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GIVEAWAY OVER Congratulations to: Daniel V. _______________________________________ Oprah is not the only one who has favorite things. And so this year, to celebrate the Holidays, Daemon’s Books is giving away a prize pack full of our favorite books from 2010. The books included in the prize pack are: – (1) Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Review) – (1) Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith [...]
Now that we’ve entered July, the year is half way over and the editors at Amazon have released their picks for the top ten books so far this year. Amazon’s “must-reads” include a mix of fiction and non-fiction books. Here is their list: The Passage by Justin Cronin The Irresistible Henry House by Lisa Grunwald Country Driving by Peter Hessler The Girl Who Kicked the [...]
If you read Jose’s review of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith, you know that he absolutely loved the book. I have to say that I loved it too; it’s a great mix of historical/biographical info and vampire slayage. Who knew Abe could kick vampire butt? As it turns out, the book trailer is almost as awesome as the book itself. In fact, they [...]
House Rules by Jodi Picoult March 2, 2010 (Order on Amazon) From the publisher: They tell me I’m lucky to have a son who’s so verbal, who is blisteringly intelligent, who can take apart the broken microwave and have it working again an hour later. They think there is no greater hell than having a son who is locked in his own world, unaware that [...]
When I first heard that Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (see our review here), had a new book coming out I wasn’t too interested because the whole horror/classic lit mashup genre never really appealed to me. That changed when I found out that the book’s title was Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. My curiosity piqued, I immersed myself in Grahame-Smith’s prose and [...]
One book that has been getting a ton of buzz lately is the mash up Pride And Prejudice And Zombies. Seth Grahame-Smith has taken Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice and inserted a zombie sub-plot. First let me say that I’m a HUGE Austen fan. I’ve read Pride & Prejudice about 5 times (you can read my review here) and have watched the movie and mini-series [...]
