Title: The Waking Dark Author: Robin Wasserman Genre: Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication Date: September 2013 Hardcover: 464 Pages They called it the killing day. Twelve people dead, all in the space of a…
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2013
Title: She Is Not Invisible Author: Marcus Sedgwick Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Orion Children’s Publication Date: October 3 2013 Hardcover: 354 Pages Laureth Peak’s father is a writer. For years he’s been trying, and failing, to write a…
7 Rated Books 8 Rated Books Book Reviews Joint Review Old School Wednesdays
Old School Wednesdays Readalong: Jackaroo by Cynthia Voigt
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Title: Inheritance Author: Malinda Lo Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Publication Date: September 24 Hardcover: 480 Pages The triangular spaceship hovered motionless in the sky above Reese Holloway’s house, as inscrutable as a black hole. It…
Inheritance (review to come later today) is the sequel to last year’s Adaptation and it concludes this story about aliens, conspiracies and luuurve. We are super happy to host Malinda Lo today to talk about the love triangle and…
It’s Friday Monday, and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews The Incrementalists by Steven Brust and Skyler White. There were….problems. Go HERE to read the full review.…
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A Smugglerific Cover + Excerpt & Giveaway: Greenglass House by Kate Milford
Kate Milford is a Smuggler-favourite and we have loved all of her books so far (The Boneshaker, The Broken Lands and the short The Kairos Mechanism). That’s why today, we are thrilled to host the cover reveal for Greenglass…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Things from This Week: This week was absofreakinglutely bananas. In case you weren’t on the internets, here’s a quick roundup of the ridiculousness: our very own Book Smuggler Ana and Renay (of Lady Business…
“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: Trading in Danger Author: Elizabeth Moon Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Del Rey Publication Date: September 2003 Paperback: 357 Pages Kylara Vatta is the only daughter in a family full of sons, and her father’s only child to buck…
Picture Me Gone is a beautiful, thought-provoking book, exactly the type that Meg Rosoff is so good at writing. Unfortunately I am not going to be able to write the review like I meant today1 so 1) I want…
As you probably know by now, Old School Wednesdays is a new weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when we were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and…
Title: Raven Flight Author: Juliet Marillier Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication Date: July 2013 Hardcover: 416 Pages Neryn has finally found the rebel group at Shadowfell, and now her task is to seek…
SFF in Conversation is a new monthly feature on The Book Smugglers in which we invite guests to talk about a variety of topics important to speculative fiction fans, authors, and readers. Our vision is to create a safe…
This just now. Alongside Renay, I (Ana) have been accused of “despicable behavior” and of “bullying” on Twitter by fellow SFF bloggers @fantasybookcritic and @gavreads. Their accusation of bullying stems from the comments over on Renay’s Strange Horizons article…
“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: Once We Were Author: Kat Zhang Genre: Speculative Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: September 2013 Hardcover: 352 Pages “I’m lucky just to be alive.” Eva was never supposed to have survived this long. As the…
It’s Friday, and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea takes on young adult science fiction novel – soon to be CW television show – The 100 by Kass Morgan. The verdict? Not so good – The 100 is…
Giveaways Inspirations and Influences
Once We Were: Kat Zhang on Inspirations & Influences (& Giveaway)
Hello everyone and happy Friday! Today, our guest is Kat Zhang, author of the superlative young adult speculative fiction/dystopian Hybrid Chronicles series. Thea read the first book in the series, What’s Left of Me and loved it; naturally we…
Title: More Than This Author: Patrick Ness Genre: Horror (?), Science Fiction (?), Young Adult Publisher: Walker Books / Candlewick Press Publication Date: September 5 / 10 2013 Hardcover: 480 Pages A boy named Seth drowns, desperate and alone…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Book to Movie Old School Wednesdays
Old School Wednesdays: The Shining by Stephen King
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Today, we are thrilled to host the cover reveal for Cracked by Eliza Crewe, coming from Strange Chemistry in November in both the US and the UK. This is really cool too, because Ana read – and absolutely loved…
Strange Horizons is a weekly speculative fiction magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, interviews as well as some of the best genre reviews that constantly inspire us to do better with our own. Needless to say, Strange Horizons is…
Title: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown Author: Holly Black Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Young Adult, Vampires Publisher: Little, Brown Books Publication Date: September 3rd Hardcover: 432 Pages Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them,…
Hi everyone! Happy Sunday! Let’s get down to business, shall we? Giveaway Winners: We have a giveaway winner to announce! The winner of a copy of Conjured by Sarah Beth Durst is… jpetroroy Congratulations! You know the drill –…