Title: Pleasure Unbound Author: Larissa Ione Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone / Series: Book 1 of new series called Demonica. Summary:In a place where ecstasy can cost you your life… She’s a demon-slayer who hungers for sensual pleasure—but fears…
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I Know It’s Cheesy, But…
Ana and I have been talking, and we wanted to start a new occasional special. In which we share some guilty pleasures. Embarrassing? Perhaps. But hey, they’re guilty pleasures. Nothing wrong with that. And so I’ll kick it off…
So, as a newbie to romance novels, I am little by little working my way through the new releases and the “classics” of the genre as well. Something Wonderful is a beloved romance novel and JM is hailed as…
Thea: A week or so back, with the upcoming new release of Meljean Brook’s new novella, “Thicker Than Blood” in the First Blood anthology, I was talking with Ana about how I was excited to read this new short…
Title: The Iron Hunt Author: Marjorie M. Liu Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: First novel in the Hunter Kiss series (although preceded by the novella “Hunter Kiss”) Why did I read this book: Ana had just finished…
Title: Before I wake Author: Kathryn Smith Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/Series: Book 1 of a new series called Nightmare Chronicles Summary: You may call it a dream job… And in some ways, you’d be right. I actually get…
I was reading Dear Author’s report on the RWA and there, in the midst of many interesting news, there was one that captured my eyes: the next Kresley Cole’s book in the Immortals After Dark series is going to…
THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS. As I said in my review of Breaking Dawn – Part I ,I’m doing something a little different here–due to the nature of Breaking Dawn and the issues I had with it, I’m putting up…
Title: Breaking Dawn Author: Stephanie Meyer Genre: Young Adult, Urban Fantasy Stand alone or series: Fourth book in the Twilight Saga Why did I read this book: I am a fan of the series, having read and been increasingly…
Title: A Rake’s Guide to Pleasure Author: Victoria Dahl Genre: Historical Romance Stand Alone/Series: It can be read as a stand alone, but Victoria’s first release, To Tempt a Scotsman, tells the story of Lady Alexandra Huntington, sister of…
I am back! I was away on holidays for about 10 days (I bet you didn’t even realise I was gone. Yeah, I am spry) and let me tell you. This blogging thing? SO ADDICTIVE. I had little access…
Taking a brief break from my Breaking Dawn coma… And so, we close out another weekend with giveaway winners! For our three winners of Jocelynn Drake’s Nightwalker… FIRST PRIZE (autographed copy from Jocelynn Drake) – WannabeWriterRunner up Winners (two…
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Mamma Mia!!!!
I am a huge Abba fan and having watched Mamma Mia on stage three times (so far) I was really looking forward to watching the movie. I know a lot of people think Mamma Mia is about Abba but…
Since we have recently polled for our favorite badass men (in movies), for this week’s ponderings: Which badass chick is your favorite? The Return of the King, Eowyn – “I am no man.” Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Sarah Connor…
Title: Bewitching Season Author: Marissa Doyle Genre: Young Adult, Victorian Historical Fiction with some supernatural magic goings on Stand alone or series: As it is, a stand alone novel, but has the makings of becoming a series. A book…
Title: Before the Scandal Author: Suzanne Enoch Genre: Romance/Historical Stand Alone/ Series: This is book 2 in a trilogy called The Notorious Gentlemen –about three friends that met in the army while fighting Napoleon. Book 1 is Sullivan’s and…
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
I was just checking out Aidan’s blog (which is awesome if you folks haven’t been), and saw this! HELL. YES. I absolutely cannot wait–this trailer is freaking sweet.…
I got an ARC of Nightwalker (released on 29th July) , read it and loved it. As soon as I was done with it I went online in search for more information on this new series and found the…
Title: Nightwalker Author: Jocelynn Drake Genre: Urban Fantasy Stand Alone/ Series: Book one of the Dark Days series. Summary: For centuries Mira has been a nightwalker—an unstoppable enforcer for a mysterious organization that manipulates earth-shaking events from the darkest…
Title: The Wild Road Author: Marjorie Liu Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand Alone/Series: Book 8 of the Dirk and Steele series but can be read as a stand alone without any problems. Summary:Lannes Hannelore is one of a dying race…
It’s been fun, but our X-Files Weekend now comes to a close. And so, we look forward, onward ho! First things first, our magical sorting hat has spoken. The winner of our Accidental Demon Slayer giveaway is… M. of…
Since we’ve already kinda covered favorite episodes, our poll for the week will be a little more specific– What’s your favorite X-Files moment? “I could smell you coming Clarisse” (or, incidentally, “C’mere you big bald beautiful man”) – The…
No X-Files weekend could be complete without a rundown of some of our all-time favorite episodes. This list was nearly impossible to compile. SO, we cheated. We give you Ana’s and Thea’s separate top 10 favorite episodes…with runners up.…
Title: Ruins Author: Kevin J. Anderson Genre: Science Fiction, Book Adaptation Summary: (from amazon.com)A well-connected American archaeologist disappears while exploring the lost Mayan city of Xitaclan — and FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are flown to the…
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The X-Files Long Weekend: Quagmire
Title: “Quagmire” Episode Number: Season 3×22 Directed by Kim Manners; Written by Chris Carter and Kim Newton. Starring David Duchovny as Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully; Guest Starring Chris Ellis as Sheriff Lance Hindt, Timothy Webber…