This Saturday, and every Saturday for the duration of the TV season, we bring you On The Boob Tube with The Book Smugglers: In which we talk about all those water cooler moments of the past week’s episodes, raving…
Title: Triumff, Her Majesty’s Hero Author: Dan Abnett Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Angry Robot Publishing Date: Oct 1 2009 Paperback: 352 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Summary: Sir Rupert Triumff. Adventurer. Fighter. Drinker. Saviour? Pratchett goes swashbuckling in…
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Title: Soulless Author: Gail Carriger Genre: Romance, Horror/Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publishing Date: September 29, 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand Alone or series: Book one in a planned series, titled The Parasol Protectorate. Summary: (from amazon.com) Alexia Tarabotti is laboring…
Darren Shan’s bestselling Cirque du Freak series makes its way to the big screen this fall, with The Vampire’s Assistant – and we are offering some goodies to get in the spirit of the film! The Book: THE VAMPIRE’S…
Title: Ark Author: Stephen Baxter Genre: Science Fiction, Post-Apocalypse Publisher: Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: August 2009 Trade Paperback: 416 pages Stand alone or series: Book 2 in a duology, following Flood. Why did I read this book: Despite a…
Title: Leviathan Author: Scott Westerfeld / Illustrations by Keith Thompson Genre: YA (Steampunk) Publisher:Simon and Schuster’s Children/Simon Pulse Publishing Date: 1 Oct 2009/ 6 Oct 2009 Hardcover: 448 pages Stand Alone or series: First in a planned trilogy Summary:…
Welcome to stop #12 on Kristin Cashore’s “Getting to know the characters of Fire” Blog Tour! If you haven’t heard of young adult sensation author Kristin Cashore, you must have been living under a rock for the past year.…
Title: Fire Author: Kristin Cashore Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: October 2009 (US) / September 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 480 pages Stand alone or series: Fire is the prequel/companion novel to Graceling, but…
September 26 – October 3 marks Banned Books Week 2009. It’s a week during which we celebrate our rights of intellectual freedom – our freedom to read, express, and explore ideas, even if such ideas are “unorthodox or unpopular.”…
Title: Demon Forged Author: Meljean Brook Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher: Berkley Publishing Date: October 6, 2009 Paperback: 432 pages Stand Alone or series: 5th full length novel in the Guardian series (8th if you count the 3 novelas). The…
