2009 October | The Book Pushers | Book Reviews

ARC Review & Giveaway: Queen of Song and Souls

Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by Has.

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Note: I hate giving out spoilers in my reviews but with this one I found it very difficult to avoid, although I tried to be vague please keep in mind there ARE going to be some spoilers especially towards the end of the review, of which I have given ample warning. Queen of Song and [...]

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Welcome to our new home!

Posted on 29. Oct, 2009 by Lou.

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Here we be. After days of extreme frustrations of transferring hosts and domains, the site is finally up. What do you all think? Yay or nay? The design was done by the very awesome Luna Stone Designs, who has been extremely patient and wonderful – especially in putting the layout up. If you go to [...]

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Review: Indiscreet by Carolyn Jewel

Posted on 20. Oct, 2009 by Lou.

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I was a lucky duck and won this ARC from Carolyn Jewel from a contest on Twitter. Here there be the review: Indiscreet is a story that plays out in the exotic setting of Turkey in the 1800′s. It follows the journey of Sabine Godard and Edward Foye, who are linked by a betrayal through [...]

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Google Bomb Time!!!!

Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by Has.

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Googlebombing Scott Baio! We are not a political blog but the other day we heard that Scott Baio, who played Chachi on Happy Days, decided to be an asshat to Romance Author Gwen Hayes because she un-followed him on Twitter after she disagreed with some of his political statements. Dear Author along with the support [...]

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Announcement

Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by admin.

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Yesterday it was brought to our attention that one of the reviews we posted contained questionable content relative to another review elsewhere of the same book. While the reviewer claims she wrote her review independently, The Book Pushers realizes that our reputation is dependent on the integrity of our reviews. Consequently, we have pulled the [...]

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Book Covers That Got Me Into Trouble

Posted on 08. Oct, 2009 by Has.

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The other day while I was chatting with Lou, we were talking about book tropes and how they developed over the years. We then found ourselves chatting about covers. ESPECIALLY romance covers!! I fell in love with romance after reading a Mills and Boons historical set in 1500s Spain. From that moment on, I voraciously [...]

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Review: Doubleblind by Ann Aguirre

Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by Has.

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Doubleblind By Ann Aguirre In this third instalment in the Grimspace series, Doubleblind marks a departure from the previous two books, which were frenetic in high octane action and scope. Sirantha Jax is asked by the Conglomerate to become a goodwill ambassador, to try and forge an alliance with the elusive and secretive bug-like Ithtorians. [...]

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Review: Frostbitten by Kelley Armstrong

Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by Lou.

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This review may contain spoilers. The Alaskan wilderness is a harsh landscape in the best of conditions, but with a pack of rogue werewolves on the loose, it’s downright deadly. Elena Michaels, the Pack’s chief enforcer, knows all too well the havoc “mutts” can wreak. When word comes of a series of humans apparently killed [...]

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Wheeeeeeeeee Bookpushers had a meetup with Nalini Singh!!!!

Posted on 04. Oct, 2009 by Has.

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Ying and I had a fantastic day today which we partly spent with Nalini Singh who is currently in the UK. We also met up with a few twitter friends for the first time, Liz and Karen (Karen will have a YA book out sometime in 2011 called The Iron Witch) and we also met [...]

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Winners of On The Edge Giveaway

Posted on 04. Oct, 2009 by admin.

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We assigned the entries, who followed the rules, in a list of numbers according to the time stamps. We then used a random number generator (random.org) and the winners are: Main Winner: Mishel – You win a copy of On The Edge and Must Love Hellhounds Runners ups: Buddyt – Copy of On The Edge [...]