One of our most anticipated reads of 2009 is Blue Diablo by Ann Aguirre, so when we were contacted a few weeks ago and asked if we wanted to be part of her Blog Tour we immediately said yes.…
Title: Stone Masters: A Vampire’s Reckoning Author: VMK Fewings Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror Publisher: Lachesis Publishing Publication Date: July 2007 Paperback: 280 pages Stand alone or series: A stand alone novel, but with an upcoming prequel titled Orpheus: A…
This week in our Lost recap: Season 5- Episode 6: 316. Disclaimer: This is a Jack Episode. There will be tears. Mostly his. If you are a die-hard fan of Jack’s, I would not read this recap because there…
Weekend is almost gone: has everybody watched The Watchmen yet? NO? What are you waiting for? Contests Winners: As promised, we’d like to announce the giveaway winners for our two running contests! The Winner of Angels’ Blood by Nalini…
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Movie Review: Watchmen
“Who Watches the Watchmen” WE DO! The most highly anticipated movie of 2009 (at least for us) is finally out in theaters, and of course we both went on opening night. So…what did we think? Was it everything we…
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Watchmen Weekend: She Said/She Said by Jackie Kessler and Caitlin Kittredge
Our wonderful, pimptastic, official Honorary Smuggler Karen Mahoney strikes again! When we decided to have this Watchmen Weekend, Karen mentioned that two of her fellow writers, fellow Deadline Dame Jackie Kessler and way-popular Urban Fantasy author Caitlin Kittredge, have…
As part of our Watchmen Special (one more day till the we watch the movie and counting!) we decided to answer once and for all the question that is on everyone’s minds (we know you spend a lot of…
As we discussed yesterday, Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons’s masterpiece Watchmen is a revolutionary work of literature. One of the most beloved aspects of the use of metafiction, the-story-within-the-story of Tales of the Black Freighter. In a world where…
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Watchmen Weekend: Remembering Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Roman poet Juvenal wrote these words in his Satires, translating to the eponymous quandary: “Who watches the watchmen?” In the mid 1980s, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons created the twelve book series Watchmen, changing not…
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Interview and Giveaway: A Chat with Elena Deveraux, heroine of Angels’ Blood by Nalini Singh
After reading Angels’ Blood and falling in love with the book and with Elena, its fabulous heroine (Ana wants to have her babies), we did everything in our power (there may have been some begging involved, we are not…
Title: Angels’ Blood Author: Nalini Singh Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher: Berkley Publishing Date: March 3rd, 2009 Paperback:368 Pages Stand Alone or series: Book one in the brand new Guild Hunter series. Why did we read the book: Ana is…
As promised, we’d like to announce the giveaway winners for our two running contests! THE SUICIDE COLLECTORS GIVEAWAY Our FIVE winners are: ganstream1 bridget3420 Tiah Merc amy MARK HENRY GIVEAWAY Our TWO lucky winners of signed copies of Happy…
I am still trying to recover from my highly emotional reaction to Slumdog Millionaire which I finally watched just now (what a great feel good movie peeps) so this is going to be short and to the point: Ready…
This Place is Death, Episode 5 of season 5 of Lost aired on Feb 11th in the US and it was a VERY good episode full of fangirl goodness. Picking up where we left off with Jin and Rousseau…
We have come to the end of another Appreciation Week and it is time for a confession. When Thea first came up with the idea of a Zombie Appreciation Week quite a few months ago, I wasn’t very enthused.…
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Zombie Appreciation Week: Interview & Giveaway with Mark Henry
To cap off our Zombie Appreciation Week, we bring you an interview and giveaway with the fabulous Mark Henry, author of the recently reviewed Happy Hour of the Damned and Road Trip of the Living Dead. Although it took…
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Zombie Appreciation Week – Book Review: Road Trip of the Living Dead by Mark Henry
Title: Road Trip of the Living Dead Author: Mark henry Genre: Urban Fantasy, Zombies, Comedy Publisher: Kensington Press Publication Date: February 2009 Trade Paperback: 288 Pages Stand Alone or Series: Book 2 in the Amanda Feral series Why did…
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Zombie Appreciation Week – Book Review: Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry
Title: Happy Hour of the Damned Author: Mark Henry Genre: Urban Fantasy, Zombies, Comedy Publisher: Kensington Press Publication Date: March 2008 Trade Paperback: 288 Pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Amanda Feral series (currently 2 books…
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Zombie Appreciation Week – Book Review: Zombie Haiku by Ryan Mecum
Title: Zombie Haiku: Good Poetry For Your…Brains Author: Ryan Mecum Genre: Poetry (Haiku), Zombies, Horror, Humor Publisher: How Books Publication Date: July 2008 Paperback: 160 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone collection of haiku in a purported journal.…
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Zombies Appreciation Week – Graphic Novel Review: The Walking Dead Volume #1 by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore
Title: The Walking Dead Volume 1 – Days Gone Bye Author: Written by Robert Kirkman/ Art by Tony Moore Genre: Comics / Horror / Zombies Publisher: Image Comics Publishing Date: May, 2004 Paperback: 144 pages Stand Alone/ Series :…
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Zombie Appreciation Week – Book Review: Generation Dead by Daniel Waters
Title: Generation Dead Author: Daniel Waters Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Zombies Publisher: Hyperion Books (DBG) Publication Date: May 2008 Hardcover: 400 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Generation Dead series. Book 2, Kiss of Life,…
Yesterday we gave you a good long look at the evolution of zombies in the film genre, highlighting some pivotal films. I could wax poetical all day about Romero’s movies, but the zombie movie has a lot of other…
When it was decided that this Zombie Appreciation Week was going ahead I was sent an email by Thea with the subject line: Ana’s Zombie Homework with a list of stuff I had to watch and read for the…
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Zombie Appreciation Week: A Brief History of the Zombie
Zombies in film have come a very long way since their inception in the early 1930s–from under the control of diabolical voodoo priests, to infectious shambling swarms, to talking & sentient creatures, to Olympic speed sprinters. With all the…
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Zombie Appreciation Week: A More Personal Introduction
You already know what we have planned for you this week (BRAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIINS!!), but what about our own personal connection with the walking dead? Here you go… Thea “They’re coming to get you, Barbara!” – Johnny, Night of the Living…