Daniels series. Why did I read this book: I liked…
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Title: The Magicians and Mrs. Quent Author: Galen Beckett Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Regency & Gothic Romance (yes, it is ALL of these things at once) Publisher: Bantam Spectra Publication Date: July 2008 Hardcover: 512 Pages Stand alone or…
Title: Revealed Author: Kate Noble Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Berkley Publishing Date: March 3, 2009 Paperback: 400 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone (but there is a sequel in the works with one of the secondary characters. Why…
Title: The Forest of Hands and Teeth Author: Carrie Ryan Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Apocalyptic Fiction, Zombies Publisher: Delacorte Books Publication Date: March 2009 Hardcover: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Can be read as a stand alone…
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Guest Dare: Games of Command by Linnea Sinclair
Every month we dare another book blogger to read a book that is outside their comfort zone and invite them to post their reviews or thoughts here. This month our guest is AnimeJune from the great blog Gossamer Obsessions.…
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Movie Review: Watchmen
“Who Watches the Watchmen” WE DO! The most highly anticipated movie of 2009 (at least for us) is finally out in theaters, and of course we both went on opening night. So…what did we think? Was it everything we…
Title: Scandal Author: Carolyn Jewel Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Berkley Sensation Publishing Date: February 3, 2009 Paperback: 320 pages Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone Why did I read this novel: I got one copy from Katiebabs who highly…
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Manga Appreciation Week: Book Review – Goth by Otsuichi
Title: Goth Author: Otsuichi (Otsu-ichi) Genre: Horror, Light Novel, Short Fiction Publisher: TokyoPop Publication Date: October 2008 Paperback: 240 pages Stand Alone or Series: A stand alone collection of six connected short stories involving two high school students. The…
Title: the dead and the gone Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer Genre: Young Adult, Speculative Fiction Stand alone or series: Book 2 of the ‘Moon Crush’ trilogy, but can be read as a stand alone novel. the dead and the…
Title: The Outlaw Demon Wails Author: Kim Harrison Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 6 in The Hollows (Rachel Morgan) series. Why did I read this book: The Rachel Morgan books are beyond a doubt my favorite…
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Joint Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Title: The Graveyard Book Author: Neil Gaiman Genre: Young Adult, Horror, Fantasy Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Why did we read this book: Really? Because, obviously, we love Neil Gaiman. (The question should be why did it…
Title: Heir to Sevenwaters Author: Juliet Marillier Genre: Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 4 in the Sevenwaters series, but can be read as a stand alone novel. Why did I read this book: I nearly died of a…
Title: Demon Bound Author: Meljean Brook Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/ Series: 4th full-length novel in the Guardians series. The books are written such that one could theoretically read them as stand alone novels, but I would highly recommend…
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Halloween Week – From the Page to the Screen: It
Title: It Novel by Stephen King TV Movie directed by Tommy Lee Wallace; teleplay by Lawrence D. Cohen & Tommy Lee Wallace; Starring Tim Curry, Richard Thomas, John Ritter, Annette O’Toole, Jonathan Brandis, Brandon Crane, and Seth Green. It…
Title: House of Leaves Author: Mark Danielewski Genre: Horror Stand alone or series: A stand alone…novel (it’s truly a “post-modern novel”). Summary: (from amazon.com)Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than…
Title: Orphans of Chaos Author: John C. Wright Genre: Fantasy Stand Alone/ Series: Volume 1 of Chronicles of Chaos trilogy Summary: For Amelia and her friends, the strict English boarding school she lives in is all she has ever…
Title: Succubus Dreams Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 3 in the Succubus series Why did I read this book: By this point, it should be pretty self-explanatory. Summary: (from KensingtonBooks.com)Some days, a girl…
Title: Clockwork Heart Author: Dru Pagliassotti Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk Stand Alone or Series: Stand alone novel; although according to Ms. Pagliassotti’s website there is a forthcoming sequel! Why did I read this book: Tia at Fantasy Debut had a…
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Lisa Kleypas Week – Joint Review: A Wallflower Christmas
Title: A Wallflower Christmas Author: Lisa Kleypas Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: In the world of the Wallflower’s series but can be read as a stand alone Summary: Wealthy entrepreneur Rafe Bowman has come to London to marry…
Title: Seduce me at Sunrise Author: Lisa Kleypas Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: The second in The Hathaways series Summary: Win has been an invalid ever since she suffered a near-fatal case of scarlet fever. Merripen is a…
Title: Dreaming of You Author: Lisa Kleypas Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone or Series: Can be read as a stand alone, although is a sequel of Then Came You, following different main characters Why did I read this book:…
Title: Mr Cavendish, I Presume Author: Julia Quinn Genre: Historical romance Stand Alone/series: Book 2 of a two books series called The Two Dukes of Wyndham Summary: Amelia Willoughby has been engaged to the Duke of Wyndham for as…
Title: Ink Exchange Author: Melissa Marr Genre: Young Adult, Dark Fantasy Stand Alone or Series: Second book in the series. Summary: (from HarperCollins.com)Unbeknownst to mortals, a power struggle is unfolding in a world of shadows and danger. After centuries…
Title: Hostage to Pleasure Author: Nalini Singh Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/ Series: Book 5 of Psy-Changeling series. Summary: Separated from her son and forced to create a neural implant that will mean the effective enslavement of her psychically…
Title: The Killing Joke Author: Alan Moore, Brian Bolland Genre: Graphic Novel Stand alone or series: Stand alone graphic novel, but part of the Batman universe Summary: (from DCComics.com)For the first time the Joker’s origin is revealed in this…