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Welcome to Smugglivus 2009 – Day 6!
Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010.
Today’s Guest: Daniel Waters, author of the Generation Dead books, a ...
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Daniel Radcliffe
Hello! We leave week one of Smugglivus behind and prepare ourselves for week two with loads more of exciting posts – if we may say so ourselves. But first, last week’s giveaway winners:
Joel Sutherland Giveaway
This is a special giveaway: the three winners get an e-copy of Frozen ...
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Daniel Radcliffe
Jessie James
Jennifer Stone
Welcome to Smugglivus 2009 – Day 5 !
Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010.
Today’s guest: Kathryn McKenna, Children’s Marketing & ...
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Welcome to Smugglivus 2009 – Day 4!
Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010.
Who: Alma Alexander, author of Adult and Young Adult fantasy and ...
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Title: Cybermage
Author: Alma Alexander
Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: HarperTeen
Publication Date: February 2009
Hardcover: 432 pages
Stand alone or series: Book 3 in the Worldweavers Trilogy
How did I get this book: Review copy from the author
...
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Title: Spellspam
Author: Alma Alexander
Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publication Date: March 2008
Hardcover: 480 pages
Stand alone or series: Book 2 in the WorldWeavers trilogy
How did I get this book: Review copy from the author
...
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Welcome to Smugglivus 2009 – Day 3!
Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010.
Today’s guest: Melissa Marr, bestselling author of the modern day tales ...
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Title: Gateway
Author: Sharon Shinn
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult
Publisher: Viking Juvenile (Penguin)
Publication Date: October 2009
Hardcover: 288 Pages
Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel
How did I get this book: ARC from publisher
Why did I read this book: My reasons ...
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Welcome to Smugglivus 2009 – Day 2!
Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010.
Who: Jackie Kessler, author of Urban Fantasy with two ongoing ...
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Welcome to Smugglivus 2009!
Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2009, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2010.
Today, on our first official day of Smugglivus 2009, we kickoff the ...
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Smugglivus has arrived!
As you know, Smugglivus is our end of the year celebration leading up to our blog-o-versary on January 7th. And in true celebratory spirit we have invited authors, publishers and bloggers to look back at 2009 and talk about their favourite reads, to rant if needed, ...
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Title: Untouchable (one of two stories in the Deep Kiss of Winter anthology with Gena Showalter)
Author: Kresley Cole
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Pocket
Publishing Date: October, 2009
Hardcover 436 pages (the novella has about 240 pages)
Stand Alone or series: Part of ...
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So, while Thea is on a Thanksgiving break and I am left on my own, I decided to take over (Muwahaha) and do this stash, Ana style.
What was on my mind last week?
First and foremost: I was immersed in Smugglivus’ (upcoming event to celebrate reading and books!) preparations.
...
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“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’ Radar was born, and because there are far too many books ...
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Mariah Carey
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! In celebration of the holidays, we’ve got a cornucopia of books on the table – TWO giveaway batches for two lucky readers.
This weekend’s offerings are Paranormal Romance!
Batch 1:
And in Batch 2:
The ...
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Title: The Magicians
Author: Lev Grossman
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd (UK) / Viking (US)
Publishing Date: May 2009 / August 2009
Paperback/ Hardcover: 416 pages
Stand Alone or series: Stand alone with rumours of a sequel
Why did I read the book: I have ...
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On December 1st, we officially kick-off Smugglivus, our month-and-a-bit-long, end of the year, event, now in its second year. Inspired by Seinfeld’s Festivus, Smugglivus starts on Dec 1st and ends on Jan 7th , the date of our second bloggiversary.
And, now we officially unveil the amazing ...
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Title: Madame Xanadu – Volume 1 Disenchanted
Author: Matt Wagner
Art: Amy Reeder Hadley
Genre: Graphic Novel/ Fantasy
Publisher: Vertigo
Publishing Date: July 2009
Paperback: 240 pages
Stand Alone or series: This is a self contained collection with the first 10 issues ...
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Title: The Mermaid’s Madness
Author: Jim C. Hines
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Daw Books
Publishing Date: October 6, 2009
Paperback: 352 pages
Stand Alone or series: book 2 in the Princess Novels’ series
Why did I read the book: I read the first one and loved it.
...
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Title: Tainted
Author: Julie Kenner
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Ace
Publication Date: October 2009
Paperback: 320 pages
Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Blood Lily Chronicles
How did I get this book: ARC (from publicist)
Why did I read this book: When we were ...