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Yearly Archives
2012
Hello everyone, and Happy Sunday! Not much news to report but a lot of things are coming up this week, so let’s just get down to business. This Week on The Book Smugglers: On Monday, we kick off the…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a 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 was…
Title: Gods and Warriors Author: Michelle Paver Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade/Young Adult, Historical Publisher: Puffin / Dial Publication date: August 28 / September 4 2012 Hardcover: 283 pages An action-packed new series set in the mysterious, dangerous Bronze Age.…
Hello everybody and happy Friday! Today we are over at Kirkus trying to break out of our post-Olympics, pre-Hunger Games fugue with a list of essential reads, inspired by Ted Kosmatka’s The Games. Go HERE to read our list…
Title: Gullstruck Island/The Lost Conspiracy Author: Frances Hardinge Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade/Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books Publication date: January 2009 Hardcover/Paperback: 512 pages On Gullstruck Island the volcanoes quarrel, beetles sing danger and occasionally a Lost is…
Title: Between Shades of Gray Author: Ruta Sepetys Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Philomel Books Publication Date: March 2011 (HC) Hardcover: 344 Pages Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws,…
Title: Ungifted Author: Gordon Korman Genre: Contemporary, Middle Grade Publisher: Balzer & Bray Publication date: August 21 2012 Hardcover: 288 pages The word gifted has never been applied to a kid like Donovan Curtis. It’s usually more like Don’t…
Title: The Games Author: Ted Kosmatka Genre: Horror/Thriller, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Del Rey Publication Date: March 2012 Hardcover: 368 Pages This stunning first novel from Nebula Award and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award finalist Ted Kosmatka is a riveting tale…
“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…
Hello everybody! The Olympic Games end today (boo!) and I have to say, I caught the Olympic Fever in a way I never did before. Rooting for Team GB and Team Brazil as well as admiring all the other…
“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: Libriomancer Author: Jim C Hines Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Daw Publication date: August 2012 Hardcover: 400 pages Isaac Vainio is a Libriomancer, a member of the secret organization founded five centuries ago by Johannes Gutenberg. Libriomancers are gifted…
Hello everybody and happy Friday! We are at Kirkus today chatting with The Awesome Jim Hines about his new book, writing, blogging and of course…book smuggling. Go HERE to read our column and HERE to read Ana’s review of…
Title: Two Weeks’ Notice Author: Rachel Caine Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Roc Publication Date: August 2012 Paperback: 320 Pages After dying and being revived with the experimental drug Returne, Bryn Davis is theoretically free to live her unlife—with regular…
Title: The FitzOsbornes in Exile Author: Michelle Cooper Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, WWII Publisher: Random House Australia (Aus) / Knopf Books for Young Readers (US) Publication Date: August 2010 (Aus) / April 2011 (US) Hardcover: 464 Pages (US)…
Blog Tour Giveaways Inspirations and Influences
Throne of Glass Blog Tour (& Giveaway): Sarah J. Maas on Inspiration & 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 rein so they can go wild…
6 Rated Books Book Reviews
Book Review Multi-Feature: Twelve Minutes to Midnight, The Wednesdays, Godless and The Interrogation of Gabriel James
You know when you read a good, entertaining book but you don’t really have a lot to say about it? This is the case with these four books. Because I don’t have loads to say about them I thought…
Title: Liar & Spy Author: Rebecca Stead Genre: Contemporary, Middle Grade Publisher: Random House Children’s Books Publication date: August 7 Hardcover: 192 pages At the moment, Georges has a lot going on. Dad was laid off so Mom has…
Hello everyone! Happy Sunday! Are we all enjoying the Olympics? Yesterday, I learned that trampoline-ing is an Olympic sport…that is kind of amazing. But on to business! Smugglerific Newsletter Our newsletter will be going out tomorrow, and we hope…
“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…
Today at Kirkus, Ana is reviewing another book in our self-imposed challenge to read as many titles as we can from this non-European- fantasy-novels-penned-by-female-authors list . Go HERE to read Ana’s review of Aliette de Bodard’s Servant of the…
7 Rated Books Book Reviews What She Said
What She Said: A Tale Dark and Grimm & The Stepsister Scheme
Today we bring you the latest installment in our feature, “What She Said…” in which we both review books that the other has previously read and reviewed. This feature arose because of a very serious dilemma we faced at…
Title: A Brief History of Montmaray Author: Michelle Cooper Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult, WWII Publisher: Random House Australia (Aus) / Random House Children’s Books (US) Publication Date: June 2008 (Aus) / March 2011 (US) Paperback: 320 Pages (US)…
Title: Envy Author: Elizabeth Miles Genre: Horror, Mythology/Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication date: August 2012 Hardcover: 320 pages The Furies are back in the second book of a chilling…