Title: Bedbugs Author: Ben H. Winters Genre: Horror, Thriller Publisher: Quirk Publishing Publication Date: September 2011 Paperback: 256 pages FOR RENT: Top two floors of beautifully renovated brownstone, 1300 sq. ft., 2BR 2BA, eat-in kitchen, one block to parks…
Title: Midwinterblood Author: Marcus Sedgwick Genre: Horror Publisher: Orion Publication date: October 6th 2011 Hardcover: 224 pages Have you ever had the feeling that you’ve lived another life? Been somewhere that has felt totally familiar, even though you’ve never…
Welcome all! We are happy to kick-start this year’s Halloween Week with a guest post by British author Marcus Sedgwick. His newest book is called Midwinterblood a story of love and sacrifice through the ages. We both loved the…
Title: YOU Author: Charles Benoit Genre: Contemporary, Thriller, Young Adult Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 240 pages This wasn’t the way it was supposed to go. You’re just a typical fifteen-year-old sophomore, an average guy named Kyle…
Happy Sunday, boys and ghouls! It is just about the last week of October, and that means at Smugglers International that it is… HALLOWEEN WEEK! Every year, the last week in October is synonymous with Halloween, and we celebrate…
“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: Witchlanders Author: Lena Coakley Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Atheneum (Simon & Schuster) Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 400 pages High in their mountain covens, red witches pray to the Goddess, protecting the Witchlands by throwing the bones…
Title: The Broken Kingdoms Author: N. K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publication date: November 3rd 2010 Paperback: 411 pages In the city of Shadow, beneath the World Tree, alleyways shimmer with magic and godlings live hidden among mortalkind.…
Title: When She Woke Author: Hillary Jordan Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Algonquin Books Publication Date: October 2011 Hardcover: 352 pages Hannah Payne’s life has been devoted to church and family, but after her arrest, she awakens to a…
Title: Prospero Regained Author: L. Jagi Lamplighter Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 476 pages Prospero, the sorcerer on whose island of exile William Shakespeare set his play, The Tempest, has endured these past many centuries.…
Title: King of Ithaka Author: Tracy Barrett Genre: Fantasy / Historical / Greek Mythology / Young Adult Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication date: September 14th 2010 Hardcover: 272 pages Telemachos has a comfortable life on his small island…
This past weekend, I spent two long days at the east coast’s biggest annual nerdfest: New York Comic Con. Thanks to our friends at Orbit, I had the lovely opportunity to meet and interview Kristen Painter, author of the…
This past weekend, I spent two long days at the east coast’s biggest annual nerdfest: New York Comic Con. This year, I had the opportunity to interview the lovely Kim Harrison, Urban Fantasy author of the New York Times…
As you may have heard, this past weekend was New York Comic Con 2011! Every October, hoards of true believers make the arduous trek to the Javits Center, outfitted in their finest geek-garb. Though it’s smaller than the UberMegaMorassOfPeople…
Helloooooooo everybody! How you doing? We are both having MAJOR geek-outs over this weekend. I finally caved and started watching Dr. Who ( I KNOW, right?) and Thea attended NY Comic Con (and I am so jealous my eyes…
As you know, Halloween is coming, and with it, our annual Halloween Week shenanigans. The first official event to kick off our yearly celebration starts TODAY, as we are proud to present you, dear readers, with our first contest…
“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: Fox & Phoenix Author: Beth Bernobich Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Viking Juvenile Publication Date: October 2011 Hardcover: 336 pages Once upon a time, the king of Lóng City held a contest for a lot of…
“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: The Princess Curse Author: Merrie Haskell Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 328 pages Twelve princesses suffer from a puzzling—and downright silly—curse. Ridiculous though the curse may be, whoever breaks…
Title: How to Safe a Life Author: Sara Zarr Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Publication Date: October 18th 2011 Hardcover: 341 pages Jill MacSweeney just wants everything to go back to normal. But ever since her dad…
Title: Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow Author: Daniel Nayeri Genre: Speculative Fiction, Western, Young Adult, Novellas Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: October 11th 2011 Hardcover: 432 pages Written entirely on an iPhone, this quartet of YA novellas…
Title: Dark of the Moon Author: Tracy Barrett Genre: Historical Fiction, Greek Mythology Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books Publication Date: September 19th 2011 Hardcover: 320 pages Ariadne is destined to become a goddess of the moon. She…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Hopefully some of you have nice long weekends that you are enjoying. Let’s get down to business. Giveaway Winners: We have a couple of giveaway winners to announce. First up, the winner of an…
“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…