Feel the chill in the air? That delicious tingle of anticipation? It’s not just the Holidays and promise of presents and delicious, gluttonous amounts of food. Tomorrow, December 1st, we kick-start our month long celebrations of all things bookish…
November 2011
Title: Legend Author: Marie Lu Genre: Speculative Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Putnam Juvenile (US) / Puffin (UK) Publication Date: November 2011 (US) / February 2012 (UK) Hardcover: 305 pages What was once the western United States is now…
Smuggler’s Ponderings: Thoughts on The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Warning: this post contains ALL THE SPOILERS. This is another entry in the Ana-is-catching-up-with-the-fantasy-classics-which-were-not-available-to-her-as-a-child-growing-up-in-Brazil series. So, The Last Unicorn. A book that has been published over 40 years ago (in fact, my edition celebrates its 40th anniversary) and which…
Title: The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet Author: Reif Larsen Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Penguin Press HC Publication date: May 7th 2009 Hardcover: 375 pages When twelve-year-old genius cartographer T.S. Spivet receives an unexpected phone call from the…
Hello everybody – hope our US friends had a great Thanksgiving break. Thea is away celebrating with her family and I am holding down the fort whislt waiting for my own family (in-law) to arrive for a visit. Today’s…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar…
Title: Icefall Author: Matthew J. Kirby Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication date: October 11 2011 Hardcover: 336 pages Matthew J. Kirby, author of The Clockwork Three, deftly weaves a brand-new tale with chilling cleverness…
Title: Heaven and Hell Author: Jón Kalman Stefánsson (translated by Philip Roughton) Genre: Literary Fiction, Historical Publisher: Quercus Publishing Publication date: September 2011 (first edition: 2010) Paperback: 240 pages In a remote part of Iceland, a boy and his…
Title: The Eleventh Plague Author: Jeff Hirsch Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 288 pages The wars that followed The Collapse nearly destroyed civilization. Now, twenty years later, the world is…
Title: The Dark and Hollow Places Author: Carrie Ryan Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: March 2011 (US) / April 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 374 pages There are many things that…
Title: This is Shyness Author: Leanne Hall Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Text Publication date: August 2nd 2010 Paperback: 272 pages A guy who howls. A girl on a mission to forget. In the suburb of Shyness, where…
Hello everyone, Happy Thanksgiving Week for those in the US! Giveaway Winners: We have two giveaways to close out, and some lucky winners to announce. The winner of an autographed copy of Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi is… Merry…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar…
Title: Liesl and Po Author: Lauren Oliver Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Publication date: October 4th 2011 Hardcover: 307 pages We meet Liesl the night after the day her young father has died. That same…
Series Review (& Giveaway): The Griffin Mage Trilogy by Rachel Neumeier
To date, Ana and I have done a few of these “I Love This Series” posts – and I am happy to add another series to the lineup, with Rachel Neumeier’s Griffin Mage Trilogy: Lord of the Changing Winds,…
Title: Cold Kiss Author: Amy Garvey Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication date: September 2011 Hardcover: 304 pages It was a beautiful, warm summer day, the day Danny died. Suddenly Wren was alone and shattered. In…
Title: Revolver Author: Marcus Sedgwick Genre: Thriller, Historical, Young Adult Publisher: Orion Children’s Books / Square Fish Publication date: July 16th 2009 / September 27, 2011 Paperback: 224 pages 1910. A cabin north of the Arctic Circle. Fifteen-year-old Sig…
Title: Shatter Me Author: Tahereh Mafi Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopia, PNR, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: October 15 2011 Hardcover: 342 pages Juliette hasn’t touched anyone in exactly 264 days. The last time she did, it was…
Howdy folks, Ana here! Hope y’all having a great weekend. We’ve been quite busy lately as we are getting ready for Smugglivus – all invitations have been sent, a teaser poster has been created, we came up with an…
Today we are thrilled to bring you the first in an ongoing series of page-to-screen reviews and author interviews, starting with the incredible bestselling sensation Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Our movie reviewing Smuggler, Lavanya Narasimhan, had the…
Shatter Me Blog Tour & Giveaway: Tahereh Mafi on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild…
Title: Chasing the Moon Author: A. Lee Martinez Genre: Science Fiction, Comedy, Weirdness Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: October 2010 Hardcover: 251 pages Diana’s life was in a rut – she hated her job, she was perpetually single, and she…
Title: The Alloy of Law Author: Brandon Sanderson Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk, Western Publisher: Tor (US)/Gollancz (UK) Publication date: November 2011 Hardcover: 336 pages Fresh from the success of The Way of Kings, Brandon Sanderson, best known for completing Robert…
Title: Also Known as Rowan Pohi Author: Ralph Fletcher Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Clarion Books Publication date: November 14th 2011 Hardcover: 144 pages Bobby Steele and his pals, Marcus and Big Poobs, all public school kids from working…
Title: Redemption in Indigo Author: Karen Lord Genre: Fantasy, Fable Publisher: Small Beer Press Publication date: July 6th 2010 Paperback: 200 pages Karen Lord’s debut novel is an intricately woven tale of adventure, magic, and the power of the…