Hola!!! Good Sunday to all! We kick off week three of our Young Adult Appreciation Month with an announcement. We realised that we had way more YA books that we really, really wanted to read so we decided to…
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Joint Review: Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
Title: Prophecy of the Sisters Author: Michelle Zink Genre: YA (Horror) Publisher: Little, Brown (US)/ Atom (UK) Publishing Date: August 1, 2009 (US) August 6, 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 352 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in a planned…
Giveaways Inspirations and Influences YA Appreciation Month
Young Adult Appreciation Month: Lisa Mantchev on Young Adult novels (and a giveaway)
Lisa Mantchev is a YA debut author, writer of the recently published Eyes Like Stars – an absolutely fabulous, fun book which became one of Ana’s favorite reads this year (reviewed here). We invited Lisa to write a guest…
Inspirations and Influences YA Appreciation Month
Young Adult Appreciation Month: Karen Mahoney on writing Young Adult Novels (and a giveaway)
Karen Mahoney ( a.k.a. Official Honorary Book Smuggler) is a Young Adult writer whose first story, Falling to Ash has been published in The Eternal Kiss Anthology (reviewed today by Ana) . She is also one of the Deadline…
Title: The Eternal Kiss Author: Various – see list below. Genre: YA (all vampire stories) Publisher: Running Press Publishing date: July 28, 2009 Paperback: 416 pages Stand alone or series: both. Some stories are stand alone some are part…
10 Rated Books Book Reviews YA Appreciation Month
I Love This Series: The Queen’s Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
It is safe to say that I spend most of my free time reading. I read three to four books every week, sometimes more. I am very careful with what I choose to read which means that most of…
Title: Suite Scarlett Author: Maureen Johnson Genre: YA (Contemporary) HC Paperback Publisher: Point Publishing Date: May 1, 2008 (HC)/May 1, 2009 (PB) Hardcover/Paperback: 368 pages Stand Alone/ Series: Can be read as stand alone but there is a sequel…
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Young Adult Appreciation Month – Guest Post: Angie on Reading Young Adult Books
For our Young Adult Appreciation Month, we invited a few bloggers to write a piece on reading and blogging about Young Adult books. Our first guest blogger is Angie from the amazing blog Angieville. As soon as we started…
Smugglers Stash YA Appreciation Month
Young Adult Appreciation Month: Stash, News and Week 2 Schedule
We leave week 1 (which we hope you enjoyed as much as we did) behind us and kick off week 2 of our Young Adult Appreciation Month as of now. But first, we have a few winners to announce.…
As you may have surmised, our Young Adult Appreciation Month is now in full swing. Over the course of the month (from July 20 – August 16), we will be reviewing and celebrating young adult novels through reviews and…
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Supernatural Summer: Melissa Marr on writing the Wicked Lovely Manga (and a giveaway)
Melissa Marr is the writer behind the fantabulous Wicked Lovely Young Adult series. We, the Book Smugglers, are huge fans of the author and her work: as evidenced by our reviews of Wicked Lovely, Ink Exchange (which made our…
7 Rated Books Book Reviews Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month
Manga Review: Wicked Lovely – Desert Tales, vol.1, Sanctuary by Melissa Marr and Xian Nu Studio
Title: Wicked Lovely – Desert Tales, vol.1, Sanctuary Author: Melissa Marr (writer) and Xian Nu Studio (illustrator) Genre: Manga/Young Adult (Fantasy) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishing Date: April 21, 2009 Paperback: 176 pages Stand Alone or series: Volume one of a…
Howdy folks! Young Adult Appreciation Month is officially on (check here for our review of Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince movie)! Here’s what you can expect this coming week: Harper Teen has a fabulous Supernatural Summer promotion, for…
Smuggler Specialties YA Appreciation Month
Young Adult Appreciation Month – Movie Review: Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
We are Harry Potter fangirls. The sort of fans that stand in line at midnight for the last book (that would be Thea) or who stand by the window from 6am to wait for the delivery from the postman…
Title: One Week as Lovers Author: Victoria Dahl Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Zebra books Publishing Date: August 4 , 2009 Paperback: 352 pages Stand Alone or series: Can be read as a stand alone but the hero first makes…
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Guest Dare (and giveaway): Principles of Angels by Jaine Fenn
Welcome to yet another Guest Dare – the July edition. For those new to the feature, our Guest Dare is a monthly endeavor in which we invite an unsuspecting victim to read a book totally outside of their comfort…
Title: Written On Your Skin Author: Meredith Duran Genre: Historical Romance On the cover: It pains me, it pains me so, that another book that is so beautifully written has to suffer the ignominy of a cover such as…
Title: Echoes from the Dead Author: Johan Theorin Genre: Crime Publisher: Transworld (Black Swan) Publishing Date: 3 July 2009 (UK) Paperback: 480 pages Stand Alone or series: Stand Alone Why did I read the book: I was offered a…
Young Adult novels rule, and are currently experiencing something of a boom in the troubled publishing world. And, we Book Smugglers have totally jumped on the increasingly crowded YA bandwagon. It is a genre that we love, and because…
Title: Warbreaker Author: Brandon Sanderson Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publishing Date: June 9 2009 Hardcover: 592 pages Stand Alone or series: Stand Alone Summary: Warbreaker is the story of two sisters, who happen to be princesses, the God King…
Title: The Angel’s Game Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafon Genre: Literary Fiction (Mystery) UK cover US cover Publisher:Weidenfeld & Nicolson (UK) / Doubleday (US) Publishing Date: 28 May 2009/ June 16 2009 Hardcover: 448 pages/ 544 pages Stand Alone/ Series:…
Title: Eyes Like Stars Author: Lisa Mantchev Genre: YA (Fantasy) Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Publishing Date: July 7, 2009 Hardcover: 368 pages Stand alone or series: Theatre Illuminata Act 1 (of 3) Summary:All her world’s a stage. Bertie Shakespeare…
Greetings from your friendly neighbourhood book smugglers! We open the stash today with a Very Special Ceremony: the official unveiling of our banner for the upcoming YA Appreciation Month. Excuse us for the pomp and circumstance, but we happen…
As we hit (and passed) the half year mark AND our 18 month blog-o-versary (yay us!) , we decided to take a look at what we read so far this year and list our current favourites (Note: this is…
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Guest Author and Giveaway: Nalini Singh on Inspiration and Influences
“Inspiration and Influences” is a new series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspiration and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go…