Fantasy Celebration: Guest Post with Kmont

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Today we want to give a huge bookpusher welcome to blogger and reviewer, Kmont. Kenda owns and runs the most awesome Lurve la Mode review site, and when we started planning this celebration, I automatically thought of Kenda because of her love for Fantasy. First of all, thank you to the Book Pushers for being [...]

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Fantasy Celebration: Review – Spindle’s End by Robin McKinley

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Publisher: Ace Books Publish Date: 2000 How I got this book: Purchased All the creatures of forest, field and riverbank knew the baby was special. She was the princess Briar-Rose, cursed by the evil fairy Pernicia on her name-day. But Katriona stole her away to the small village where Kat lives with her aunt, and [...]

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Fantasy Celebration: Review & Giveaway: Pegasus by Robin McKinley

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Publisher: Puffin Where did you get this book: Bought Release date: Out now Because of a thousand-year-old alliance between humans and pegasi, Princess Sylviianel is ceremonially bound to Ebon, her own pegasus, on her twelfth birthday. The two species coexist peacefully, despite the language barriers separating them. Humans and pegasi both rely on specially-trained Speaker [...]

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Fantasy Celebration: Introduction

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Over here at The Book Pushers, we’re huge fans of the fantasy genre. I’ve always thought that it’s been under-rated and doesn’t get as much exposure compared to Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy in the blogosphere. So we’re having a Fantasy Celebration of sorts where we want to have everything Fantasy related because this genre [...]

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Review – The Night Shifters by Emily Devenport

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Publisher: Self Publish Date: Out now How I got this book: From the Author “Hazel — Promise me you won’t give up on your dreams.” “I won’t, Mom!” Hazel swears, assuming Mom means that she should try to be whatever she wants to be, a doctor, or lawyer, or even a mermaid. Hazel is just [...]

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REVIEW: Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

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A long while back, E, Has and myself did a post on the books we loved written by Tamora Pierce. My personal favourite is the Immortals series that is set in the Tortall Universe. I’ve been meaning for a while to do an overall review, and this past week, I’ve done a major re-read of [...]

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Review – Cast in Ruin by Michelle Sagara

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Publisher: LUNA Publish Date: 20 September 2011 How I got this book: Net Galley When Harlequin started their LUNA imprint several years ago, little did I know that they would expose me to several authors who quickly made it to my autobuy list. I have been reading Michelle Sagara’s Chronicles of Elantra since about 2007 [...]

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Review: Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal

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Publisher: Tor Where did you get this book from: ARC from Publisher Release date: Out now This review contains some minor spoilers. Blurb taken from author’s official website: …Pride and Prejudice meets Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It is an intimate portrait of a woman, Jane, and her quest for love in a world where [...]

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Review: Dreaming Anastasia by Joy Preble

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Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky Where did you get this book: Won in a contest Release date: Currently available This review contains spoilers! Blurb taken from authors’ official website: Sixteen year old Anne thinks her life is pretty ordinary – until she smacks into handsome, mysterious, and okay, annoying Ethan on her way to chemistry class. Now [...]

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ARC Review: A Local Habitation

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Sometime early last year I was either browsing my favorite book related blogs or looking on Amaxon.com for their list of recommended upcoming releases when I came across a book called Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire.  The back cover blurb caught my eye with the mention of a half Sidhe-half human Private Investigator, October [...]

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Review: The Hero and The Crown by Robin McKinley

One of the joys about moving or even just re-arranging your bookshelves is seeing old friends. You know, the books you re-read at least once a year whose covers are well worn and whose binding is cracked. The ones that even though you know every detail of the story you can still immerse yourself in [...]

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