Title: Frostbite Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 2 in the Vampire Academy series Why did I read this book: Read Vampire Academy in a day, and needed more. Pronto. (This was…
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Title: Vampire Academy Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Stand Alone or Series: Book 1 in the Vampire Academy series Why did we read this book: Other than the fact that we are having a Richelle-A-Palooza? Thea…
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Richelle-A-Palooza!
Time for another author spotlight here at The Book Smugglers, and this time it is popular Urban Fantasy author Richelle Mead! Richelle exploded on the scene with her debut novel, Succubus Blues, and has since started the Vampire Academy…
Title: Goddess of the Sea Author: P.C. Cast Genre: Romantic Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Goddess Summoning series Summary: (from amazon.com)After her plane crashes into the sea, an Air Force Sergeant finds herself occupying the…
Another week, another stash. First things first, we have a winner for our Hex Appeal giveaway: Tetewa Congrats! Drop us an email at thebooksmugglers AT hotmail DOT com with your mailing address, and we will get the book off…
Title: The Chosen Sin Author: Anya Bast Genre: Paranormal Romance/Erotica (or is it Erotic Paranormal Romance?) Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Why did I read this book: This was a huge leap out of my comfort zone–as…
Title: Clockwork Heart Author: Dru Pagliassotti Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk Stand Alone or Series: Stand alone novel; although according to Ms. Pagliassotti’s website there is a forthcoming sequel! Why did I read this book: Tia at Fantasy Debut had a…
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Banned Books Week 2008 Meme
This week marks Banned Books Week–where we celebrate our right to free speech, and stand against censorship. The Top 10 Banned Books of 2008: 1. And Tango Makes Three, Justin Richardson 2. The Chocolate War, Robert Cormier 3. Olive’s…
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Mercy Thompson: Homecoming
This is too cool for words. Fans of Patricia Briggs’s Mercy Thompson books might have heard the good news that Dabel Brothers Publishing will be releasing a 4-part comic book miniseries based on the books this November, titled Mercy…
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Monday Minis! Miniseries Review: N.
Title: N. Produced by Scribner, CBS Mobile Entertainment, Marvel Comics & Stephen King; Based on the short story by Stephen King; Art by Alex Maleev and Jose Villarrubia; Adapted by Marc Guggenheim and Stephen King Summary: (from SimonSays.com)Master storyteller…
Ahoy sea dogs an’ land lubbers! Another excitin’ weekend comes t’ a close, an’ we be havin’ another stash. First things first–we be havin’ a winner! The winner of Seduce Me at Sunrise, concluding our Lisa Kleypas week, is….…
Lisa Kleypas is one of the Heavy Hitters of the historical romance genre, with several international bestsellers, and awards to her name. With her new work in contemporaries, it looks like she will be dominating that genre as well!…
In 2005, Lisa Kleypas started a new historical romance series. Four very different women find that they are routinely ignored and shunned by London society for various reasons. Annabelle is beautiful, yet destitute; Lillian and her sister Daisy are…
We sneaky Smugglers have just received from Lisa Kleypas the new American cover for her upcoming contemporary romance: Smooth Talking Stranger! Here’s the UK version, posted earlier this week: As you can see, there are some noted differences between…
Title: Dreaming of You Author: Lisa Kleypas Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone or Series: Can be read as a stand alone, although is a sequel of Then Came You, following different main characters Why did I read this book:…
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BBAW – Fantasy Draft Style
Inspired by Kmont’s wonderful post, we Book Smugglers decided to have our very own book blogger appreciation post, in honor of Book Blogger Appreciation Week. To keep things fun, we decided to do this Fantasy Draft style. Five picks…
Title: The Key Author: Pauline Baird Jones Genre: Science Fiction Romance Stand Alone or Series: Stand alone novel, although with potential for a sequel. Why did we read this book: Pauline dropped us an email and graciously provided review…
Title: Manhunter vol. 2: Trial By Fire Author: Mark Andreyko, art by Javier Pina, Jesus Saiz, and others Genre: Graphic Novel Stand Alone or Series: Collects issues #6-14 of DC’s latest incarnation of Manhunter Summary: (from DCcomics.com)Don’t miss this…
Title: Gale Force Author: Rachel Caine Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Book 7 of the Weather Warden series. Why did I read this book: Rachel Caine’s Weather Warden series is one of my top 3 all time…
For this week’s ponderings: What’s your favorite spontaneous-break-into-song-and/or-dance number? Pulp Fiction–“The Dance” Saturday Night Fever – More Than a Woman Dirty Dancing – You know. The final dance. With the lift. Flashdance – Maniac Breakin’ – The final Battle…
Title: Nightlife Author: Rob Thurman Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: First book of the Cal Leandros series Summary: (from amazon.com)In New York, there’s a troll under the Brooklyn Bridge, a boggle in Central Park, and a beautiful…
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TV Review: Fringe
Title: Fringe Created by J.J. Abrams, Directed by Alex Graves, Starring Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, and Lance Reddick Yesterday evening, this eagerly anticipated new J.J. show had its ninety-five minute debut on FOX. Billed as “paranormal science…
Title: Doppelganger (re-released in 2008 as Warrior) Author: Marie Brennan Genre: Fantasy Stand Alone or Series: First book in the Doppelganger duology Summary: (from amazon.com)When a witch is born, a doppelganger is created. For the witch to master her…
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Sookie Special: True Blood Review
Title: True Blood Based on the Southern Vampire Mystery books by Charlaine Harris TV Series created by Alan Ball; Starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwaten, and Rutina Wesley. This Sunday, after the official return of football…
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Introducing Red Room
After recently reviewing Huntress: Year One (link HERE), Ivory Madison, author and Red Room CEO invited us to share our blog and write content for Red Room, a wonderful new site promoting authors and bloggers alike in the literary…