Morning everybody! Who is enjoying the sunshine? *raises hand* Rage Giveaway Winner: Carllee (comment#33) Congratulations! To receive your prize, send us an email (contact AT the book smugglers DOT com) with your snail mail address. Thanks so much to…
“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…
Title: Rage Author: Jackie Morse Kessler Genre: Fantasy / YA Publisher: Harcourt Graphia Publication date: April 2011 Paperback: 228 pages Stand alone or series: Horsemen of the Apocalypse, Book 2 Missy didn’t mean to cut so deep. But after…
Title: The Folk Keeper Author: Franny Billingsley Genre: Fantasy/YA Publisher: Atheneum (US)/ Bloomsbury (UK) Publication Date First edition: 1999/ New edition: April 2011 Paperback: 176 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Corinna Stonewall is fifteen years old and…
Title: The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin Author: Josh Berk Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication date: February 2010 Hardcover: 248 pages Being a hefty, deaf newcomer almost makes Will Halpin the least…
Hello and welcome! Caitlin Kittredge is one of our favourite UF writers – we read and loved Street Magic, the first in her Black London series (reviewed HERE) and the two books in the Icarus Project series which she…
Hello everybody!!!! After the Week from Hell, we are back with our regular schedule!!! (and if you don’t know what we are talking about, check it out here). Before we can talk about what’s up this week, a bit…
If you tried visiting the blog over the past few days, you probably noticed that THERE WAS NO BLOG and freaked out. We understand the feeling. Believe us. On Tuesday, our old server simply suspended our account without any…
Title: How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy Author: Crystal Allen Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Balzer + Bray Publication date: February 22, 2011 Hardcover: 288 pages Thirteen-year-old Lamar Washington is the maddest, baddest, most spectacular bowler ever at…
Title: Stories Authors: Edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio with stories by several authors. Genre: This is a collection of short stories in a variety of genres. Publisher: Harper Collins US/ Headline UK Publishing Date: 1st edition 15…
Hello everybody, hope you are all having a good weekend so far? Anyways, on to business. Giveaway winners: The three winners of a copy each of Dark Mirror by M. J. Putney are: Lexi (comment#55) Sandy Jay (comment#22) Kerry…
Title: Broken Author: Susan Jane Bigelow Genre: Dystopian / Fantasy / Superheroes Publisher: Candlemark & Gleam Publication date: January 2011 Ebook: 340 pages In a post-war future world where First Contact has been made, humans are colonizing the stars,…
Title: Nemesis Author: Mark Millar (writer) / Steve McNiven (artist) Genre: Grim and Gritty/ Urban Fantasy/ Graphic Novel Publisher: Marvel (US) / Titan (UK) Publication date: February 2011 Hardcover: 112 pages CIVIL WAR? Nothing. KICK-ASS? A warmup. What if…
Title: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate Author: Jacqueline Kelly Genre: Historical/YA Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publication date: May 2009 Paperback: 340 pages The summer of 1899 is hot in Calpurnia Virginia Tate’s sleepy Texas town, and there aren’t…
Title: Champion of the Rose Author: Andrea K Host Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Self-published with Smashwords Publication date: November 2010 Paperback: 304 pages also available DRM free with Smashwords. Soren Armitage is an anachronism. Proclaimed Rathen Champion by the Rathen…
Hello everybody! Happy Sunday to all! We have a couple of winners to announce. Giveaway Winners: The winner of one copy of River Marked is… SandyG265 (comment #94) The winner of Shine, Coconut Moon and Jazz in Love is……
“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…
Title: The Vespertine Author: Saundra Mitchell Genre: Paranormal Romance / Gothic / YA Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books Publication date: March 7, 2011 Hardcover: 293 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone but with a companion novel to be published…
Title: Bellwether Author: Connie Willis Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Bantam Spectra Publication Date: 1996 (First Edition) Paperback: 248 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone Pop culture, chaos theory and matters of the heart collide in this unique novella…
The FBI wants her cooperation. As the daughter of a billionaire and the owner of the city’s top wine store, Jordan Rhodes is invited to the most exclusive parties in Chicago. But there’s only one party the FBI wants…
Title: Shadowed Summer Author: Saundra Mitchell Genre: Southern Gothic / YA Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Publication date: June 2010 (paperback) Paperback: 192 pages Iris is ready for another hot, routine summer in her small Louisiana town, hanging…
Hello everybody! By the time you read this post, I (Ana) shall be one day away from visiting HARRY POTTER WORLD. I will give you a moment to recuperate. Yes, it is true! I am drafting this post on…
“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: Howl’s Moving Castle Author: Diana Wynne Jones Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Collins Publication date: First edition: 1986 (This edition: 2009) Paperback: 304 pages In the land of Ingary, such things as spells, invisible cloaks, and seven-league…
Title: The Latte Rebellion Author: Sarah Jamila Stevenson Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Flux Publication date: January 2011 Paperback: 336 pages Our philosophy is simple: Promote a latte-colored world! —from the Latte Rebellion Manifesto When high school senior Asha Jamison…