Title: On the Edge Author: Ilona Andrews Genre: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy Publisher: Ace Publication Date: September 2009 Paperback: 336 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in Ilona Andrews’s new The Edge series. How did I get this…
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Title: Never Let Me Go Author: Kazuo Ishiguro Genre: Speculative Fiction, Literary Fiction Publisher: Faber and Faber (UK) / Vintage (US) Publication Date: March 2005 (UK) / March 2006 (US) Paperback: 304 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone…
Title: The Ask and the Answer Author: Patrick Ness Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Walker Books (UK) / Candlewick Press (US) Publication Date: May 2009 (UK) / September 2009 (US) Hardcover: 528 pages (US) Stand alone or…
Today the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its final revised guidelines governing endorsements and testimonials. While this usually would not be of interest or concern us in any way, these revised guidelines have a new stipulation covering bloggers and…
Happy Sunday, all! Hope you’ve had a great weekend, etc, etc, etc. Now, down to business… Giveaway Winners: First up, is our giveaway of Meljean Brook’s latest Guardians novel, Demon Forged. The lucky winner is: BREE! Also, the winner…
Darren Shan’s bestselling Cirque du Freak series makes its way to the big screen this fall, with The Vampire’s Assistant – and we are offering some goodies to get in the spirit of the film! The Book: THE VAMPIRE’S…
Title: Ark Author: Stephen Baxter Genre: Science Fiction, Post-Apocalypse Publisher: Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: August 2009 Trade Paperback: 416 pages Stand alone or series: Book 2 in a duology, following Flood. Why did I read this book: Despite a…
Welcome to stop #12 on Kristin Cashore’s “Getting to know the characters of Fire” Blog Tour! If you haven’t heard of young adult sensation author Kristin Cashore, you must have been living under a rock for the past year.…
Title: Fire Author: Kristin Cashore Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: October 2009 (US) / September 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 480 pages Stand alone or series: Fire is the prequel/companion novel to Graceling, but…
September 26 – October 3 marks Banned Books Week 2009. It’s a week during which we celebrate our rights of intellectual freedom – our freedom to read, express, and explore ideas, even if such ideas are “unorthodox or unpopular.”…
You may have noticed by now how much we love books and reading. What you probably don’t know is that we love TV shows about just as much. We are both huge couch potatoes and each of us follow…
In anticipation for the release of the long awaited Elegy Beach, Steven Boyett’s much loved fantasy-post-apocalyptic tale Ariel has been re-released. And, after reading and enjoying Ariel, we’ve decided to hold a giveaway! More About the Book: At four-thirty…
Title: Ariel Author: Steven R. Boyett Genre: Speculative Fiction (Sci-Fi/Fantasy), Post-Apocalyptic Publisher: Ace Publication Date: January 1983 (original) / August 2009 (re-release) Paperback: 448 pages Stand alone or series: When Ariel was first published in 1983, it was intended…
Title: A Northern Light (UK Title: A Gathering Light) Author: Jennifer Donnelly Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Hartcourt Paperback (US) / Bloomsbury (UK) Publication Date: April 2003 (US) / June 2003 (UK) Paperback: 408 pages (US) Stand alone…
Happy Sunday, everyone! I kindly want to kick off this week’s edition of our Sunday Stash to say… MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! As of this instant, UCLA has a better football record than USC. Suck it Trojans. SUCK IT! Ahem. Now back…
…THE BOOK SMUGGLERS! (and no, we didn’t steal any awards from sweet, defenseless teenage girls) The Book Smugglers have been bestowed with not one but TWO (!?!?!?!) awards for Book Blogger Appreciation Week: When we found out the news,…
Title: Perfume (Das Parfum) Author: Patrick Suskind, Translated by John E. Woods Genre: Fiction, Historical, Thriller Publisher: Diogenes-Verlag (Germany) / Alfred A. Knopf (US) Publication Date: 1985 (Germany) / February 2001 (US) Paperback: 272 pages Stand alone or series:…
Today’s suggested BBAW topic is: Today we encourage you to blog about a book you read only because you discovered it on another book blog. Preferably, this will be a book you loved! You might also write a bit…
Title: Cape Storm Author: Rachel Caine Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher:Roc (Penguin) Publication Date: August 2009 Paperback: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Book eight (eek!) in an ongoing series. And take it from me, this is a series you’re…
After two weeks of entries, our Catching Fire Giveaway bonanza has come to an official close! The lucky winners of a copy of the book, a limited edition T-Shirt, and collectible mockingjay pin are: Daisy Underhill (Comment #90) Honey…
Title: Forest Born Author: Shannon Hale Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publication Date: September 15, 2009 Hardcover: 400 pages Stand alone or series: Book four in the Books of Bayern series. Why did I read this book:…
Everyone loves a good bad boy – that is, the guy who is the cool, dangerous outsider, but secretly good at heart. Or maybe not so good at heart. Inspired by Angie’s fabulous post this week about the “Bad…
In conjunction with Angry Robot, the new global publishing imprint from HarperCollins, we are pleased to present five daily excerpts from their upcoming Fantasy novel, Triumff by Dan Abnett (which sounds gloriously good and we will be reviewing in…
Title: Hunting Ground Author: Patricia Briggs Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Ace (US)/Orbit (UK) Publication Date: August 2009 (US)/October 2009 (UK) Paperback: 304 pages Stand alone or series: The second full length novel in the Alpha & Omega series, following…
In conjunction with Angry Robot, the new global publishing imprint from HarperCollins, we are pleased to present five daily excerpts from their upcoming Fantasy novel, Triumff by Dan Abnett (which sounds gloriously good and we will be reviewing in…