Howdy folks, Ana here! Hope y’all having a great weekend. We’ve been quite busy lately as we are getting ready for Smugglivus – all invitations have been sent, a teaser poster has been created, we came up with an…
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Title: Also Known as Rowan Pohi Author: Ralph Fletcher Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Clarion Books Publication date: November 14th 2011 Hardcover: 144 pages Bobby Steele and his pals, Marcus and Big Poobs, all public school kids from working…
Title: Redemption in Indigo Author: Karen Lord Genre: Fantasy, Fable Publisher: Small Beer Press Publication date: July 6th 2010 Paperback: 200 pages Karen Lord’s debut novel is an intricately woven tale of adventure, magic, and the power of the…
Title: First Day on Earth Author: Cecil Castellucci Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Press Publication date: November 1st 2011 Hardcover: 160 pages A startling, wonderful novel about the true meaning of being an alien in an equally alien…
Title: The Scorpio Races Author: Maggie Stiefvater Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Press US/ UK Publication date: October 2011 Hardcover/Paperback: 404 pages It happens at the start of every November: the Scorpio Races. Riders attempt to keep hold…
Title: A Lily Among Thorns Author: Rose Lerner Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Leisure Books Publication date: September 2011 Paperback: 320 pages HER SAVIOR It was him. Serena couldn’t breathe. She’d been looking for him for years—the man who’d lifted…
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Guest Author & Giveaway: Rose Lerner on Inspirations & 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 reign so they can go wild…
You may or may not be familiar with All Hallow’s Read, a new book-centric holiday tradition invented by the genius Neil Gaiman. Last year, the illustrious Mr. Gaiman decided that there were far too few excuses to put books…
Disclaimer: Halloween is totally a Thea thing when she hijacks the blog and dares me to watch and read all sorts of stuff that are way outside my comfort zone (I am SO NOT a horror/Halloween fan). First, it…
Happy Sunday everybody! Have you decided on your Halloween costumes yet? Just a couple of news bits to share! YALL FEST – November 11-12 2011: YALL FEST 2011 – Charleston Young Adult Book Festival – will bring twenty top…
Chat With an Author Halloween Week
Halloween Week Guest Post: The Unbearable Lightness of MONSTER by Jonathan Case
Today’s guest post on The Unbearable Lightness of Monster is brought to you by writer and illustrator Jonathan Case. Monsters: they need love too. Ladies and gents, please give a warm welcome to Jonathan Case! I love monsters. With…
Halloween Week Inspirations and Influences
Halloween Week Guest Post: Rhiannon Frater on Inspirations & Influences
Today’s special guest is Rhiannon Frater, Horror novelist and successful self-published author whose As The World Dies trilogy has been picked up and re-released by Tor. We are pleased to have the author here today talking about Inspirations, Influences…
Title: The House of Dead Maids Author: Clare B. Dunkle Genre: Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Henry Holt and Co Publication date: September 14th 2010 Hardcover: 146 pages Young Tabby Aykroyd has been brought to the dusty mansion of Seldom…
Halloween Week Inspirations and Influences
Halloween Week Guest Post: Joseph Nassise on Inspirations & Influences
Today’s guest is prolific Horror and Urban Fantasy writer, Joseph Nassise. His latest novel Eyes to See, the first in a new series featuring street exorcist Jeremiah Hunt, has been released recently and we have invited the author to…
Halloween Week Inspirations and Influences
Halloween Week Guest Post: Marcus Sedgwick on Inspirations & Influences
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…
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: 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…
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: 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…
Title: Everybody Sees the Ants Author: A. S. King Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication date: October 3rd 2011 Hardcover: 288 pages Lucky Linderman didn’t ask for his life. He didn’t ask his…