After two weeks of entries, our Catching Fire Giveaway bonanza has come to an official close! The lucky winners of a copy of the book, a limited edition T-Shirt, and collectible mockingjay pin are: Daisy Underhill (Comment #90) Honey…
It is no secret that we love Neil Gaiman (heck, we even had a full on “Neil Gaiman Appreciation Week” last year). When The Graveyard Book was first released last year (in Hardcover) , we bought it as soon…
Today the BBAW suggested daily topic is: Reading Meme We encourage you to be creative with this! Please choose one or two questions to answer or try to answer all the questions in five words or less. Or choose…
Title: Forest Born Author: Shannon Hale Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publication Date: September 15, 2009 Hardcover: 400 pages Stand alone or series: Book four in the Books of Bayern series. Why did I read this book:…
Welcome to the second day of Book Blogger Appreciation Week! Today’s topic is Blogger Interview Swaps! We are extremely happy that were paired up with Sheri from A Novel Menagerie, which was a new-to-us blog and now is a…
Title: Give Up The Ghost Author: Megan Crewe Genre: YA Publisher: Henry Holt & Co Publishing Date: Sep 15, 2009 Hardcover: 256 pages Stand alone or series: Seems to be a stand alone (but there’s room for a sequel).…
Today is the official start of Book Blogger Appreciation Week… …in which over 1000 blogs get together to celebrate books and blogging (The Book Smugglers’ most favorite things in the whole wide world). As you probably know by now,…
Hello there! Are we ready for another stash? Here we go! Oh, oopsie. How did this happen? (And how could we forget Dean in our Bad Boy Weekend Poll yesterday??? Jaysus. Bad Smugglers, Bad Smugglers ). Ok, ok, let’s…
Everyone loves a good bad boy – that is, the guy who is the cool, dangerous outsider, but secretly good at heart. Or maybe not so good at heart. Inspired by Angie’s fabulous post this week about the “Bad…
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Joint Review: The Orphan’s Tales – In The Night Garden by Catherynne M. Valente
Title: The Orphan’s Takes – In The Night Garden Author: Catherynne M. Valente Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Spectra Publishing Date: October 31, 2006 Paperback: 496 pages Stand Alone or series: First of a two-volume series. The second book, The Orphan’s…
In conjunction with Angry Robot, the new global publishing imprint from HarperCollins, we are pleased to present five daily excerpts from their upcoming Fantasy novel, Triumff by Dan Abnett (which sounds gloriously good and we will be reviewing in…
Title: Hunting Ground Author: Patricia Briggs Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Ace (US)/Orbit (UK) Publication Date: August 2009 (US)/October 2009 (UK) Paperback: 304 pages Stand alone or series: The second full length novel in the Alpha & Omega series, following…
In conjunction with Angry Robot, the new global publishing imprint from HarperCollins, we are pleased to present five daily excerpts from their upcoming Fantasy novel, Triumff by Dan Abnett (which sounds gloriously good and we will be reviewing in…
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Joint Review: Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
Title: Rosemary and Rue Author: Seanan McGuire Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: DAW Publication Date: September 1, 2009 Paperback: 368 pages Stand Alone or Series: First in the October Daye series Why did we read the book: We first learned…
In conjunction with Angry Robot, the new global publishing imprint from HarperCollins, we are pleased to present five daily excerpts from their upcoming Fantasy novel, Triumff by Dan Abnett (which sounds gloriously good and we will be reviewing in…
Yesterday the shortlists for the Book Blogger Appreciation Week Awards were released and we made the final ballot for three categories!! (Woohoo! Yay! Oba!) They are (if you click on each of them you will be able to see…
Title: Heroes at Risk Author: Moira J. Moore Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ace Publication Date: August 25, 2009 Paperback: 336 pages Stand alone or series: Book 4 in the ongoing Hero series. Why did I read this book: I discovered…
In conjunction with Angry Robot, the new global publishing imprint from HarperCollins, we are pleased to present five daily excerpts from their upcoming Fantasy novel, Triumff by Dan Abnett (which sounds gloriously good and we will be reviewing in…
Title: The Infinite Instant Author: Danielle L. Parker Genre: Sci Fi/ Thriller Publisher: Lachesis Publishing Publishing Date: September 2, 2008 Paperback: 290 pages Stand Alone or series: Can be read as stand alone but there is a sequel in…
In conjunction with Angry Robot, the new global publishing imprint from HarperCollins, we are pleased to present five daily excerpts from their upcoming Fantasy novel, Triumff by Dan Abnett (which sounds gloriously good and we will be reviewing in…
Weekend is nearly over for us in the UK but you guys in the US still have one day off to look forward to! Meanwhile, here is what we have planned this week: On Monday, Ana reviews The Infinite…
Howdy folks, and HAPPY LONG WEEKEND SATURDAY! To celebrate, we decided to throw together another of our Flash Giveaways – so named because you only have 24 hours to enter! Today’s offerings… BATCH 1: Contemporary Romance (Click to enlarge…
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Joint Review: Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson
Title: Mistborn: The Final Empire Author: Brandon Sanderson Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: Jan 2007 (US) / October 2009 (UK) Paperback: 672 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Mistborn trilogy. Why…
Title: The Hollow Author: Jessica Verday Genre: YA (Paranormal/ Romance) Publisher: Simon Pulse/ Simon & Schuster Children Publishing Date: Sep 1 2009 / Oct 1 2009 Hardcover: 544 pages / Paperback: 528 Stand alone or series: first in the…
Title: Succubus Heat Author: Richelle Mead Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Kensington Publications (US) / Bantam Books (UK) Publication Date: May 2009 (US) / June 2009 (UK) Trade Paperback: 304 pages Stand alone or series: Book 4 in the Georgina…