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New Release Dates!

12 June 2011 Jackie 0

The New Releases page was recently updated, but of course I’ve found even more to add.  These will be included in the next update I do at the end of the month.  For those interested, a printable version of the current New Releases page is still available. As always, if […]

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Sunday Surprise!

12 June 2011 Jackie 0

Dead Iron by Devon Monk (Age of Steam #1) (7/5/2011) In steam age America, men, monsters, machines, and magic battle for the same scrap of earth and sky. In this chaos, bounty hunter Cedar Hunt rides, cursed by lycanthropy and carrying the guilt of his brother’s death. Then he’s offered […]

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Knight’s Blood by J. Leary

11 June 2011 Casey 0

Have you ever read a book, where you wanted to like it but the characters just killed it for you? Well that’s what happened to me with Jason Leary’s Knight’s Blood. The plot had the potential to be interesting/amazing, yet Alexandra Blood and Sonja completely ruined it for me. In a […]

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Tempt Me Saturday!

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Citadels of the Lost by Tracy Hickman (The Annals of Drakis #2) (7/5/2011) The fates of Drakis, former slave warrior of the elven empire of Rhonas, and Soen, former Inquisitor of the Iblisi, are inexorably tied to the magic of Aether-lifeblood of the elven empire and the cause of humanity’s […]

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Killer Vampire Locked in Dark Silence

11 June 2011 Jackie 0

Virna DePaul has posted Wraith Awakening, a free novella that is a prequel to her new novel, Chosen by Blood. Carrie Vaughn has posted the first chapter to the next Kitty Norville novel, Kitty’s Big Trouble, which is due out June 28th. Shiloh Walker has posted an excerpt from the […]

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Blue by L. Aronica

10 June 2011 Casey 0

Blue by Lou Aronica is a very difficult book to review. It is a very emotional book, and I’m the kind of person who has to drink gallons and gallons of water after watching Titanic to rehydrate myself.  Yet while reading Blue, I never shed a single tear. Chris Astor is […]

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Touch of Frost by J. Estep

9 June 2011 Jennifer 3

I’ll be honest and say that when I heard that Jennifer Estep had decided to write YA, I was a bit leery. Not because I didn’t think she’d be good at it, but because I’m such a huge fan of her Elemental Assassin series. I was afraid that somehow this […]

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Burn the Night by J. Drake

8 June 2011 Jennifer 1

Since starting the Dark Days series, I’ve had nothing but good things to say.  It has, without a doubt, been one of my favorite series that I’ve had the pleasure of reading, and Mira is equally one of my favorite heroines.  So it’s bitter sweet for me when I say […]

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Casey’s Literary Rants

8 June 2011 Casey 2

In which I rant about reality and fiction If you somehow missed it, the Wall Street Journal published an article titled Darkness to Visible by Meghan Cox Gurdon on June 4, 2011. Gurdon’s article can be summed up in her statement: “If books show us the world, teen fiction can be like a hall of […]

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Breaking Dawn Trailer

7 June 2011 Jackie 0

Okay, maybe this is old news for everyone else, but I just found it. Check out the trailer for Breaking Dawn… The Quileute and the Volturi close in on expecting parents Edward and Bella, whose unborn child poses different threats to the wolf pack and vampire coven. Releases: 18 November […]