Perusing our morning emails and blogs, we noticed this particular article posted over at Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist. The article is an opinion piece by Urban Fantasy author Lilith Saintcrow, of Dante Valentine fame, on the definition of Urban Fantasy,…
Title: The Girl Most Likely To…. Author: Susan Donovan Genre: Contemporary romance Stand Alone/ Series: Stand Alone Summary:Kat Cavanaugh was sixteen when she hitchhiked out of Persuasion, West Virginia, and vowed never to return. Who could blame her? In…
Day 17 (9 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Kim Lenox, writer of paranormal romance. She debuted this year with her first book in her Shadow Guard series, set in Victorian times and with Jack, the Ripper as a…
Title: The Knights of the Cornerstone Author: James P. Blaylock Genre: Speculative Fiction/Fantasy Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel Why did I read this book: We received a copy of this one from the publisher, and I when…
Day 16 (10 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Victoria Dahl, writer of Historical and Contemporary romance novels. Victoria Dahl has an unique style and her characters, specially the female ones are not the usual run-of-the-mill heroines and they…
Day 15 (11 Days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Lisa Shearin, bestselling author of the fantasy adventure series starring the unstoppable Raine Benares and the cause of all her troubles, the dratted stone the Saghred. We loved both of…
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Award Nomination – Kreative Blogger
Kimberly Swan of Darque Reviews has nominated us Book Smugglers for the Kreative Blogger award! We now pass the award on to some of our favorite blogs. A big thanks to Kimberly for the mention! Here are the rules:…
Hello there!! We had loads of giveaways this week so let’s get down to business shall we? *wink* (Please note: we use Random.Org to pick all the winners, but we like to call it our Sorting Hat) Nalini Singh’s…
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Ana meets Karen
I believe one of the best things about blogging is the friendships that have been born since we started. One such good friend is Karen Mahoney – a few months ago, this Karen person started to comment on the…
Saying adieu to week 2 nearly breaks our hearts but we have so much to look forward to with week 3 so here is the line up: Monday – Lisa Shearin: writer of a fantasy adventure series featuring her…
It’s week 2 of our official Countdown to Smugglivus–and we present you with our second FLASH GIVEAWAY! You know the drill–the giveaway lasts for a mere 24 hour period. You have until Sunday midday (December 14, 12:00 pm pacific)…
John from Grasping for the Wind is updating his blogroll of Fantasy and SciFi reviewers and is asking for help. This is what he has to say: My list of fantasy and sf book reviewers is woefully out of…
Day 12 (14 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Angie Fox, writer of Paranormal romance with a Demon Slayer as the heroine, surrounded by quirky characters such as a Griffin (who happens to be the hero) and a whole…
Day 11 (15 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Mike Stone, writer of horror stories. Michael’s work has appeared in numerous organs. Most recently Dunesteef, Dred, Pseudopod, Triangulation, TQR, Strange Stories of Sand and Sea and The Beast Within.…
Title: the dead and the gone Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer Genre: Young Adult, Speculative Fiction Stand alone or series: Book 2 of the ‘Moon Crush’ trilogy, but can be read as a stand alone novel. the dead and the…
Day 10 – (16 days to Smugglivus and Counting) Who: John Marco, writer of Epic Fantasy novels. So far he has published 2 trilogies: Tyrants and Kings and the Lukien Trilogy. You can check the author’s website here Recent…
Title: Joker Author: Written by Brian Azzarello; Art by Lee Bermejo Genre: Graphic Novel Stand alone or series: Stand alone graphic novel (not previously published as individual issues) Why did we read this book: It’s a rebirth of the…
Day 9 ( 17 Days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Nalini Singh, a NY Times bestseller, writer of romance novels. Her Psy-Changeling series (paranormal romance) is a fan favourite with its fantastic balance of world building and romance. She…
Title: Life As We Knew It Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer Genre: Young Adult, Speculative Fiction Stand alone or series: Book 1 of the ‘Moon Crush’ trilogy. Both Life As We Knew It and book 2, the dead and the…
Day 8 (18 Days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Melissa Marr, bestselling author of the modern day tales of faerie Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange. Wicked Lovely won a RITA for best Young Adult novel in 2008, and Ink…
The Smugglers’ Sorting Hat (AKA Random.org) has spoken! The winner of a signed copy of Poison Study (YA edition) by Maria Snyder is: Dan And the winner of the Flash Giveaway – Erotica edition (5 books in total) is:…
It is Adios to week 1 and hola to week 2 in our Countdown to Smugglivus. This is this week line up: Monday – Melissa Marr: writer of YA novels. Melissa won a Rita this year for her first…
It’s the first weekend of our official countdown to Smugglivus, and we present you with our first FLASH GIVEAWAY! Why the Flash, you ask? Because each giveaway will only last for the duration of the weekend–you only have until…
Day 5 (21 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Joanna Bourne, writer of romance novels who released her first novel The Spymaster’s Lady (our review), in early January with a bang – as the writer has been acclaimed for…
Day 4 (22 days to Smugglivus and counting) Who: Loretta Chase , THE Loretta Chase, writer of romance novels. One of her books, Lord of Scoundrels, is considered by many to be the ultimate romance novel. It is one…