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It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan. The novel is an accomplished claustrophobic read that feels like being punched in the guts. I loved it. Go HERE to see…
Title: Counting by 7s Author: Holly Goldberg Sloan Genre: Contemporary, Middle Grade, PoC Publisher: Dial Publication Date: August 29 2013 Hardcover: 384 Pages In the tradition of Out of My Mind, Wonder, and Mockingbird, this is an intensely moving…
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Joint Review: The Year of Shadows by Claire Legrand
Title: The Year of Shadows Author: Claire Legrand Genre: Paranormal, Horro, Middle Grade Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: August 27 2013 Hardcover: 416 Pages Olivia Stellatella is having a rough year. Her mother left,…
Hello everybody and a good Sunday to all! A few bits and bobs do deal with: Giveaway winner: The winner of the unabridged audiobook of Swift by RJ Anderson is JUSTINE (comment #68) Congratulations You know the drill. Send…
“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: Ascension: a Tangled Axon Novel Author: Jacqueline Koyanagi Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Masque Books Publication Date: July 2013 (ebook), December 2013 (Paperback) Paperback: 336 Pages Alana Quick is the best damned sky surgeon in Heliodor City, but repairing…
Title: The Perpetual Motion Club Author: Sue Lange Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing Publication Date: August 15th 2013 Paperback: 207 Pages Welcome to the high school of the future. The glee club is full…
Title: Charm and Strange Author: Stephanie Kuehn Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, Young Adult Publisher: Electric Monkey (UK) / St Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: June 2013 Hardcover: 259 Pages No one really knows who Andrew Winston Winters is. Least of all…
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…
“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…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana is talking about the annual Panic Season (when she realises her TBR Mountain has reached DefCon 1) and the books she must read before the year ends. Go…
Title: Vanished Author: Sheela Chari Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, PoC, Middle Grade Publisher: Disney-Hyperion Publication Date: July 2011 Hardcover: 336 Pages Eleven-year-old Neela dreams of being a famous musician, performing for admiring crowds on her traditional Indian stringed instrument. Her…
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Ash Mistry and the World of Darkness Blog Tour: Sarwat Chadda on Diversity and Writing Kick-ass PoC Characters
Sarwat Chadda, is the author of the fabulous Billi SanGreal books, featuring a teenage female Templar Knight as well as the kick-ass Ash Mistry series featuring Indian Mythology and a badass PoC hero. The third book, Ash Mistry and…
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Old School Wednesdays Joint Review: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
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)…
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…
Hello everybody and a good Sunday to all! Just a quick round up of what is to come this week (and a giveaway winner) today. Giveaway Winner: The winner of a copy of Into The Grey is: MARY PRESTON…
“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: All Our Pretty Songs Author: Sarah McCarry Genre: Fantasy, Greek Mythology retelling, Young Adult Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: July 30 Paperback: 240 Pages The first book in an exciting YA trilogy, this is the story of…
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Middle Grade Review Bonanza: Rump by Liesl Shurtliff, Aesop’s Secret by Claudia White, and Binny for Short by Hilary McKay
The Middle Grade Review Bonanza is a new feature of 2-3 mini-reviews for short (typically 250 pages or less) MG books we both really wanted to read. It’s a new Regular Thing (and we’d love to hear your thoughts…
7 Rated Books Book Reviews Old School Wednesdays
Old School Wednesdays Readalong: Archer’s Goon by Diana Wynne Jones
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)…
The results for our August Old School Wednesdays Readalong are in! After 147 votes, the book we will be reading is: Two girls contend with sorcery in England’s Regency ageSince they were children, cousins Kate and Cecelia have been…
Title: Into the Grey Author: Celine Kiernan Genre: Historical, Horror, Ghosts, Young Adult Publisher: Walker Publication Date: August 1 2013 Paperback: 272 Pages I think the fire changed us – me and Dom. I think that’s how the goblin-boy…
Into The Grey was first published in 2011 in Ireland and has won both the CBI Book of the Year Award (formerly known as the Bisto Award) and the CBI Children’s Choice Award in 2012 (the first book to…
“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…