Title: By These Ten Bones Author: Clare B. Dunkle Genre: Fantasy YA Publisher: Square Fish Publication date: February 2011, reprint edition. Paperback: 256 pages A mysterious young man has come to a small Highland town. His talent for wood…
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2011
Title: Blackout/All Clear Author: Connie Willis Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Spectra Publication date: February / October 2010 Hardcover: 1168 pages altogether xford in 2060 is a chaotic place. Scores of time-traveling historians are being sent into the past, to…
Howdy folks, and Happy Sunday! Giveaway Winner: The lucky winner of a signed copy of Give Up the Ghost is… Nicole (comment #109) Congrats! You know the drill – send us an email (contact AT thebooksmugglers DOT com) with…
“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. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Giveaways Inspirations and Influences
Guest Author & Giveaway: Daniel Kraus 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: Eona Author: Alison Goodman Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Young Adult Publisher: Viking Juvenile Publication Date: April 2011 Hardcover: 637 Pages Eon has been revealed as Eona, the first female Dragoneye in hundreds of years. Along with fellow rebels Ryko…
Hello everybody! Back in 2009, we read, loved and reviewed Give Up The Ghost by Megan Crewe. The book features a character-driven story about a girl who can communicate with ghosts better than with living people. It is a…
Title: Darkness Becomes Her Author: Kelly Keaton Genre: Fantasy / YA Publisher:Simon Pulse Publication date: February 22, 2011 (US) / June 2011 (UK) Hardcover/Paperback: 288 pages Ari can’t help feeling lost and alone. With teal eyes and freakish silver…
Headline, the UK publisher of Stories, the anthology edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio, came up with a brilliant idea to celebrate the paperback release this month: they invited a bunch of bloggers, including us, to participate on…
Title: Sleight of Hand Author: Peter S. Beagle Genre: Fantasy Publisher:Tachyon Publications Publication date: March 1, 2011 Paperback: 288 pages Abundant with tales of quiet heroism, life-changing decisions, and determined searches for deep answers, this extraordinary collection of contemporary…
Morning everybody! Who is enjoying the sunshine? *raises hand* Rage Giveaway Winner: Carllee (comment#33) Congratulations! To receive your prize, send us an email (contact AT the book smugglers DOT com) with your snail mail address. Thanks so much to…
“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. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Title: Mermaid Author: Carolyn Turgeon Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Broadway (US) / Headline (UK) Publication date: March 2011 Paperback: 352 pages While in hiding at a remote convent, a king’s daughter sees a magical being dragging a shipwrecked man to…
Title: I Don’t Want to Kill You Author: Dan Wells Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Thriller/Crime Publisher: Tor (US)/Headline (UK) Publication Date: March 2011 (US)/June 2011 (UK) Paperback: 320 Pages Dan Wells introduced us to John Wayne Cleaver in the…
Title: The Emerald Atlas Author: John Stephens Genre: Young Adult (upper Middle Grade), Fantasy Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (US)/Doubleday (UK) Publication Date: April 2011 (US & UK) Hardcover: 432 Pages (US & UK) Kate, Michael, and Emma…
Giveaways Inspirations and Influences
Guest Author and Giveaway: Jackie Morse Kessler 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: Rage Author: Jackie Morse Kessler Genre: Fantasy / YA Publisher: Harcourt Graphia Publication date: April 2011 Paperback: 228 pages Stand alone or series: Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Book 2 Missy didn’t mean to cut so deep. But after…
Title: The Folk Keeper Author: Franny Billingsley Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Atheneum (US)/ Bloomsbury (UK) Publication Date First edition: 1999/ New edition: April 2011 Paperback: 176 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Corinna Stonewall is fifteen years old and…
Happy Sunday, everyone! After a week of smooth sailing and no technical difficulties, we are happy to bring you this edition of our weekly Smugglers’ Stash & News. The Iron Thorn Giveaway Winner: The lucky winner of The Iron…
Welcome everyone, to The Book Smugglers’ Nebula Readathon 2011! In honor of the annual Nebula Awards, we will be hosting an interwebs readathon, in which we will attempt to read all of the titles on the Best Novel and…
Title: Chime Author: Franny Billingsley Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Dial (US)/ Bloomsbury PLC (UK) Publication date: March (US) / April (UK) 2011 Hardcover: 361 pages Before Briony’s stepmother died, she made sure Briony blamed herself for all the family’s hardships.…
Title: Triangle Author: Katharine Weber Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Picador Publication Date: May 2007 Paperback: 256 Pages By the time she dies at age 106, Esther Gottesfeld, the last survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, has told the story…
Title: Dark Matter Author: Michelle Paver Genre: Horror Publisher: Orion Publication Date: October 2010 Paperback: 256 Pages Stand alone or Series: Stand alone novel ‘What is it? What does it want? Why is it angry with me?’ January 1937.…
Title: The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin Author: Josh Berk Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication date: February 2010 Hardcover: 248 pages Being a hefty, deaf newcomer almost makes Will Halpin the least…
Hello and welcome! Caitlin Kittredge is one of our favourite UF writers – we read and loved Street Magic, the first in her Black London series (reviewed HERE) and the two books in the Icarus Project series which she…