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Author Review: Shanna Swendson

9 May 2008 Jackie 0

So I decided to add a new feature to the website…Author Reviews. Since I am apart of the New Author Challenge, I figured I might as well include the reviews here. I’m not sure how I’m going to keep them yet, but at the moment, they’ll be posted as entries […]

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Challenge: New Authors

9 May 2008 Jackie 2

I’m always on the lookout for new authors, and after joining a 50 Books in 2008 challenge in January (which was easy for me, since I already broke it), I decided to make it a New Author Challenge. I have currently read 22 new authors for this challenge, and for […]

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Weekly Geeks #2 – Reviews Anyone? Pt. 2

8 May 2008 Jackie 4

So at the beginning of the week, I told you about this weeks challenge for Weekly Geeks. Basically, it was to implement a new policy of including links to other reviews with each review I do. For example, I just did a review of Enchanted, Inc. by Shanna Swendson. If […]

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Enchanted, Inc. by S. Swendson

8 May 2008 Jackie 4

I love finding new mysteries that are more fun than thought provoking. You know the type of mysteries where you’re constantly on edge about what’s going to happen or where the newest clue will be found? Yeah, Enchanted, Inc. by Shanna Swendson is nothing like that and it’s great. Magic […]

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Cyclone Nargis Contest

8 May 2008 Jackie 3

Ann Aguirre, author of Grimspace and Wanderlust, has graciously started a huge contest to benefit the victims of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar. Here’s the deal. You pick a charity and donate some money. I don’t care how much. Send me an email with a transaction number, showing that you gave […]

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The Shadow Queen

7 May 2008 Jackie 2

Anne Bishop made a great announcement….she’s writing another novel in the Black Jewels world. The Shadow Queen will be out sometime in March 2009, but to get us by until then, here’s a blurb from the jacket cover. Dena Nehele is a land decimated by its past. Once it was […]

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Women in Cinema

7 May 2008 Jackie 0

The New York Times has asked a very interesting question: Is There a Real Woman in This Multiplex? The topic came up when it dawned on someone that the movies coming out this summer all have man leads. IRON MAN, Batman, Big Angry Green Man — to judge from the […]

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Black Interview & Reader Interaction

6 May 2008 Jackie 0

Jeri Smith-Ready has another interview up at her site. This time Jenna Black is in the hot seat. I finally have everything switched over to this site, so I’ve officially abandoned the other site. I put up the last post just moments ago, urging everyone over here, so let’s see […]

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Twilight the Movie

6 May 2008 Jackie 1

So I haven’t actually read any of Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight novels, but I keep hearing rave reviews about them. I know there is a movie in the works, but I haven’t seen any trailers yet so I haven’t given it much thought. That has all changed. The first trailer has […]

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I’m a Changeling

6 May 2008 Jackie 0

Okay, this is kind of fun. I’m not a big fan of quizzes, but this was one I haven’t seen before and the graphics were pretty interesting, plus the questions sold it for me. The quiz is “What Type of Fae are You?” and is being offered by Onna Chance. […]