Title: How I Stole Johnny Depp’s Alien Girlfriend Author: Gary Ghislain Genre: Science Fiction / YA Publisher: Chronicle Books Publication date: June 8 2011 Hardcover: 208 pages David Gershwin’s summer is about to take a turn for the weird.…
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Hello everybody! Ana here… as you read this post, I shall be making my way to the airport to catch my flight to New York to meet Thea, go to Book Expo America and the Book Blogger Convention next…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Title: Huntress Author: Malinda Lo Genre: Fantasy / YA Publisher: Little, Brown (US)/ Atom (UK) Publication date: April 5 / May 5 Hardcover/ Paperback: 384 pages Nature is out of balance in the human world. The sun hasn’t shone…
Title: Well Wished Author: Franny Billingsley Genre: Fantasy / Middle Grade Publisher: Atheneum; Reprint edition Publication date: February 1, 2000 Paperback 176 pages One wish for a lifetime… In the village of Bishop Mayne there is a magical Wishing…
Title: Blood Magic Author: Tessa Gratton Genre: Southern Gothic / YA Publisher: Random House Children (US)/ Doubleday Children’s (UK) Publication date: 24 May 2011 (US)/ 7 July 2011 (UK) Hardcover/Paperback 416 pages The murder of her parents has left…
Title: Follow My Lead Author: Kate Noble Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Berkley Publication date: May 3, 2011 Paperback: 384 pages Jason Cummings, Duke of Rayne is feeling the weight of his responsibilities – one of which is to get…
Internets! I am writing this post right now, from my kitchen table and looking outside from our french doors and seriously, in the past five minutes, we’ve had torrential rain followed by sunshine and strong winds and look, a…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Hello everybody! Today we are going to be talking about – and celebrating – Diversity in YA. Diversity in YA Fiction is a website and book tour founded by two young adult authors, Malinda Lo (author of Ash and…
Title: Mare’s War Author: Tanita S. Davis Genre: Historical/Contemporary YA Publisher: Knopf Books Publication date: June 2009 (reprint edition 2011) Paperback: 352 pages Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once…
Title:Late Eclipses Author: Seanan McGuire Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: DAW Publication date: March 1 2011 Paperback: 400 pages With Blind Michael and his Hunt safely behind her, October “Toby” Daye is doing her best to settle back into a…
Hello all!! Thank you for all the comments in our SHIFT giveaway. We have a couple of winners to announce. Winner of Prize #1: signed copy of Shift plus a Newgrange magnet: Book Sp(l)ot (comment #136) Winner of Prize…
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Shift Blog Tour & Giveaway: Jeri Smith-Ready – Newgrange & the Mysteries of Ireland
Hello everybody and welcome to our stop on the Shift blog tour! To celebrate the release of the second book in the Shade trilogy – about a world where only the young can see ghosts – we are super…
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Smuggler’s Ponderings: Thoughts on The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham
Warning: some spoilers ahead We were supposed to be posting our joint review of The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham today but alas, Real Life has conspired against us and Thea was unable to finish the book in time.…
Title: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer Author: Lish McBride Genre: Urban Fantasy / YA Publisher: Henry Holt and Co Publication date: October 2010 Hardback: 352 pages Sam leads a pretty normal life. He may not have the most exciting job…
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Guest Post & Giveaway: Kate Noble 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…
Happy (Easter) Sunday everybody!!! Giveaway winner: The lucky winner of a copy of Rotters is… Courtney (comment #8) Congrats! You know the drill – send us an email (contact AT thebooksmugglers DOT com) with your snail mail address, and…
GayYA.org is a forum recently created to celebrate everything LGBT in YA. Throughout April, many bloggers and authors have written awesome guest posts. This review is our contribution to this worthy cause. Title: Vintage – A Ghost Story Author:…
Title: By These Ten Bones Author: Clare B. Dunkle Genre: Fantasy YA Publisher: Square Fish Publication date: February 2011, reprint edition. Paperback: 256 pages A mysterious young man has come to a small Highland town. His talent for wood…
Title: Blackout/All Clear Author: Connie Willis Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Spectra Publication date: February / October 2010 Hardcover: 1168 pages altogether xford in 2060 is a chaotic place. Scores of time-traveling historians are being sent into the past, to…
Hello everybody! Back in 2009, we read, loved and reviewed Give Up The Ghost by Megan Crewe. The book features a character-driven story about a girl who can communicate with ghosts better than with living people. It is a…
Title: Darkness Becomes Her Author: Kelly Keaton Genre: Fantasy / YA Publisher:Simon Pulse Publication date: February 22, 2011 (US) / June 2011 (UK) Hardcover/Paperback: 288 pages Ari can’t help feeling lost and alone. With teal eyes and freakish silver…
Headline, the UK publisher of Stories, the anthology edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio, came up with a brilliant idea to celebrate the paperback release this month: they invited a bunch of bloggers, including us, to participate on…
Title: Sleight of Hand Author: Peter S. Beagle Genre: Fantasy Publisher:Tachyon Publications Publication date: March 1, 2011 Paperback: 288 pages Abundant with tales of quiet heroism, life-changing decisions, and determined searches for deep answers, this extraordinary collection of contemporary…