Title: The Lost Gate Author: Orson Scott Card Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: January 2011 Hardcover: 384 Pages Danny North knew from early childhood that his family was different, and that he was different from them. While his…
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Title: Cold Magic Author: Kate Elliott Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: September 2010 Paperback: 544 pages From one of the genre’s finest writers comes a bold new epic fantasy in which science and magic are locked in a…
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Guest Author & Giveaway: Brenna Yovanoff 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…
Title: The Replacement Author: Brenna Yovanoff Genre: Young Adult, Dark Fantasy, Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Razorbill (US) / Simon & Schuster Children’s (UK) Publication Date: September 2010 (US) / January 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 352 Pages Mackie Doyle is a…
It’s hard to believe that we have been running The Book Smugglers for three years now (and also that we have no intentions of stopping anytime soon…or ever). When we started the dinky blogger-hosted incarnation in 2008, we never…
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Smugglivus 2010 Feats of Strength: Thea reads An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In the Feats of Strength, we each dare each other to read a book that we know is so far beyond the other’s comfort zone as…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2010: Day 32 Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors, bloggers and publishers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2010, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2011.…
Clearly, both Ana and Thea are insane, 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…
Goodbye, 2010, HELLO 2011! Happy New Year, everyone! This also means that we’ve reached the final week of Smugglivus! Here’s what we have planned: Giveaway Winners: We have a bunch of giveaway winners to announce. First up, Simon &…
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 with their reflections on 2010 and plans for…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2010: Day 30 Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors, bloggers and publishers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2010, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2011.…
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Smugglivus 2010 Book Review: The Bards of Bone Plain by Patricia McKillip
Title: The Bards of Bone Plain Author: Patricia McKillip Genre: Fantasy The newest novel from the World Fantasy Award-winning author of The Bell at Sealey Head. With “her exquisite grasp of the fantasist’s craft”* (Publishers Weekly) Patricia A. McKillip…
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Smugglivus 2010 Book Review: A Matter of Magic by Patricia C. Wrede
Title: A Matter of Magic (comprising previously published novels Mairelon the Magician and The Magician’s Ward) Author: Patricia C. Wrede Genre: Fantasy When a stranger offers her a small fortune to break into a traveling magician’s wagon, Kim doesn’t…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2010: Day 27 Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors, bloggers and publishers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2010, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2011.…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2010: Day 27 Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors, bloggers and publishers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2010, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2011.…
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Smugglivus 2010 Guest Blogger: Heather Massey of The Galaxy Express
Welcome to Smugglivus 2010: Day 26 Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors, bloggers and publishers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2010, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2011.…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2010: Day 24 Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors, bloggers and publishers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2010, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2011.…
Title: Mr. Monster Author: Dan Wells Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Crime, Thriller Publisher: Headline (UK) / Tor (US) Publication Date: March 2010 (UK) / September 2010 (US) Hardcover: 288 pages (US) I killed a demon. I don’t know if…
Title: The Native Star Author: M.K. Hobson Genre: Fantasy, Western, Alternate History, (Old) Weird Publisher: Spectra Publication Date: August 2010 Paperback: 400 pages In the tradition of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, this brilliant first novel fuses history, fantasy,…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2010: Day 23 Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors, bloggers and publishers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2010, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2011.…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2010: Day 20 Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors, bloggers and publishers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2010, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2011.…
Title: Midsummer Night Author: Freda Warrington Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary Publisher: Tor Publication Date: November 2010 Hardcover: 416 pages A sensuous, suspenseful modern fantasy of love, betrayal, and redemption Decades ago, in a place where the veil between our world…
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Smugglivus 2010: Entice Blog Tour (& Giveaway) with Carrie Jones
Welcome to Smugglivus 2010: Day 19 Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors, bloggers and publishers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2010, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2011.…
Howdy folks, and welcome to the fourth week of Smugglivus (holy crap, it’s week 4 already!?!). First a few announcements. Giveaway Winners: We have three giveaways to close out! First, the winner of a Midsummer Night by Freda Warrington…
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Smugglivus 2010 Book Review: Seer of Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
Title: Seer of Sevenwaters Author: Juliet Marillier Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Roc Publication Date: December 2010 Hardcover: 400 pages Get swept away in the romantic fantasy of this national bestselling author’s world of Sevenwaters The young seer Sibeal is visiting…