Title: Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness Author: John Layman, Fabiano Neves & June Chung Genre: Graphic Novel, Horror Stand alone or series: Second Graphic novel in what is now a collection of 4 Marvel Zombie specials Summary: (From…
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Title: Dark Needs at Night’s Edge Author: Kresley Cole Review Number: 46 Genre: Parnormal Romance Stand Alone/Series: Book 4 of Immortals After Dark Series Summary: Néomi Laress, a famous ballerina in the early 1900s, became a phantom the night…
Title: Dead Until Dark Author: Charlaine Harris Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand Alone/Series: Book 1 of Southern Vampire Mysteries Summary: (from amazon.com)Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana, but she keeps to herself and doesn’t date much because…
Title: The Warrior’s Apprentice Author: Lois McMaster Bujold Genre: Science Fiction Stand alone or series: One of the many books of the Vorkosigan Saga—this is the first introduction to the main protagonist, Miles Vorkosigan so even though it is…
Title: Dagger-Star Author: Elizabeth Vaughan Genre: Paranormal Romance, according to the publisher…I’d say, Romantic Fantasy Stand alone or series: Stand alone, but set in the same world as the Warlands trilogy Summary: (From amazon.com)After captivating readers with her Chronicles…
Title: Taking the Heat Author: Kathryn Shay Review number: 44 Genre: Contemporary romance Stand alone /Series: This is book 3 in the O’Neil family series but it can, quite comfortably, be read as a stand alone. Summary:Working as the…
Title: Iron Man Book (Iron Man Vol. 1: Extremis) by Warren Ellis and Adi Granov Movie directed by Jon Favreau; starring Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, and Gwyneth Paltrow Last weekend, Iron Man hit theaters full force,…
Title: The Duke of Shadows Author: Meredith Duran Review number: 43 Genre: Historical Romance Stand alone / series: Stand alone Summary: Sick of tragedy, done with rebellion, Emmaline Martin has no interest in courting trouble. But when violence seizes…
(Not called “Book of the Month” because…well, we like doing joint reviews and can’t have more than one “Book of the Month” or the title loses significance, right? Right?) Title: Awesome Lavratt Author: Ann Wilkes Genre: Science Fiction Stand…
Title: The Golden Compass Novel by Philip Pullman Movie directed by Chris Weizt; screenplay by Chris Weizt; starring Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, and Dakota Blue Richards This past Tuesday, the film adaptation of Philip Pullman’s classic The Golden Compass…
Title: Magic Bites and Magic Burns Author: Ilona Andrews Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: First and second novels in the Kate Daniels series Summary: (From amazon.com) MAGIC BITESMercenary Kate Daniels cleans up urban problems of a paranormal…
Title: If You Dare Author: Kresley Cole Review number: 41 Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/ Series: First in the McCarrick Brothers series but can be read as stand alone. Summary: Can he exact revenge? High in the Pyrenees, a…
Title: Visions of Heat Author: Nalini Singh Review Number: 40 Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/Series: Book 2 of Psy/Changeling series Summary: Used to cold silence, Faith NightStar is suddenly being tormented by dark visions of blood and murder. A…
Title: Touch the Dark (Cassandra Palmer Series, book 1) Author: Karen Chance Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Stand alone or series: First in the Cassandra Palmer series Summary: (from Amazon.com) Like any sensible girl, Cassie tries to avoid vampires. But…
Title: Heroes Adrift Author: Moira J. Moore Genre: Fantasy Stand alone or series: Third book in the Hero series Summary: (from amazon.com)The Empress wants to locate the descendants of her exiled sister. No magically-bonded Pair is more ill-suited for…
Title: A Fistful of Charms Author: Kim Harrison Genre: Urban Fantasy, Horror Stand alone or series: Fourth novel in The Hollows (Rachel Morgan) series Summary: (From amazon.com)The evil night things that prowl Cincinnati despise witch and bounty hunter Rachel…
Title: Slave to Sensation Author: Nalini Singh Review number: 38 Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/ Series: Book 1 of the Psy/Changeling series. Summary: In a world that denies emotions, where the ruling Psy punish any sign of desire, Sascha…
Title: Undead and Unwed Author: MaryJanice Davidson Review number: 37 Genre: Paranormal Comedy (Para-Comedy?) /Vampires Stand Alone/Series: Book 1 of Queen Betsy books. Summary: Betsy Taylor turns 30, gets laid off, is killed by an SUV and wakes up…
Title: And Then He Kissed Her Author: Laura Lee Guhrke Review number: 36 Genre: Historical romance Stand Alone/series: Book 1 of Girl-Bachelor series but it can be read as a Stand Alone Summary: Supremely sensible Emmaline Dove wishes to…
Title: The Scent of Shadows (Sign of the Zodiac, Book 1) Author: Vicki Pettersson Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: First novel in the Sign of the Zodiac series (currently 2 books) Summary: (From amazon.com)When she was sixteen,…
Title: Naked in Death and Glory in Death Author: J.D. Robb Review number: 35 Genre: Crime/Romance Stand alone/Series: Books 1 and 2 of In Death series (27 books so far) Summary: Naked in Death: Breaking every rule, Lt. Eve…
Review number: 34 Review: OK, right. At some deeper level of consciousness I would agree with most of Thea’s points (the “Frag” thing was particularly eye-popping) but I ended up not caring about the bad and the ugly because…
I feel like such a Debbie Downer when it comes to these much buzzed over romance novels. But, I got nothing else if I ain’t honest, so here goes. Review Number: 27ish? Review: Grimspace by Ann Aguirre is the…
Loads of glowing reviews around blogland have prompted us to pick Grimspace for our Book of the Month feature and do a joint review. But, in the process of reading it we realized that whilst Ana was having a…
Title: The Ruins Novel by Scott Smith Movie directed by Carter Smith; screenplay by Scott Smith; starring Jonathan Tucker, Jena Malone, Shawn Ashmore, and Laura Ramsey Last Friday, the film adaptation of Scott Smith’s second novel, The Ruins, hit…