“Inspirations 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…
Title: The French Mistress: A Novel of the Duchess of Portsmouth and King Charles II Author: Susan Holloway Scott Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: NAL Trade Publication Date: July 2009 Trade Paperback: 400 pages Stand Alone or Series: Can be…
Title: Eyes Like Stars Author: Lisa Mantchev Genre: YA (Fantasy) Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Publishing Date: July 7, 2009 Hardcover: 368 pages Stand alone or series: Theatre Illuminata Act 1 (of 3) Summary:All her world’s a stage. Bertie Shakespeare…
Greetings from your friendly neighbourhood book smugglers! We open the stash today with a Very Special Ceremony: the official unveiling of our banner for the upcoming YA Appreciation Month. Excuse us for the pomp and circumstance, but we happen…
As we hit (and passed) the half year mark AND our 18 month blog-o-versary (yay us!) , we decided to take a look at what we read so far this year and list our current favourites (Note: this is…
Recently, author Diana Peterfreund had a post over at her blog, discussing books that seem to have gone for whatever reason unnoticed by blogland, or have slipped under the radar of readers. There were some fabulous reading suggestions that…
Title: Darkness Calls Author: Marjorie M. Liu Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Ace Publication Date: June 30, 2009 Paperback: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Book two in the Hunter Kiss series, following last year’s release of The Iron Hunt.…
Book Review: Strange Brew by Patricia Briggs & Rachel Caine
Title: Strange Brew – “Seeing Eye” by Patricia Briggs and “Death Warmed Over” by Rachel Caine Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: St. Martin’s Publication Date: July 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Why did I read this book: I have been anxiously…
Guest Author and Giveaway: Nalini Singh 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, Inspiration and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go…
Title: Branded by Fire Author: Nalini Singh Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher: Berkley Publishing Date: July 7, 2009 Paperback:368 pages Stand Alone or Series: Psy-Changeling book 6 – can not (should not) be read as a stand alone. Summary:Though DarkRiver…








