Title: Go, Mutants! Author: Larry Doyle Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Comedy, Young Adult Publisher: Ecco Publication Date: June 2010 Hardcover: 368 Pages The author of I Love You, Beth Cooper returns with an ingenious contemporary satire set in an…
Yearly Archives
2010
Title: Friend is not a Verb Author: Daniel Ehrenhaft Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: May 4 2010 Hardcover: 256 pages Stand alone or series: Stand Alone You know things are bad when your dreams come with a…
7 Rated Books BEA Appreciation Week Book Reviews
BEA Appreciation Week – Book Review: The Enemy by Charlie Higson
Title: The Enemy Author: Charlie Higson Genre: Young Adult, Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Hyperion (US) / Puffin (UK) Publication Date: May 2010 (US) / September 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 448 Pages (US) In the wake of a devastating disease, everyone…
5 Rated Books BEA Appreciation Week Book Reviews
BEA Appreciation Week – Book Review: Seth Baumgartner’s Love Manifesto by Eric Luper
Title: Seth Baumgartner’s Love Manifesto Author: Eric Luper Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher Balzer + Bray Publication Date: June 8, 2010 Hardcover: 304 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Seth Baumgartner just had the worst day of his life.…
8 Rated Books BEA Appreciation Week Book Reviews
BEA Appreciation Week – Book Review: Sapphique by Catherine Fisher
Title: Sapphique Author: Catherine Fisher Genre: Dystopia,Young Adult, Fantasy Publisher: Dial (US) / Hodder Children’s Books (UK) Publication Date: December 2010 (US) / September 2008 (UK) Hardcover: 450 Pages (US) Finn has escaped from the terrible living Prison of…
Howdy folks, and welcome to another edition of the Smugglers’ Stash. First, a few announcements… Giveaway Winners: We have a few winners to announce! The winner of The Iron King by Julie Kagawa is… Jacqueline C. (Comment #30) The…
“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’…
Giveaways Inspirations and Influences
Guest Author & Giveaway: John Green on Inspirations and 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: Looking for Alaska Author: John Green Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Speak/ HarperCollins Children’sBooks (UK) Publication date: March 2005/ July 2006 (UK) Paperback: 272 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone First drink, first prank, first friend, first girl,…
Miscellaneous
Book Expo America 2010 Or: How We Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Hundreds of Pounds of Books – Final Report
This is our final report for Book Expo America 2010, go HERE for Days 0/1 and HERE for Day 2 DAY THREE: Book Blogger Convention, Tour of Hachette, and AWESOME Japanese food Ana: I have always wanted to attend…
Title: Silver Phoenix Author: Cindy Pon Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Greenwillow Books Publication Date: April 2009 Hardcover: 352 Pages No one wanted Ai Ling. And deep down she is relieved—despite the dishonor she has brought upon her family—to…
Chat With an Author Giveaways
Chat With An Author (and Giveaway): An Interview With Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Today, we are delighted to bring you bestselling Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón, author of 6 novels, including one of Ana’s all time favourites, The Shadow of the Wind. His first novel, the YA Horror The Prince of Mist…
Miscellaneous
Book Expo America 2010 Or: How We Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Hundreds of Pounds of Books – Day 2
This is our report for Day 2 of Book Expo America 2010, go HERE for Days 0/1 DAY TWO: The Lack of Will Power, Alchoholic Pasta, Geeking Out and a Smugglerific Party Thea and Ana getting ready to rock…
Miscellaneous
BookExpo America, Or: How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Hundreds of Pounds of Books – Day 0/1
For the past few weeks, there has been only one thing on our minds. Three tiny little initials, that encompassed the pinnacle (thus far) of our Book Smuggling careers: In the two years that we have been running The…
We have a few winners to announce (and we apologise for the delay) so here it goes: Giveaway winners The winner of one copy of Nancy’s Theory of Style by Grace Coopersmith is: Dawn (comment #7) The winners of…
Howdy, howdy, howdy! It has been a long, exhausting, incredible week, but we are finally done with BEA and headed home. And on that note, here’s what we have planned for the week. (And because we are in full…
“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: Hero Author: Perry Moore Genre: Speculative Fiction, Superhero, Young Adult, LGBT literature Publisher: Disney (Hyperion) Publication Date: August 2007 Paperback: 432 pages Thom Creed is used to being on his own. Even as a highschool basketball star, he…
Welcome to guest dare! 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 can read all previous…
6 Rated Books A Dude Reads PNR Book Reviews
A Dude Reads PNR: Harry reads Sunrise in a Garden of Love & Evil by Barbara Monajem
This is our brand new segment in which 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…
Giveaways Inspirations and Influences
Guest Author & Giveaway: Grace Coopersmith (AKA Marta Acosta) on Inspirations and 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:Ten Things I Love About You Author: Julia Quinn Genre: Romance/Historical Sebastian Grey is in limbo. He is the heir presumptive to the Earl of Newbury, unless the current earl, a widower, can find a bride who will bear…
Title: Spider’s Bite Author: Jennifer Estep Genre: UF Publisher: Pocket Publication Date: January 2010 MMP: 432 pages Stand alone or series: First in the Elemental Assassin series My name is Gin Blanco. They call me the Spider — the…
Hello there! As you probably know by now, we are getting ready to leave for NY on Tuesday in order to attend Book Expo America and The Book Blogger Convention. We are super-ultra-excited about everything: about the events we…
We have a couple of giveaway winners to announce: Giveaway winners: The winner of one copy of Wolfsangel by M D Lachlan is: Julie Swaney (comment#30) The winner of Wings and Spells by Aprilynne Pike is: Kathryn (comment#45) You…