Day 4 of Smugglivus Who: Karen Mahoney, writer of YA and Urban Fantasy whose first story will be published in 2009. She talks about her writing and life at her livejournal: Karen Mahoney. Karen is one of our buddies…
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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…
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…
Day 3 of Smugglivus Who: Jessica, who writes the fabulous Racy Romance Reviews blog, a new (and very welcomed) addition to the blogsphere. Jessica is an academic professor that writes not only incredibly in-depth reviews of Romance Novels but…
Day 3 of Smugglivus Who: Graeme Flory, the fantasy mogul behind Graeme’s Fantasy Book Reviews. Graeme runs a most fantastic (and very respected) blog: full of in-depth reviews of mostly Fantasy and Sci-fi books (although he tried his hand…
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: Ciara, the aspiring (and inspiring) author behind Ciaralira Ciara provides great insight into writing by posting about the craft: book recommendations, thoughts and tips and desert island video interviews with other writers. She also…
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…
After seemingly countless days of pre-countdown, followed by 25 days of countdown craziness with authors guest blogging and more giveaways than we can count, we finally made it! Smugglivus is here!!! Hooray!!! So what will happen next? For the…
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 24 (2 days to Smugglivus and counting) We are getting to the end of our Countdown to Smugglivus and our last countdown guest is Erin Galloway, Manager of Marketing for Dorchester Publishing with what we can expect from…
Day 23 (3 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Meljean Brook, writer of Paranormal Romance and Steampunk (soon to be published). We are admittedly, Meljean Brook’s fangirls: we love her Guardian series (one of the best Paranormal series out…
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…
Smugglivus is coming! Smugglivus is coming! These are the final days of the countdown and then on the 26th, Smugglivus *officially* starts! Yay! So this is what we have lined up this week for you: Monday – Susan Holloway…
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…
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Smugglivus Muy Special Book Review: Hope’s Folly by Linnea Sinclair
Title: Hope’s Folly Author: Linnea Sinclair Genre: SciFi Romance Stand Alone/Series: third book in Linnea Sinclair’s Dock 5 series but it can be read as a stand alone. But really, you should read Gabriel’s Ghost and Shades of Dark…
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,…
Day 18 (8 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Stephen Hunt, writer of Fantasy (steampunk) books. Stephen is also now on the management, technical and editorial boards for SFcrowsnest.com, the science fiction and fantasy web site which is currently…