Title: Dead Until Dark Author: Charlaine Harris Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand Alone/Series: Book 1 of Southern Vampire Mysteries Summary: (from amazon.com)Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn’t date much because…
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May 2008
Title: The Warrior’s Apprentice Author: Lois McMaster Bujold Genre: Science Fiction Stand alone or series: One of the many books of the Vorkosigan Saga—this is the first introduction to the main protagonist, Miles Vorkosigan so even though it is…
Title: Dagger-Star Author: Elizabeth Vaughan Genre: Paranormal Romance, according to the publisher…I’d say, Romantic Fantasy Stand alone or series: Stand alone, but set in the same world as the Warlands trilogy Summary: (From amazon.com)After captivating readers with her Chronicles…
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Trailer Madness!
In light of all the coolness coming out this summer, we’d like to put up a consolidated post with all the cool trailers that are now out and available! Which ones work (or don’t work) in your opinion–and which…
Title: Taking the Heat Author: Kathryn Shay Review number: 44 Genre: Contemporary romance Stand alone /Series: This is book 3 in the O’Neil family series but it can, quite comfortably, be read as a stand alone. Summary:Working as the…
Title: Iron Man Book (Iron Man Vol. 1: Extremis) by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov Movie directed by Jon Favreau; starring Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, and Gwyneth Paltrow Last weekend, Iron Man hit theaters full force,…
Title: The Duke of Shadows Author: Meredith Duran Review number: 43 Genre: Historical Romance Stand alone / series: Stand alone Summary: Sick of tragedy, done with rebellion, Emmaline Martin has no interest in courting trouble. But when violence seizes…
May is shaping up to be one of the best months with fabulous new books coming up: we just had the new Kresley Cole’s, Dark Needs at Night’s Edge released and we will have another one at the end…
About three months ago, following KatieBabs recommendation, I picked up Lord of the Fading Lands and Lady of Light and Shadows by CL Wilson and found myself falling in love with her books. These are the first two books…
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I AM IRON MAAAAAAAAAN!
I’ve got my tickets, got a few friends, and I am all hyped up and ready to go. I’ll be back on Monday with a detailed report of the first film adaptation for billionaire Tony Stark and his sweet…
(Not called “Book of the Month” because…well, we like doing joint reviews and can’t have more than one “Book of the Month” or the title loses significance, right? Right?) Title: Awesome Lavratt Author: Ann Wilkes Genre: Science Fiction Stand…
Title: The Golden Compass Novel by Philip Pullman Movie directed by Chris Weizt; screenplay by Chris Weizt; starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, and Dakota Blue Richards This past Tuesday, the film adaptation of Philip Pullman’s classic The Golden Compass…