Title: A Greyhound of a Girl Author: Roddy Doyle Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Amulet/ Marion Lloyd Publication date: May 1st 2012 Hardcover: 208 pages Mary O’Hara is a sharp and cheeky 12-year-old Dublin schoolgirl who is bravely facing…
April 2012
Today are happy to be a spot on Michelle Harrison’s blog tour celebrating the release of her new novel Unrest and to be hosting a MOST Awesome Giveaway! ABOUT THE BOOK: Seventeen-year-old Elliott hasn’t slept properly for months. Not…
Hello everyone and HAPPY SUNDAY! Thea here, extremely excited to report that she has completed her thesis, has defended it, and is now gradually returning back to sanity. Lots of meat to cover, so let’s get down to business,…
“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 rein so they can go wild…
Title: The Vicious Deep Author: Zoraida Córdova Genre: Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 384 Pages For Tristan Hart, everything changes with one crashing wave. He was gone for three days. Sucked…
Title: Enchanted Author: Alethea Kontis Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Young Adult Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 305 Pages It isn’t easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the…
“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 rein so they can go wild…
Title: Blackbirds Author: Chuck Wendig Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Angry Robot Publication date: April 24th 2012 Paperback: 384 pages Miriam Black knows when you will die. She’s foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, and suicides. But when…
Title: The Peculiars Author: Maureen Doyle McQuerry Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Amulet Books Publication date: May 1st 2012 Hardcover: 354 pages This dark and thrilling adventure, with an unforgettable heroine, will captivate fans of steampunk, fantasy, and…
Title: Blue Thread Author: Ruth Tenzer Feldman Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Time Travel, Feminism Publisher: Ooligan Press Publication date: February 1st 2012 Paperback: 296 pages The women’s suffrage movement is in full swing in 1912 Portland, Oregon—the last holdout state…
Hello everybody! Ana here: I am back from holidays reenergised and ready to catch up with reading and reviewing! GIVEAWAY WINNERS: The five winners of 172 Hours on the Moon are: LB Jessica T Gilly Christina Kit Justine The…
“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: Company of Liars Author: Karen Maitland Genre: Historical, Speculative Fiction, Medieval Publisher: Michael Joseph Publication date: January 2008 Paperback: 576 pages In this extraordinary novel, Karen Maitland delivers a dazzling reinterpretation of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales—an ingenious alchemy of…
Title: White Horse Author: Alex Adams Genre: Horror, Apocalypse, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books Publication Date: April 17, 2012 Hardcover: 292 Pages Thirty-year-old Zoe leads an ordinary life until the end of the world arrives. She is cleaning…
Title: The Book of the Maidservant Author: Rebecca Barnhouse Genre: Historical, Medieval, Young Adult Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Publication date: October 2009 Paperback: 240 pages Johanna is a servant girl to Dame Margery Kempe, a renowned…
Title: 172 Hours on the Moon (Original title: DARLAH) Author: Johan Harstad Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers (US) / Atom (UK) Publication Date: April 2012 (US & UK) Hardcover: 355 Pages…
Today we are very excited to be a part of Johan Harstad’s 172 Hours on the Moon blog tour, celebrating the release of the novel. A celebrated short story author, novelist, and playwright in Norway, Johan Harstad made his…
Title: Changeling Author: Delia Sherman Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Viking Juvenile Publication date: August 2006 Paperback 256 pages A determined heroine, a quest adventure galore! Neef is a changeling, a human baby stolen by fairies and replaced with…
Hello everyone, and happy Sunday! Ana is returning from vacation this week, meanwhile I’m buckling down and putting the final touches (ok, frantically writing) my thesis. But enough about us! We’ve got some winners to announce. Giveaway Winners: The…
“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: Wheel of the Infinite Author: Martha Wells Genre: Fantasy, PoC Publisher: Eos (but the author recently released the ebooks) Publication date: First published, 2000. Ebook was made available in 2011 Paperback: 355 pages…
Susan Jane Bigelow’s Extrahumans series is one of Ana’s current favourite Science Fiction series. The first book, Broken was one of her notable books of 2011 and the recently released Fly Into Fire, a tremendous follow-up. As such, we…
Title: Ash Mistry and the Savage Fortress Author: Sarwat Chadda Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade/Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Harper Collins Children / Arthur A Levine Publication date: March 1 2012 / October 2012 Paperback: 400 pages…
Title: Glamour in Glass Author: Mary Robinette Kowal Genre: Fantasy, Alternate History Publisher: Tor Publication Date: April 2012 Hardcover: 336 Pages Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades of Milk and Honey, a loving tribute…
Title: Snow in Summer Author: Jane Yolen Genre: Historical, Fairytale, Young Adult Publisher: Philomel Publication date: November 10th 2011 Hardcover: 256 pages With her black hair, red lips, and lily-white skin, Summer is as beautiful as her father’s garden.…