Title: A Wish After Midnight Author: Zetta Elliott Genre: Young Adult, Historical, Speculative Fiction Publisher: CreateSpace Publication Date: March 2009 Paperback: 254 Pages Fifteen-year old Genna Colon believes wishes can come true. Frustrated by the drug dealers in her…
Can you feel it in the air? Is it so close you can practically taste it? It is almost here! We’re talking about the official release of the third and final book in Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy, Mockingjay!…
Title: East Author: Edith Pattou Genre: Fantasy, Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Harcort Publication Date: September 2003 Paperback: 400 pages Rose has always felt out of place in her family, a wanderer in a bunch of homebodies. So when an…
Title: Passing Strange Author: Daniel Waters Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Disney/Hyperion (US) / Simon & Schuster (UK) Publication Date: June 2010 (US & UK) Hardcover: 400 pages Karen DeSonne is used to pretending to be something…
Title: Early to Death, Early to Rise Author: Kim Harrison Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: May 2010 Hardcover: 240 Pages Seventeen, dead, and in charge of heaven’s dark angels—all itching to kill someone. Madison…
Title: For The Win Author: Cory Doctorow Genre: Thriller, Young Adult, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Tor Teen Publication Date: May 2010 Hardcover: 480 pages In the virtual future, you must organize to survive At any hour of the day or…
Last year, we had two days of Bleak Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Book Goodness – and since we love this genre so much, we decided to have a reprisal this year (this is the first of a few dedicated days!). Today,…
Well folks, it’s finally here. This Sunday, we cordially kick off our second annual Young Adult Appreciation Month! Because we had SO much fun last year with YAAM, we of course had to make it an annual event. This…
This week’s Smugglers’ Stash & News is being forgone – because we have Young Adult Appreciation Week to usher in! BUT, we do have some winners to announce. The six lucky winners of Johannes Cabal The Detective are… lulu…
“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…
Welcome to guest dare! 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 zone. You can read all previous…
Title: Lord of the Changing Winds Author: Rachel Neumeier Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: May 2010 Paperback: 400 pages Griffins lounged all around them, inscrutable as cats, brazen as summer. They turned their heads to look at Kes…
“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. This is how the Smugglers’…
Title: Kraken Author: China Mieville Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Del Rey (US) / Macmillan (UK) Publication Date: June 2010 Hardcover: 528 pages With this outrageous new novel, China Miéville has written one of the strangest, funniest, and flat-out scariest…
Title: I Am Not A Serial Killer Author: Dan Wells Genre: Thriller/Horror, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Tor (US) / Headline (UK) Publication Date: March 2010 (US) / March 2009 (UK) Paperback: 272 Pages John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he…
Happy Sunday, everyone! If you’re in the US, hope you’re enjoying the long weekend (with barbecues and beers and fireworks, etc). Demon Blood Giveaway Winners: The two lucky winners of Meljean Brook’s latest are: Sarah Z (comment #36) Alex…
Title: Monsters of Men Author: Patrick Ness Genre: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Walker (UK) / Candlewick (US) Publication Date: May 2010 (UK) / September 2010 (US) Hardcover: 608 pages In the riveting conclusion to the acclaimed dystopian…
Title: The Magician’s Apprentice Author: Trudi Canavan Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: May 2009 Paperback: 800 pages In the remote village of Mandryn, Tessia serves as assistant to her father, the village Healer – much to the frustration…
“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. This is how the Smugglers’…
Title: The Passage Author: Justin Cronin Genre: Horror, (Post-)Apocalyptic, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Ballatine (US) / Orion (UK) Publication Date: June 2010 (US & UK) Hardcover: 784 Pages “It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another…
Title: The End League – Volume 1: The Ballad of Big Nothing Written by Rick Remender, pencils and covers by Mat Broome, inks by Sean Parsons, colors by Wendy Broome and James Rochelle Genre: Graphic Novel, Superheroes Publisher: Dark…
Hey folks! As it’s officially the beginning of summer and we’re halfway through the year, we decided that it was time to start keeping score – of our favorite books of the year, that is. Without further ado, we…
Ahhhh, victory. The taste is so, very sweet. I’m still basking in the golden (and purple) glow of our most awesome win. Seriously. Still basking in the glow. Down to business – we have a few giveaway winners to…
Happy Saturday, everyone! Courtesy of ABC Family, we have an awesome giveaway for two TV Shows that also happen to be books – The Secret Life of An American Teenager and Pretty Little Liars. The Secret Life of the…
Title: Crossing Over Author: Anna Kendall Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Gollancz YA Publication Date: June 2010 Hardcover: 352 pages Whether it’s a curse or a blessing the fact remains: whenever Roger is in enough pain he can cross…