Title: Caliber – First Canon of Justice Author: Written by Sam Sarkar; Illustrated by Garrie Gastonny Genre: Comics – Fantasy Publisher: Radical Comics Publishing Date: November 2008 Hardcover: 144 pages Stand Alone or Series: The Graphic Novel is a…
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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,…
Title: At The Bride Hunt Ball Author: Olivia Parker Genre: Romance – Historical Publisher: Avon Publishing Date: May 2008 Paperback: 384 pages Stand Alone/Series:Stand Alone Summary: To Snare a Bride . . . To Gabriel Devine, Duke of Wolverest,…
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Manga Appreciation Week: Series Review – The Tarot Cafe by Park Sang-sun
Title: The Tarot Cafe (Vol. 1-7) Author: Park Sang-sun Genre: Manhwa Publisher: TokyoPop Publication Date: From 2005 to 2008 Paperback: Average 200 pages. Stand Alone/ Series: Series with 7 volumes Summary: (Wikipedia) In contemporary Great Britain, Pamela is the…
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Manga Appreciation Week: Book Review – Demon Diary by Kara and Lee Chi Hyong
Title: Demon Diary (vol 1) Author:Written by Lee Chi Hyong; Illustrated by Kara Genre: Manhwa (South Korean) – Comedy/Fantasy Publisher: Tokyopop Press Inc Publication Date: 1 Jun 2004 Paperback: 192 pages Summary: Raenef is the black sheep of the…
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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…
A few weeks ago our buddy Karen Mahoney (A.K.A The Honorary Book Smuggler) contacted us asking if we wanted to read an ARC of a novel called Tarot Cafe – The Wild Hunt by her critique partner, Chandra Rooney.…
Welcome to our first post-Smugglivus stash and the first at our new abode! Speaking of the new casa: We have installed a re-direct service from the old blogspot address, so all the old links to individual posts in blogger…
Title: What a Pirate Desires Author: Michelle Beattie Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Berkley Sensation Publication Date: December 2008 Paperback: 304 pages Stand Alone/Series: Stand alone Summary: When her family was murdered by the brigand named Dervish, all that Samantha…
One year and 3 days ago when I (Ana) thought about starting a blog, I had no idea what was in store for me. I had just read more than 10 books over the holiday’s period and all I…
One year of Book Smuggling, one year of many happy events! It was the best of the years and the craziest of them all. We have made the move to our new casa and will have a proper celebratory…
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Smugglivus Feats of Strength part 2 – Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Title: Daughter of the Forest Author: Juliet Marillier Genre: Fantasy Stand Alone/ Series: Book 1 of 4 books set in the Sevenwaters world. It can be read as a stand- alone – the next books deal with the descendents…
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Smugglivus Feats of Strength: Ana reads The Talisman by Stephen King
Title: The Talisman Author: Stephen King and Peter Straub Genre: Fantasy with a few elements of horror. Stand Alone/ Series: Stand Alone but there is a sequel of sorts with an adult Jack Sawyer titled Black House Summary: Jack…
What time is it you ask? It is time to announce the winners of the recent Smugglivus giveaways bonanza!!! OK, so here it goes: 1) Mike Stone’s giveaway. Mike picked the winner and here is a special message from…
On January 7th we celebrate our first blog-o-versary and we decided it was time to shake things up a little bit. So that you don’t freak out when you come around then and notice that all the green is…
It is a Smugglivus Miracle! We got another Flash giveaway folks! You know the drill–the giveaway lasts for a mere 24 hour period. You have until Sunday midday (January 3rd, 10:00 pm pacific) to leave a comment and enter!…
So Thea aired the dirty laundry with regards to Jate (ewwwww), True Blood (*snorts*) and the Breaking Dawn Fiasco amongst other craptastic 2008 occurrences. What is there left? The Crap-Fest that was Heroes season 3. Season 1 was VERY…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, best books of the year taken care of – what else is there? Movies and TV shows baby! So since Thea and I are both major geeks we decided to list the best of the…
Day 5 of Smugglivus Who: Carolyn Jean from The Thrillionth Page The Thrillionth Page is one of our favorite blogs and it is all down to the gloriously creative CJ. Her reviews come in many formats: thoughts as she…
Day 5 of Smugglivus Who: Kmont from Lurv a la Mode Kmont in one word: cool. We love her very in-depth reviews of Romance (mostly paranormal), Fantasy and SCi Fi . Her sense of humor is of that kind…
Day 4 of Smugglivus Who: Lisa Trevethan of Urban Fantasy Land Lisa is one of the contributors for Urban Fantasy Land, a fantastic blog for all your Urban Fantasy needs in any format: books, comics, tv and movies. New…
Day 4 of Smugglivus Who: Karen Mahoney, writer of YA and Urban Fantasy whose first story will be published in 2009. She talks about her writing and life at her livejournal: Karen Mahoney. Karen is one of our buddies…
Day 3 of Smugglivus Who: Jessica, who writes the fabulous Racy Romance Reviews blog, a new (and very welcomed) addition to the blogsphere. Jessica is an academic professor that writes not only incredibly in-depth reviews of Romance Novels but…
Day 3 of Smugglivus Who: Graeme Flory, the fantasy mogul behind Graeme’s Fantasy Book Reviews. Graeme runs a most fantastic (and very respected) blog: full of in-depth reviews of mostly Fantasy and Sci-fi books (although he tried his hand…
Day 2 of Smugglivus Who: Ciara, the aspiring (and inspiring) author behind Ciaralira Ciara provides great insight into writing by posting about the craft: book recommendations, thoughts and tips and desert island video interviews with other writers. She also…