Title: Triumff, Her Majesty’s Hero Author: Dan Abnett Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Angry Robot Publishing Date: Oct 1 2009 Paperback: 352 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Summary: Sir Rupert Triumff. Adventurer. Fighter. Drinker. Saviour? Pratchett goes swashbuckling in…
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Title: Soulless Author: Gail Carriger Genre: Romance, Horror/Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publishing Date: September 29, 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand Alone or series: Book one in a planned series, titled The Parasol Protectorate. Summary: (from amazon.com) Alexia Tarabotti is laboring…
Darren Shan’s bestselling Cirque du Freak series makes its way to the big screen this fall, with The Vampire’s Assistant – and we are offering some goodies to get in the spirit of the film! The Book: THE VAMPIRE’S…
Title: Ark Author: Stephen Baxter Genre: Science Fiction, Post-Apocalypse Publisher: Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: August 2009 Trade Paperback: 416 pages Stand alone or series: Book 2 in a duology, following Flood. Why did I read this book: Despite a…
Title: Leviathan Author: Scott Westerfeld / Illustrations by Keith Thompson Genre: YA (Steampunk) Publisher:Simon and Schuster’s Children/Simon Pulse Publishing Date: 1 Oct 2009/ 6 Oct 2009 Hardcover: 448 pages Stand Alone or series: First in a planned trilogy Summary:…
Welcome to stop #12 on Kristin Cashore’s “Getting to know the characters of Fire” Blog Tour! If you haven’t heard of young adult sensation author Kristin Cashore, you must have been living under a rock for the past year.…
Title: Fire Author: Kristin Cashore Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: October 2009 (US) / September 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 480 pages Stand alone or series: Fire is the prequel/companion novel to Graceling, but…
September 26 – October 3 marks Banned Books Week 2009. It’s a week during which we celebrate our rights of intellectual freedom – our freedom to read, express, and explore ideas, even if such ideas are “unorthodox or unpopular.”…
Title: Demon Forged Author: Meljean Brook Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher: Berkley Publishing Date: October 6, 2009 Paperback: 432 pages Stand Alone or series: 5th full length novel in the Guardian series (8th if you count the 3 novelas). The…
Howdy fellows! How is everybody this Sunday? Good? Good. Getting straight down to business then. Giveaway winners: The two winners of the Ariel prize packs are: Kate (comment #54) Jenny N (comment #34) Congratulations! Please send us your snail…
You may have noticed by now how much we love books and reading. What you probably don’t know is that we love TV shows about just as much. We are both huge couch potatoes and each of us follow…
Title: The Declaration Author: Gemma Malley Genre: YA Publisher: Bloomsbury (UK & USA) Publishing Date: May 2008 (UK)/ August 2008 (USA) Paperback: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in a two book duology. Summary: (from amazon.com) It’s…
Welcome to another Guest Dare – the September edition. For those new to the feature, our Guest Dare is a monthly endeavor in which we invite an unsuspecting victim to read a book totally outside of their comfort zone.…
In anticipation for the release of the long awaited Elegy Beach, Steven Boyett’s much loved fantasy-post-apocalyptic tale Ariel has been re-released. And, after reading and enjoying Ariel, we’ve decided to hold a giveaway! More About the Book: At four-thirty…
Title: Ariel Author: Steven R. Boyett Genre: Speculative Fiction (Sci-Fi/Fantasy), Post-Apocalyptic Publisher: Ace Publication Date: January 1983 (original) / August 2009 (re-release) Paperback: 448 pages Stand alone or series: When Ariel was first published in 1983, it was intended…
Title: A Northern Light (UK Title: A Gathering Light) Author: Jennifer Donnelly Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Hartcourt Paperback (US) / Bloomsbury (UK) Publication Date: April 2003 (US) / June 2003 (UK) Paperback: 408 pages (US) Stand alone…
Title: Tempt Me At Twilight Author: Lisa Kleypas Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: St Martin’s/Piatkus Books Publishing Date: September 22 (US) / October 1 (Uk) Paperback: 384 pages Stand alone or series: Book 3 in the Hathaway series, but can…
Happy Sunday, everyone! I kindly want to kick off this week’s edition of our Sunday Stash to say… MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! As of this instant, UCLA has a better football record than USC. Suck it Trojans. SUCK IT! Ahem. Now back…
…THE BOOK SMUGGLERS! (and no, we didn’t steal any awards from sweet, defenseless teenage girls) The Book Smugglers have been bestowed with not one but TWO (!?!?!?!) awards for Book Blogger Appreciation Week: When we found out the news,…
Title: The Drawing of the Three Author: Stephen King Genre: Fantasy/Horror Publisher: New English Library Publishing Date: New Edition – 2003 Paperback: 496 pages Stand alone or series: book 2 in the Dark Tower series Summary:Roland of Gilead, the…
Title: Perfume (Das Parfum) Author: Patrick Suskind, Translated by John E. Woods Genre: Fiction, Historical, Thriller Publisher: Diogenes-Verlag (Germany) / Alfred A. Knopf (US) Publication Date: 1985 (Germany) / February 2001 (US) Paperback: 272 pages Stand alone or series:…
Title: Liar Author: Justine Larbalestier Genre: YA/Thriller Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books Publishing Date: September 29, 2009 Hardcover: 384 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Summary: Micah will freely admit that she’s a compulsive liar, but that may…
Today we are supposed to talk about our goals for our blog, to say what we like best about it, and to explain where would we like our blog to be one year from now. Given how there seem…
Today’s suggested BBAW topic is: Today we encourage you to blog about a book you read only because you discovered it on another book blog. Preferably, this will be a book you loved! You might also write a bit…
Title: Cape Storm Author: Rachel Caine Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher:Roc (Penguin) Publication Date: August 2009 Paperback: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Book eight (eek!) in an ongoing series. And take it from me, this is a series you’re…