Welcome to Smugglivus 2016! Throughout this month, we will have guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2016, looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2017, and more. Smugglivus continues with…
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2016
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! This week, Ana starts wish-listing her way into 2017… with 6 books to highly anticipate for early 2017!…
Hurricane Heels by Isabel Yap Published 12/6/2016 Five ordinary girls discover magical powers in this new series of interconnected short stories from Isabel Yap When Alex, Ria, Aiko, Natalie and Selena met at summer camp, they never expected the…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2016! Throughout this month, we will have guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2016, looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2017, and more. Smugglivus continues with…
Hurricane Heels by Isabel Yap Published 12/6/2016 Five ordinary girls discover magical powers in this new series of interconnected short stories from Isabel Yap When Alex, Ria, Aiko, Natalie and Selena met at summer camp, they never expected the…
Hurricane Heels by Isabel Yap Published 12/6/2016 Five ordinary girls discover magical powers in this new series of interconnected short stories from Isabel Yap When Alex, Ria, Aiko, Natalie and Selena met at summer camp, they never expected the…
Title: The Obelisk Gate Author: N.K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: August 18 2016 Hardcover: 448 Pages THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS… FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades…
Hurricane Heels by Isabel Yap Published 12/6/2016 Five ordinary girls discover magical powers in this new series of interconnected short stories from Isabel Yap When Alex, Ria, Aiko, Natalie and Selena met at summer camp, they never expected the…
It’s Friday Monday, which means we are over at Kirkus! (Well, you know, usually we’re over there on Fridays, but still.) Today it’s Thea’s turn, and she gets ready for the upcoming Rogue One film with a dive into…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2016! Throughout this month, we will have guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2016, looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2017, and more. Our first Smugglivus…
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Hurricane Heels (Hurricane Heels #1) by Isabel Yap
Hurricane Heels by Isabel Yap Published 12/6/2016 Five ordinary girls discover magical powers in this new series of interconnected short stories from Isabel Yap When Alex, Ria, Aiko, Natalie and Selena met at summer camp, they never expected the…
Hello everyone, and Happy Sunday! Let’s dive right into the festivities, shall we? We say “festivities” because… Smugglivus Is HERE It is that magical time of year once again! SMUGGLIVUS–our month-plus long celebration of our favorite books, bloggers, and…
Is Fantasy Writing Gendered? is an essay by Kate Elliott that originally appeared in the second volume of our Quarterly Almanac. Is Fantasy Writing Gendered? Some time ago I was asked this common question: Do you think there’s a…
10 Rated Books Book Reviews Old School Wednesdays
Old School Wednesdays: The Cutting Season by Attica Locke
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)…
Book Smugglers Publishing Hurricane Heels Smugglerific Cover
A Smugglerific Cover: Hurricane Heels by Isabel Yap
In which we reveal the cover for Hurricane Heels by Isabel Yap! Without further ado, BEHOLD! The smugglerific cover! About the Story Five ordinary girls discover magical powers in this new series of interconnected short stories from Isabel Yap…
Happy Monday! We are delighted to be hosting today an exclusive excerpt from Passing Strange, an upcoming Tor.com book by Ellen Klages “A slice of history, filled with memorable characters, topped by fabulous writing — a recipe for great…
Hello everybody, and a happy Sunday to all. We only have a few more weeks to go before the end of the year, we can TOTALLY DO IT. This Week on The Book Smugglers On Monday, we will be…
“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…
10 Rated Books Book Reviews Kirkus Movie Reviews Popgeekery
Over at Kirkus: Arrival and Story of Your Life
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana does a compare/contrast of Arrival, the new movie with Amy Adams and Ted Chiang’s short story Story of Your Life that inspired it. Go over there to check it…
Thanksgiving is a time for food, family, turkey, more family, mashed potatoes, football, and did I mention food? The other thing that is wonderful for Thanksgiving time is television watching. Particularly, Thanksgiving episode television watching. Here are a list…
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Graphic Novel Double Feature: The Wake by Scott Snyder & Survivors’ Club by Lauren Beukes and Dale Halverson
Buckle up your seatbelts, kiddos. Today Thea reviews two horror standalone comics that are pretty gruesome and a whole lot of meta-fun. Title: The Wake Written by Scott Snyder, Art by Sean Murphy Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction,…
Title: Scythe Author: Neal Shusterman Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: November 22, 2016 Hardcover: 448 Pages In a world where disease has been eliminated, the…
Hello, world! Ana has left NYC back for the UK, and it’s time to get back to our regular programming. So let’s dive right in! This Week on The Book Smugglers On Monday, Thea kicks off the week with…
It’s Friday Saturday, which means we are over at Kirkus! (Well, you know, usually we’re over there on Fridays, but still.) Today it’s Thea’s turn, and she tries to make sense of the world by turning to hopeful SFF……
Originally appearing in the second volume of our Quarterly Almanac, Where to Start with Portal Fantasies is the part of an ongoing series of essays detailing where one can start with any number of SFF/popgeekery topics. For this round,…