Last week, Zeek posted over at The Way I See It a music video for “Falling Slowly” from the movie Once. After the performance and heartfelt acceptance speeches by the two main actors at this year’s Academy Awards, I…
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2008
This weekend’s question: Which heroine would you root for in a bar brawl? Anita Blake – Necromancer, vampire slayer with a bad attitude and a big gun Mercy Thompson – Mechanic and coyote shapeshifter Joanne Baldwin – Weather Warden,…
Title: Fire Study Author: Maria V. Snyder Review Number: 18 Genre: Fantasy Stand alone or series: Third book in the Study series Summary: (From MariaVSnyder.com)FIRE STUDY: SURROUNDED BY FIRE WITH NO WAY TO ESCAPE THE BURN. (STUDY BOOK 3)…
This Episode’s Unearthings: two favorites of mine, a book and a movie with paranormal elements. The movie, Always: This is a beautiful love tale of love lost and found again directed by no other than the Great Steven Spielberg.…
Title: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead Author: Kim Harrison Review Number: 17 Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Fiction Stand alone or series: Second book in The Hollows (Rachel Morgan) series Summary: (From amazon.com)It’s a tough life for witch…
Title: A Summer to Remember Author: Mary Balogh Review number: 22 Genre: Romance/ regency Stand Alone/ series: It can be read as stand alone novel but a few characters come from other novels by the same author. Lauren, the…
Title: Lady of Light and Shadows Author: CL Wilson Review number: 21 Genre: Romance/ Fantasy Stand alone/series: Book two of Tairen Soul series Summary: Since her earliest memories, Ellysetta Baristani has feared magic, even as she has been inexorably…
Welcome to another Chat with an Author, this time with Julie Garwood. Julie Garwood is a best-seller writer of romance novels having sold more than 30 million copies. Her first romance novel, Gentle Warrior was published in 1985 and…
10 Rated Books 8 Rated Books Book of the Month Book Reviews
Book of the Month: Lord of the Fading Lands
Each month Thea and I choose one book that we both review. Last month’s was The Time Traveler’s Wife and we read it because it was the choice of our book club. This month, we chose to read Lord…
I am an emotional reader. I love to read. Which probably sounds like the most obvious thing in the world since I share a blog about book reviews but really, I LOVE to read.I love the act of reading.…
Title: If Angels Burn: A Novel of the Darkyn Author: Lynn Viehl Review Number: 15 Genre: Paranormal Romance, Dark Fantasy Stand alone or series: First book in the Darkyn series Summary: (From amazon.com)Alexandra Keller is Chicago’s most brilliant reconstructive…
Title: 30 Days of NightGraphic Novel by Steve Niles and Ben TemplesmithMovie directed by David Slade; starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, and Danny Huston In honor of today’s dvd release, I thought I’d write a review for 30 Days…
Title: Honor’s Splendour Author: Julie Garwood Review number: 19 Genre: Romance / Medieval Stand alone or series: Stand alone Summary: In the feuding English court, gentle Lady Madelyne suffered the cruel whims of her ruthless brother, Baron Louddon. Then,…
Title: My Lady Notorious Author: Jo Beverley Review number: 18 Genre: Romance/ Historical (Georgian) Stand Alone or series: first of a series of books featuring the Malloren Sibblings Summary From Jo Beverley’s website: To save her sister, Lady Chastity…
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Movie review: Two Days in Paris
I recently watched this on DVD having missed it on the cinema. Writen and directed by Julie Delphy (of Before Sunset and Before Sunrise fame) who also plays the lead character Marion, Two Days in Paris is a bittersweet…
Even though it might be a bit cold outside and still technically is winter, we wanted brighten up with a look to warmer times ahead. We are stoked for the bevvy of superhero movies coming out this year in…
Title: Dead Witch WalkingAuthor: Kim Harrison Review Number: 14 Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Fiction Stand alone or series: First book in The Hollows (Rachel Morgan) series Summary: (From kimharrison.net)All the creatures of the night gather in “the Hollows” of…
This Episode’s Unearthings: Two of my favorite Daughters–Daughter of the Forest and Mara: Daughter of the Nile Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier This is the first book in the Sevenwaters Trilogy. While I have to admit I…
Title: Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night Author: Kresley Cole Review number: 17 Genre: Romance/paranormal Stand alone or series: Book three of Immortals After Dark series Summary: Her breathless kiss haunts him…Bowen MacRieve of the Lykae clan was nearly…
Title: Working for the Devil Author: Lilith Saintcrow Review Number: 13Genre: Paranormal Fiction, Urban Fantasy, pseudo pulp-noir/futuristic?Stand alone or series: First in the Dante Valentine series Summary: (from lilithsaintcrow.net)Necromance-for-hire Dante Valentine is choosy about her jobs. Hot-tempered and with…
Title: No Rest for the Wicked Author: Kresley Cole Review number: 16 Genre: Romance/Paranormal Stand alone or series: book 3 on the Immortals After Dark series Summary: From Amazon.com A soldier weary of life . . .Centuries ago, Sebastian…
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Meme Time
We were tagged by Kristie for this one…. Six Unimportant Facts About Me The rules are: 1. Link back to the person who tagged you. 2. Post the rules on your blog. 3. Share six unimportant things about yourself.…
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Happy Sunday!
Wuthering Heights is one of my favourite books of all times. I read it when I was 15 and the story captured my imagination. This is probably when I fell in love with the brooding, dark, type of character…
No, not to lick the frozen pole outside. Ana and I have embarked on a new Book Smuggler adventure together: The Dare. Not just any dare. The Triple Dog Dare. In my recent “From Thea’s Dungeon” post, I shook…
Since things are a bit slower on the weekends, we’ve decided to add in the cool new poll feature to the Book Smugglers. For our first random, nonsensical poll, we ask: Which main man would you rather be stuck…