Title: Desperate Duchesses Author: Eloisa James Genre: Historical Romance Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Desperate Duchesses series Why did I read this book: As part two of our Smugglivus Feats of Strength, Ana dared me to…
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Smugglivus Feats of Strength: The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Title: The Woman in White Author: Wilkie Collins Genre: Mystery/Thriller, Literary Fiction Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Why did I read this book: As the first part of our feats of strength, Ana dared me to read…
The Majestic Festivus Pole Smugglivus wouldn’t be Smugglivus without The Smugglivus Pole. We couldn’t rightly claim a true spinoff of the Festivus celebration without posting pictures of the poles, so at long last, here they are! Of course, we…
The year is over, Smugglivus is upon us, and we must also undergo another very important ritual… The Airing of Grievances(in which we air out any dirty laundry from 2008) In ascending order, these are the things that really…
Seeing as Ana and I met through LOST boards (we are ridiculous geeks), it should come as no shocker that both of us are huge couch potatoes. Television, movies, sports, you name it. So, given our advance stage of…
Ana: I’m [Bill S. Preston, esquire] Ana, Romance reader at heart…Thea: And I’m [“Ted” Theodore Logan] Thea, Speculative Fiction junkie… Ana & Thea: And we’re…[Wyld Stallyns] BOOK SMUGGLERS!!!!!!! *play facemelting riffs on air guitars* We’ve brought you some of…
Who: Li, of the fantastic book review blog Me and My Books. Li is another blogger who we stalk on the regular–and it shows in TBR purchases. It is because of Li that we met some of our favorite…
Who: Kate, the incredibly intelligent and wonderful woman that runs the review blog What Kate’s Reading. Kate runs a fantastic blog, reviewing historical fiction, academic works, non-fiction, romance, and home of the infamous ‘Unbuttoned Yet Tucked In’ series (in…
Day 4 of SmugglivusWho: Angiegirl (Angie), solo blogger that runs the EEEEVIL review blog, Angieville. (Why EEEEVIL? Because Angie is single-handedly responsible for quadrupling Thea’s TBR this year.) Angie’s blog is one we stalk for book recommendations–she always has…
Day 4 of SmugglivusWho: The Discriminating Fangirl (aka “TDF”), geek blogger extraordinaire of The Discriminating Fangirl. From the second we saw her tagline: “pop culture + geekery = happiness” …we knew it was love. TDF runs an eclectic blog,…
Day 3 of Smugglivus Who: Heather, the pioneering gal behind the dedicated Science Fiction Romance site, The Galaxy Express! Heather runs a true, dedicated niche blog–and though you might think Science Fiction Romance is too narrow a genre classification…
We take a break from our Smugglivus coverage to make a few quick announcements! We have TWO giveaway winners to announce! Giveaway with Susan Holloway Scott: The lucky winner of The King’s Favorite is: Catie Giveaway with Meljean Brook:…
Day 3 of Smugglivus Who: Aidan Moher, designer, aspiring author and avid reader. Aidan runs A Dribble of Ink, a review blog dedicated to bringing news, interviews, and book reviews for all things speculative fiction. Aidan’s blog offers some…
Who: Kristen, who runs the fabulous Fantasy Cafe book review blog. Kristen is another wonderful blogger we have met this year, and we cannot help but marvel at her consistent, in-depth and clear-headed reviews. Fantasy Cafe mainly reviews–you guessed…
Who: Tia Nevitt, the creator of fabulous niche blog, Fantasy Debut. Recently Tia took on an extra pair of hands to run her growing site, and now Mulluane contributes to debut showcases, book reviews, etc. Tia’s Fantasy Debut Showcases…
Day 2 of Smugglivus Who: Trin and Thrinidir, two of the four folks that run the SFF book review blog, Realms of Speculative Fiction. Realms provides awesome reviews of a wide variety of books–everything from epic fantasy to space…
Day 1 of Smugglivus Who: Holly, with the help of Casee and Ames. Holly and Casee are two of the ladies in charge of the fabulous book review blog, The Book Binge. Ames also reviews books over at her…
Day 1 of Smugglivus Who: Katie(babs), the fantastic force of nature behind multiple blogs and review pages online. Katie is one of the first people to ever make us feel at home to blogging, always coming over to comment…
Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ahh, the holidays. The time of frantic, scrambling blind panic for gifts, hearty eating, heavy drinking, and most of all–MOVIEGOING! In the month of December, moviehouses play their best hands, releasing the films they hope will secure…
Day 22 (4 Days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Susan Holloway Scott, author of historical fiction. We heard about Susan through Romance writing legend Loretta Chase, and were given the great opportunity to read and review her most recent…
Ahoy, mateys! We’ve had a huge week filled with giveaways, and it’s time to hand out the booty. (As always, our sorting hat–Random.org–impartially selects the winners) Drumroll please! Victoria Dahl Giveaway: The winner of A Rake’s Guide to Pleasure…
It’s our third and final week of our Countdown to Smugglivus–and so, we give you our last FLASH GIVEAWAY! You know the drill–the giveaway lasts for a mere 24 hour period. You have until Sunday midday (December 21, 12:00…
Day 19 (7 Days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Linnea Sinclair, pioneering author of Science Fiction Romance! Linnea has won both RITA and PEARL awards and racked up starred reviews for her novels, making her one of the most…
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Smugglivus Joint Review: The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
Title: The Court of the Air Author: Stephen Hunt Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk Stand alone or series: First novel in the series, but can be read as a stand alone. Why did we read this book: A few months back,…
Perusing our morning emails and blogs, we noticed this particular article posted over at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist. The article is an opinion piece by Urban Fantasy author Lilith Saintcrow, of Dante Valentine fame, on the definition of Urban Fantasy,…