Guest Dare: Across the Nightingale Floor
First it was Kmont with Summer of Night. Then, Kate with The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes. Now, it’s The Happily Ever After’s Christine turn to…read a straight Dark Fantasy novel. We dared her to read….. Title: Across the Nightingale Floor – The Tales of the Otori book 1 (out of 5) Author: Lian Hearn Genre: [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 5 so far )Guest Dare: Preludes and Nocturnes
Last month it was Kmont with the horror novel Summer of Night. This month, we decided to Dare Kate from What Kate’s Reading. Kate’s kryptonite? We Dared her to read and review a graphic novel (her first ever graphic novel read!). Since Kate told us she was a Neil Gaiman fan (and in light of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 12 so far )Smugglers Weekly Stash
Yo ho ho and a bottle o’… As our weekend comes to a close, we have once again used the magic Sorting Hat to select the winners of our Lisa Shearin Giveaway! *drumroll please* FIRST PLACE: PiduteRUNNER UP: Jill D. Please drop either us (thebooksmugglers AT hotmail DOT com) or Lisa (lisa AT lisashearin DOT [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )Guest Dare: Summer of Night
A few weeks back, Ana and I decided to share our love for pushing the reading comfort zone, and we Dared the wonderful Kmont from Lurv à la Mode to guest review a book here! We asked Kmont what genres she would normally never read, and from there gave her a selection of books in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 8 so far )The Dare: No Rest for the Wicked
Title: No Rest for the Wicked Author: Kresley Cole Review Number: 22 Genre: Paranormal Romance Stand alone or series: Second book in the Immortals After Dark series Summary: (From amazon.com)A soldier weary of life . . .Centuries ago, Sebastian Wroth was turned into a vampire — a nightmare in his mind — against his will. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )The Dare: Kushiel’s Dart
Title: Kushiel’s Dart Author: Jacqueline Carey Review number: 27 Genre: Fantasy Stand alone/series: first in a series of books – so far there are six. Summary: Amazon.UK says A massive fantasy tale about the violent death of an old age and the birth of a new one. Here is a novel of grandeur, luxuriance, sacrifice, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 4 so far )I Triple Dog Dare You!
No, not to lick the frozen pole outside. Ana and I have embarked on a new Book Smuggler adventure together: The Dare. Not just any dare. The Triple Dog Dare. In my recent “From Thea’s Dungeon” post, I shook the dust off one of my favorite books of all time, Jacqueline Carey’s Kushiel’s Dart. I [...]
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