Today we bring you a new feature, called “What She Said…” in which we both review books that the other has already read and reviewed. The idea arose because of the dilemma that if one of us reads and…
As promised, we have a SuperFantasticGiveaway of Catching Fire. Thea liked The Hunger Games (book 1) and absolutely loved Catching Fire, so we highly recommend you get in on this fabulous trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Read on for more…
Title: Catching Fire Author: Suzanne Collins Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication Date: September 1, 2009 Hardcover: 400 pages Stand alone or series: Book 2 in the Hunger Games trilogy. Why did I read this…
We showed you the movies we’re looking forward to this fall, but hows about some TV?! With a whole slew of hopeful new pilots airing this month, we had to take the time to sort ’em out. Here are…
Title: The Strain Author: Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: William Morrow (US) / Harper Collins (UK) Publication Date: June 2009 (US & UK) Hardcover: 416 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in…
Ahoy mateys! I’m back from Vegas, didn’t lose too much money or sanity, and I’m taking over the blog… Well, not really. Just to give you the skinny on another Sunday, and another stash. First, we have a giveaway…
So, summer is just about over (though at 90-plus degree weather here in LA, it sure as crap doesn’t feel like it). It’s always a little sad, but hey! We’ve got some sweet movies and fall tv shows on…
A couple of months ago read, or at least, try to read, Night’s Rose by Annaliese Evans and it ended up being the first ever book that neither of us were able to finish. The result was a conversational…
Title: Skinned Author: Robin Wasserman Genre: Speculative Fiction, Dystopian, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse (US) / Simon & Schuster Children’s (UK) Publication Date: September 2008 (US) / August 2009 (UK) Paperback: 384 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1…
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Guest Review: Mythago Wood and Avilion by Robert Holdstock
Today we have something different: a while back we received a review copy of a Fantasy novel called Avilion by Robert Holdstock – we fell in love with the cover and with the blurb and after doing a bit…
This is a Powerpuff Girls review: Ana, AKA Bubbles, reviews the book here. Her friend Katie, AKA Blossom reviews at her place. Meanwhile Thea, AKA Buttercup is still AWOL. Title: Surrender of a Siren Author: Tessa Dare Genre: Romance…
Title: The Corinthian Author: Georgette Heyer Genre Romance: Regency Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca Publishing Date: June 1 2009 Paperback: 272 pages Stand alone or series: Stand Alone Summary: Walking home at dawn, quite drunk, Sir Richard Wyndham encounters heiress Penelope…
Welcome to another Guest Dare – the August 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.…
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Guest Author and Giveaway: Leanna Renee Hieber on Inspiration and Influences
“Inspiration and Influences” is a new series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go…
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Book Review: The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker by Leanna Renee Hieber
Title: The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker. Author:Leanna Renee Hieber Genre: Gothic Romance/ Paranormal Romance Publisher: Leisure Books Publishing Date: 25 August 2009 Paperback 324 pages Stand Alone or series: First in the Strangely Beautiful series Summary:…
5 weeks, several guests posts and giveaways and a grand total of 49 books reviewed later, we hereby declare our YA Appreciation Month closed. It was the best of times, but also the most mental of times and we…
The second annual Book Blogger Appreciation Week will be taking place September 14-18. For those that don’t know: last year, Amy from the blog My Friend Amy ran a fantastic event that attracted over 400 book blogs to celebrate…
The end is here (boo) for our Young Adult Appreciation Month and we go out with a bang! Or rather with one of our … FLASH GIVEAWAY: You know the score, a Flash giveaway is a contest that runs…
A while back – last Christmas, to be exact – I got my buddy Kyle a book. Actually, let me backtrack. Kyle is a burgeoning reader; when I first met him, he’d just started to read the Twilight books…
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Joint Review: Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale & Nathan Hale
Title: Rapunzel’s Revenge Author: Shannon Hale & Dean Hale Illustrator: Nathan Hale Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Graphic Novel, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Publication Date: August 2008 Hardcover: 144 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone graphic novel.…
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Young Adult Appreciation Month: Alexander Gordon Smith on Inspiration and Influences (and a Giveaway)
Alexander Gordon Smith is the writer of the Inventors series for children and the YA/Fantasy Furnace series. I met Gordon in London at a Forbidden Planet’s event (the Guillermo del Toro signing) and prompted by his passionate talk about…
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Joint Review: Wake by Lisa McMann
Title: Wake Author: Lisa McMann Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication Date: December 2008 (US) / October 2009 (UK) Paperback: 224 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 of the…
Title: Everlost Author: Neal Shusterman Genre: YA (Fantasy/ Paranormal) Publisher: Simon Pulse (US) / Simon & Schuster Children (UK) Publishing Date: Nov 6 2007/ Jul 6 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand alone or series: First in the Skinjacker trilogy…
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YA Appreciation Month Ghost Day: Ruined by Paula Morris & A Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb
Today we look at ghost stories in the Young Adult cannon – secrets, hauntings, and love from beyond the grave… ********** Ruined: A Ghost Story by Paula Morris Publisher: Point (Scholastic) Publication Date: August 2009 Hardcover: 304 pages Summary:…
Other Titles for the Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Fan to Try: I wanted to review many, many more books for YA Appreciation Month, but there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to do so. Instead, I decided to compile a…