Welcome to another Sunday edition of our Smugglers’ Stash & News. We shall start with some excellent news: The Mysterious Benedict Society covers to be “Adjusted”: The School Library Journal reported on the 26th that Little, Brown Books for…
January 2010
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
Lost will be back this Tuesday with a two-hour premiere starting its sixth and final season. There will be another 16 episodes and then ALL WILL BE OVER. Excuse us while we have a moment. …………………. Ok, we are…
Joint Review: Archangel’s Kiss by Nalini Singh
Title: Archangel’s Kiss Author: Nalini Singh Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher: Berkeley (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: February 2010 (US) / March 2010 (UK) Paperback: 352 pages Stand Alone or Series: Book 2 in the ongoing Guild Hunter series…
Title: Bleeding Violet Author: Dia Reeves Genre: YA/ UF Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: January 2010 Hardcover: 464 pages Love can be a dangerous thing….Hanna simply wants to be loved. With a head plagued by hallucinations, a medicine cabinet…
Guest Dare: The Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Welcome to the first Guest Dare of 2010! For those new to the feature, our Guest Dare is a monthly endeavor in which we invite an unsuspecting victim to read a book totally outside of their comfort zone. You…
Title: Captivate Author: Carrie Jones Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury (USA & UK) Publication Date: January 2010 (USA) / April 2010 (UK) Hardcover: 336 pages Zara and her friends knew they hadn’t solved the pixie problem for…
Title: Need Author: Carrie Jones Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury USA / Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publishing date: December 2008 / February 2010 Paperback: 320 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 of ongoing series Why did…
A Dude Reads PNR: Harry Reviews Circle of Fire by Keri Arthur
Hey folks, we have a brand new segment! Our delightful buddy Harry, from Temple Library Reviews will be joining us once a month to review paranormal romance from a guy’s perspective. But we will let him introduce himself, please…
Title: Mr. Shivers Author: Robert Jackson Bennett Genre: Horror, Historical Fiction Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: January 2010 Hardcover: 336 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel How did I get this book: Review Copy from the publisher Why…
Following Bloomsbury’s Whitewashing Cover Fiasco ’09-’10 (Justine Larbalestier’s Liar and Jaclyn Dolamore’s Magic Under Glass), readers were able to make some small positive change resulting in the publisher’s book jacket retraction and subsequent re-issuance of new, race-conscious covers. This…
Guest Author and Giveaway: Alexandra Bullen on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a new 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…
Welcome to another Sunday edition of our Smugglers’ Stash & News. First up, we’ve got some fan-freakin-tastic news. Bloomsbury Retracts Cover: On Thursday afternoon, Bloomsbury officially announced that they will no longer be printing the offending cover of Magic…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a new 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…
Today and tomorrow we are having a Molly Harper Spotlight. Earlier today we joint reviewed Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs the first book in the Jane Jameson trilogy; Now, we take a look at Nice Girls Don’t Date Dead…
Molly Harper Spotlight – Joint Review: Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs
Title: Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs Author: Molly Harper Genre: The spine says “Paranormal Romance” but really, it is Chick Lit and Comedy, with a dash of Romance thrown in. Publisher: Pocket Publishing Date: March 2009 Paperback: 384 pages…
Graphic Novel Review: Irredeemable Volume #1 by Mark Waid and artwork by Peter Krause
Title: Irredeemable vol.#1 Author: Mark Vaid/ Artist: Peter Krause Genre: Graphic Novels/ Comics Publisher: Boom! Studios Publishing Date: October 6, 2009 Paperback: 128 pages Stand Alone or series: This volumes collects the first fours issues in a brand new…
Title: Three Days to Dead Author: Kelly Meding Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Dell Publication Date: November 2009 Paperback: 416 pages Stand alone or series: First book in the Dredge City Urban Fantasy series How did I get this book:…
A Bit of Background: The Internets are full of rage again as Bloomsbury Publishing finds itself at the center of yet another book cover controversy. Remember the furore surrounding the cover of Liar by Justine Larbalestier? When readers found…
Title: An Abundance of Katherines Author: John Green Genre: YA/ Contemporary Publisher: Puffin Books Publishing Date: Reprint edition 16 Oct 2008 (First edition: 2006) Paperback: 272 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Why did I read the book:…
Hi folks, and welcome to another Sunday roundup on The Book Smugglers! First, we’ve got a few announcements… Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes Last Sunday we set up a reader opinion survey about how we could make The Book Smugglers even better for…
Last week we were left somewhat numbed and shocked by the unexpected news that Spider-Man 4 is no more, after both Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire left the movie and that the franchise is going to be re-booted! *gasp*…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
Title: The Left Hand of Darkness Author: Ursula K. LeGuin Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy Publisher: Ace (US) / Orbit (UK) Publication Date: 1969 (US) / November 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 272 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel How…