Title: The Tarot Cafe (Vol. 1-7) Author: Park Sang-sun Genre: Manhwa Publisher: TokyoPop Publication Date: From 2005 to 2008 Paperback: Average 200 pages. Stand Alone/ Series: Series with 7 volumes Summary: (Wikipedia) In contemporary Great Britain, Pamela is the…
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Manga Appreciation Week: Book Review – Goth by Otsuichi
Title: Goth Author: Otsuichi (Otsu-ichi) Genre: Horror, Light Novel, Short Fiction Publisher: TokyoPop Publication Date: October 2008 Paperback: 240 pages Stand Alone or Series: A stand alone collection of six connected short stories involving two high school students. The…
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Manga Appreciation Week: Book Review – Demon Diary by Kara and Lee Chi Hyong
Title: Demon Diary (vol 1) Author:Written by Lee Chi Hyong; Illustrated by Kara Genre: Manhwa (South Korean) – Comedy/Fantasy Publisher: Tokyopop Press Inc Publication Date: 1 Jun 2004 Paperback: 192 pages Summary: Raenef is the black sheep of the…
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Manga Appreciation Week: Book Review – Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba
Title: Death Note (Vol. 1) Author: Written by Tsugumi Ohba; Illustrated by Takeshi Obata Genre: Manga Publisher: Viz Media LLC; Shonen Jump Advance Graphic Novel Edition Publication Date: October 2005 Paperback: 200 pages Stand Alone or Series: First volume…
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Manga Appreciation Week: Book Review – Vampire Knight Vol.1 by Matsuri Hino
Title: Vampire Knight, vol. 1 Author: Matsuri Hino Genre: Manga Publisher:VIZ Media LLC; Shojo Beat Manga Ed edition Publication Date: English – Jan 9, 2007 Comic:208 pages Stand Alone/Series: Volume one of an ongoing series. Summary: Cross Adademy is…
A few weeks ago our buddy Karen Mahoney (A.K.A The Honorary Book Smuggler) contacted us asking if we wanted to read an ARC of a novel called Tarot Cafe – The Wild Hunt by her critique partner, Chandra Rooney.…
One year and 3 days ago when I (Ana) thought about starting a blog, I had no idea what was in store for me. I had just read more than 10 books over the holiday’s period and all I…
One year of Book Smuggling, one year of many happy events! It was the best of the years and the craziest of them all. We have made the move to our new casa and will have a proper celebratory…
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Smugglivus Feats of Strength part 2 – Daughter of the Forest by Juliet Marillier
Title: Daughter of the Forest Author: Juliet Marillier Genre: Fantasy Stand Alone/ Series: Book 1 of 4 books set in the Sevenwaters world. It can be read as a stand- alone – the next books deal with the descendents…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Smugglivus The Dare
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…
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Smugglivus Feats of Strength: Ana reads The Talisman by Stephen King
Title: The Talisman Author: Stephen King and Peter Straub Genre: Fantasy with a few elements of horror. Stand Alone/ Series: Stand Alone but there is a sequel of sorts with an adult Jack Sawyer titled Black House Summary: Jack…
What time is it you ask? It is time to announce the winners of the recent Smugglivus giveaways bonanza!!! OK, so here it goes: 1) Mike Stone’s giveaway. Mike picked the winner and here is a special message from…
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…
On January 7th we celebrate our first blog-o-versary and we decided it was time to shake things up a little bit. So that you don’t freak out when you come around then and notice that all the green is…
It is a Smugglivus Miracle! We got another Flash giveaway folks! You know the drill–the giveaway lasts for a mere 24 hour period. You have until Sunday midday (January 3rd, 10:00 pm pacific) to leave a comment and enter!…
So Thea aired the dirty laundry with regards to Jate (ewwwww), True Blood (*snorts*) and the Breaking Dawn Fiasco amongst other craptastic 2008 occurrences. What is there left? The Crap-Fest that was Heroes season 3. Season 1 was VERY…
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…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, best books of the year taken care of – what else is there? Movies and TV shows baby! So since Thea and I are both major geeks we decided to list the best of the…
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 5 of Smugglivus Who: Carolyn Jean from The Thrillionth Page The Thrillionth Page is one of our favorite blogs and it is all down to the gloriously creative CJ. Her reviews come in many formats: thoughts as she…
Day 5 of Smugglivus Who: Kmont from Lurv a la Mode Kmont in one word: cool. We love her very in-depth reviews of Romance (mostly paranormal), Fantasy and SCi Fi . Her sense of humor is of that kind…
Day 4 of Smugglivus Who: Lisa Trevethan of Urban Fantasy Land Lisa is one of the contributors for Urban Fantasy Land, a fantastic blog for all your Urban Fantasy needs in any format: books, comics, tv and movies. New…