Ahoy, fellow readers, and Happy Sunday! On this edition of The Smugglers’ Stash… A New ALA Award: The ALA has created an annual prize for gay and lesbian literature for young readers! The prize will be awarded on January…
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Title: Matched Author: Ally Condie Genre: Young Adult, Dystopia, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Publication Date: November 2010 Hardcover: 384 Pages Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to…
Title: Heroes Return Author: Moira J. Moore Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Ace Publication Date: August 2010 Paperback: 358 pages In a realm beset by natural disasters, only the magical abilities of the bonded Pairs – Source and Shield – make…
Title: Hull Zero Three Author: Greg Bear Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: November 2010 Hardcover: 320 Pages A starship hurtles through the emptiness of space. Its destination-unknown. Its purpose-a mystery. Now, one man wakes up. Ripped from…
Title: Monsters Directed and Written by Gareth Edwards; Starring Whitey Able and Scoot McNairy Release Date: October 29, 2010 (US) Official Website: www.monstersthemovie.com Available for Rental on iTunes USA Synopsis: Alien life forms have spread throughout Central America leading…
To help close out our Halloween Festivities, we have our very own Dude, Harry Markov, talking about Horror Art. Please give a warm welcome to Harry! Halloween is coming, though I don’t need you to remind you that. With…
7 Rated Books Book Reviews Halloween Week
Halloween Week – Book Review: Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge
Title: Dark Harvest Author: Norman Partridge Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications (original) / Tor (reprint) Publication Date: October 2006 (original) / September 2010 (reprint) Paperback: 208 pages Halloween, 1963. They call him the October Boy, or…
Today’s guest is none other than Rick Yancey, the author behind the brilliant Monstrumologist books (The Monstrumologist and The Curse of the Wendigo). The Monstrumologist books are amongst Thea’s current favorite series’ – so when we were given the…
8 Rated Books Book Reviews Halloween Week
Halloween Week – Book Review: The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey
Title: The Curse of the Wendigo Author: Rick Yancey Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s (US & UK) Publication Date: October 2010 Hardcover: 448 Pages While attempting to disprove that Homo vampiris, the vampire,…
Happy Sunday, everyone! It is the last week of October, and that can only mean one thing at Smugglers’ Headquarters…. IT’S HALLOWEEN WEEK! Every year, we take the last week in October to celebrate all things Halloween-y, from reviews…
Title: The Scorch Trials Author: James Dashner Genre: Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: October 2010 Hardcover: 384 pages The Maze was only the beginning… Solving the Maze was supposed to be the end. No…
Title: StarCrossed Author: Elizabeth C. Bunce Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Publication Date: October 2010 Hardcover: 400 pages Digger thrives as a spy and sneak-thief among the feuding religious factions of Gerse, dodging the Greenmen who…
Title: Prospero in Hell Author: L. Jagi Lamplighter Genre: Fantasy (Contemporary) Publisher: Tor Publication Date: August 2010 Hardcover: 352 Pages The exciting, suspenseful story of Miranda’s search for Prospero, the fabled sorcerer of The Tempest The search of a…
Title: Erekos Author: A.M. Tuomala Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Candlemark & Gleam Publication Date: September 2010 Ebook: 250 Pages For three hundred years, Erekos and Weigenland have fought to hold the borderland between the two nations. As the first storms…
Today we are pleased to host the first stop on Jennifer Donnelly’s Revolution Blog Tour! As Thea loved Jennifer’s earlier Printz Honor recipient novel, A Gathering Light (US Title: A Northern Light), we were thrilled to have the opportunity…
Title: Elfland Author: Freda Warrington Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary Publisher: Tor Publication Date: August 2009 Hardcover: 464 Pages Elfland is an intimate, sensual novel of people—both human and Aetherial—caught between duty and desire. It’s a story of families, and of…
Title: Extraordinary Author: Nancy Werlin Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Urban/Contemporary Fantasy Publisher: Dial (Penguin) Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 400 pages Phoebe finds herself drawn to Mallory, the strange and secretive new kid in school, and the two girls…
“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 Sunday, everyone! Down to business. Behemoth Giveaway Winner: The two lucky winners of the book are: Doreen R. (Comment #114) Caroline (Comment #82) Around the Interwebs: Not too much news going around this week, although there is apparently…
As you may have heard, the last week of September each year represents annual Banned Books Week – a week in which we celebrate our rights to intellectual freedom. Every year, hundreds of books are challenged and/or banned from…
Title: The Exiled Queen Author: Cinda Williams Chima Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Hyperion (Disney) Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 592 pages You can’t always run from danger… Haunted by the loss of his mother and sister, Han Alister journeys…
Happy Sunday, everyone! Here’s what’s a-cookin’ at Smugglerville. Giveaway Winner: Blogger and author Tia Nevitt has announced the winner of a copy of The Sevenfold Spell! The lucky winner is: Sarah Neely (Comment #34) Congratulations! Send Tia Nevitt an…
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Pajama Party Blog Tour & Novella Review: The Sevenfold Spell by Tia Nevitt
Title: The Sevenfold Spell Author: Tia Nevitt Genre: Romance, Fantasy, Novella Publisher: Carina Press Publication Date: September 2010 Have you ever wondered what happens to the other people in the fairy tale? Things look grim for Talia and her…
Howdy, everyone! Today we review The Sevenfold Spell, the debut novella from Tia Nevitt, a fellow blogger (who runs the awesomely appropriate blog Debuts & Reviews). To promote The Sevenfold Spell, Tia is holding an honest to goodness pajama…
Title: Ascendant Author: Diana Peterfreund Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy (Urban/Contemporary), Unicorns Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 400 pages Now a fully trained unicorn hunter, Astrid Llewelyn is learning that she can’t solve all her problems with…