Title: The Rook Author: Daniel O’Malley Genre: Speculative Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Thriller Publisher: Little, Brown & Co. Publication Date: January 2012 Hardcover: 496 pages “The body you are wearing used to be mine.” So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas…
Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday! Before I drive myself crazy in anticipation for the 49ers game, here are some of the things we have planned for the week, as well as some cool news and other tidbits. World Book Night…
Hello fellow Smugglers! I’m here today to talk to you about an exciting new opportunity — Nope, that sounds like an infomercial. Thea and Ana are kind enough to let me guest post about World Book Night America, so…
Title: Deep Sky Author: Patrick Lee Genre: Speculative Fiction, Thriller Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: January 2012 Paperback: 384 pages The anomaly called the Breach is the government’s most carefully guarded secret. But there is another secret even less known…
Title: Dearly, Departed Author: Lia Habel Genre: Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic, Steampunk, Alternate-Victorian, Speculative Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Zombies (THIS, this genre description! THIS is a large reason why the book was DNF’d) Publisher: Del Rey Publication Date: October 2011 Paperback:…
Hello everyone, and Happy Saturday! The Signing: As we’ve mentioned before, Amanda Hocking (the twenty-something self-publishing phenomenon that has been since picked up by St. Martin’s in the US and Tor in the UK) will be signing copies of…
Title: Ghost Country Author: Patrick Lee Genre: Speculative Fiction, Thriller Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: January 2011 Paperback: 352 pages For decades, inexplicable technology has passed into our world through the top secret anomaly called the Breach. The latest device…
Title: Under the Never Sky Author: Veronica Rossi Genre: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: HarperCollins (US) / Atom (UK) Publication Date: January 2012 (US) / February 2012 (UK) Hardcover: 384 pages Aria is a teenager in the enclosed…
Title: The Game (previously published as Invitation to The Game) Author: Monica Hughes Genre: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication Date: October 2010 (originally published February 1991) Paperback: 183 pages It’s the future, and most jobs…
Hello folks! Happy Sunday! As we finally bid Smugglivus goodbye, we’ve also got a ton of stuff happening this week, so let’s get down to business… Giveaway Winner: The winner of 2 books chosen by Ana from her Top…
The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In previous years, the Feats of Strength were a challenge in which we dared each other to read a book that we knew was so far…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Our movie-reviewing…
Clearly, both Ana and Thea are bananas, and in addition to reading and reviewing obscene amounts of books, we also obsess over multiple television shows, movies, video games, and all other manner of geekery. With that in mind, we…
Ana: Hello, I’m Ana. Thea: And I’m Thea. Ana & Thea: And we are…[Wyld Stallyns] BOOK SMUGGLERS!!!!!!! *play facemelting riffs on air guitars* We’ve brought you some of our favorite authors and bloggers with their reflections on 2011 and…
Title: Nightspell Author: Leah Cypess Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins) Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 336 pages Here be ghosts, the maps said, and that was all. In this haunted kingdom, ghosts linger—not just in the deepest…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Stephanie, of…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Sarah Rees…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Michelle Paver,…
Title: The Woman in Black Author: Susan Hill Genre: Horror, Gothic, Historical Publisher: Knopf Doubleday (originally published by Hamish Hamilton, UK) Publication Date: September 2011 (originally October 1983) Paperback: 176 pages A classic ghost story: the chilling tale of…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Lenore Appelhans…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Carla of…
Hello everyone, and Happy Holidays! For those of you that celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah, too! As we recover from our holiday feasting and imbibing, we’ve got some housekeeping issues and scheduling for the coming week! GIVEAWAY WINNERS:…
“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. Because we want far more…
“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. Because we want far more…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Neesha Meminger,…