Title: Wicked Lovely Author: Melissa Marr Genre: Young Adult, Dark Fantasy Stand Alone or Series: First book in the series. Summary: (from HarperCollins.com)Rule #3: Don’t stare at invisible faeries. Aislinn has always seen faeries. Powerful and dangerous, they walk…
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Title: Fables: Legends in Exile Vol. 1 Author: Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Steve Leialoha, Craig Hamilton Genre: Graphic Novel Stand alone or series: First volume in the Fables comics; collects issues 1-5. Summary: (from Vertigo)Who Killed Rose Red?In Fabletown,…
First, down to business. As our Nalini Singh weekend comes to an end, we’d like to thank everyone for participating, and for Nalini coming over and chatting with us! The winner of the Hostage to Pleasure giveaway is… Pam…
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Smuggler Get Together: Pictures!
As promised, and after about 2 hours struggling with the uploads, here are the pictures of our first ever Smuggler get-together! Warning: crazy dorkiness ensues. Continue at your own peril! Of course, for our first ever in-person meeting, we…
After our Long Weekend with Loretta Chase, Susan approached us with a chance to read and review her historical fiction novel The King’s Favorite. Having come highly recommended by Loretta, we eagerly agreed–and fell in love with her book.…
Title: The King’s Favorite Author: Susan Holloway Scott Genre: Historical Fiction Why did we read this book: During our recent Chat With an Author, Loretta Chase mentioned Susan Holloway Scott’s The Royal Harlot as one of her inspirations for…
For this episode’s unearthings: the wonderful works of Christopher Pike! Any other Christopher Pike fans in the house? Anyone that grew up in the 80s and 90s is familiar with a few key authors that wrote young adult series’.…
Title: The Huntress – Year One Author: Ivory Madison, Cliff Richards, Art Thibert,Jason Wright, and Sal Cipriano Genre: Comic Books Stand Alone or Series: Huntress – Year One issues #1-6, in a new miniarc about the character’s origins Summary:…
For this week’s ponderings: What’s the best moment of emotional personal triumph (of the pump your fist in the air variety) in a movie? The Karate Kid – Daniel-san single-handedly kicks the asses of all the mother f*ckers in…
Title: For A Few Demons More Author: Kim Harrison Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Fifth book in the Rachel Morgan/The Hollows series Why did I read this book: I love Rachel Morgan. Kim Harrison is my hero.…
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Tagged!
Tagged! Not by slimer though. This time from Aidan of A Dribble of Ink! Copy the list below. Mark in bold the movie titles for which you read the book. Italicize the that you’ve watched. Tag 5 people to…
Title: Manhunter – Street Justice Author: Mark Andreyko, Jesus Saiz, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Steve Buccellato Genre: Graphic Novel, Superhero Stand alone or series: Part of Mark Andreyko’s Manhunter run, collects issues 1-5 Summary: (from DCComics.com)When top federal prosecutor Kate…
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I Know It’s Cheesy, But…
Ana and I have been talking, and we wanted to start a new occasional special. In which we share some guilty pleasures. Embarrassing? Perhaps. But hey, they’re guilty pleasures. Nothing wrong with that. And so I’ll kick it off…
Thea: A week or so back, with the upcoming new release of Meljean Brook’s new novella, “Thicker Than Blood” in the First Blood anthology, I was talking with Ana about how I was excited to read this new short…
Title: The Iron Hunt Author: Marjorie M. Liu Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: First novel in the Hunter Kiss series (although preceded by the novella “Hunter Kiss”) Why did I read this book: Ana had just finished…
THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS. As I said in my review of Breaking Dawn – Part I ,I’m doing something a little different here–due to the nature of Breaking Dawn and the issues I had with it, I’m putting up…
Title: Breaking Dawn Author: Stephanie Meyer Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Fourth book in the Twilight Saga Why did I read this book: I am a fan of the series, having read and been increasingly…
Taking a brief break from my Breaking Dawn coma… And so, we close out another weekend with giveaway winners! For our three winners of Jocelynn Drake’s Nightwalker… FIRST PRIZE (autographed copy from Jocelynn Drake) – WannabeWriterRunner up Winners (two…
Since we have recently polled for our favorite badass men (in movies), for this week’s ponderings: Which badass chick is your favorite? The Return of the King, Eowyn – “I am no man.” Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Sarah Connor…
Title: Bewitching Season Author: Marissa Doyle Genre: Young Adult, Victorian Historical Fiction with some supernatural magic goings on Stand alone or series: As it is, a stand alone novel, but has the makings of becoming a series. A book…
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
I was just checking out Aidan’s blog (which is awesome if you folks haven’t been), and saw this! HELL. YES. I absolutely cannot wait–this trailer is freaking sweet.…
It’s been fun, but our X-Files Weekend now comes to a close. And so, we look forward, onward ho! First things first, our magical sorting hat has spoken. The winner of our Accidental Demon Slayer giveaway is… M. of…
Since we’ve already kinda covered favorite episodes, our poll for the week will be a little more specific– What’s your favorite X-Files moment? “I could smell you coming Clarisse” (or, incidentally, “C’mere you big bald beautiful man”) – The…
No X-Files weekend could be complete without a rundown of some of our all-time favorite episodes. This list was nearly impossible to compile. SO, we cheated. We give you Ana’s and Thea’s separate top 10 favorite episodes…with runners up.…
Title: Ruins Author: Kevin J. Anderson Genre: Science Fiction, Book Adaptation Summary: (from amazon.com)A well-connected American archaeologist disappears while exploring the lost Mayan city of Xitaclan — and FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are flown to the…