Another Sunday, another stash! After taking a week off of reviewing to read (OMG!), recuperate our sanity, and fortify ourselves for the weeks ahead, we are back, with a vengeance! First, a few tidbits of news. Giveaway Winners: We…
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A few weeks back, we had an official Reader Survey, in which we asked for your input for content here on The Book Smugglers. One comment we received got the wheels a-grinding, and since we love these specials like…
Cover Matters is a new monthly feature in which we examine the medium that is first contact between a reader and a book: the cover. This feature will dedicate more separate space to a topic that has always intrigued,…
Yesterday was the official release date of Black Magic Sanction, the eighth book in Kim Harrison’s ongoing Rachel Morgan/The Hollows series. In New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison’s most complex and nuanced adventure yet, bounty hunter and witch…
Wherever Nina Lies is the debut novel from the young and extremely talented Lynn Weingarten. In order to celebrate the paperback release of the novel, we are offering up a giveaway for THREE lucky readers! The Book: Wherever Nina…
Howdy folks, and Happy Monday! Today we bring you a very special author spotlight on The Book Smugglers – none other than the uber-talented Jeri Smith-Ready. Jeri is the author of traditional fantasy (the Aspect of the Crow trilogy),…
Today, we have the proud honor of being the official Book Blog Partner on Harper Teen’s 28 Days of Winter Escapes Tour! First, we give you our joint review of our participating title, The Girl with the Mermaid Hair…
Title: Unknown Author: Rachel Caine Genre: Urban Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy Publisher: Roc Publication Date: February 2010 Paperback: 308 pages Stand alone or series: Book 2 in the Outcast Season series, a spinoff of Rachel Caine’s Weather Warden books My…
Today we bring you Jen Nadol – debut author of young adult speculative fiction title, The Mark. We were very impressed with her first book, so we were thrilled when Jen agreed to have a chat with us. Ladies…
Title: The Mark Author: Jen Nadol Genre: Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: January 2010 Hardcover: 240 pages Stand alone or series: Book one in a planned series. Cassandra Renfield has always seen the mark—a glow around…
Heidi-ho! It’s another Sunday, and another stash. We hope everyone’s having an awesome Valentine’s Day, whether you’re out doing romantic crap, enjoying your time with friends, or happily on your own! (We are loving these dorky Valentine’s Day Cards…
Hey, hey, hey folks! It’s time for another, really spiffy Flash Giveaway! This time, it’s the luuuuuuuuurve edition. Today, we have a few prize packages up for grabs – three basic prize packages, and then ONE truly awesome Grand…
Title: Except the Queen Author: Jane Yolen & Midori Snyder Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary Fantasy/Urban Fantasy Publisher: Roc (Penguin) Publication Date: February 2010 Hardcover: 384 Pages From award winning authors Jane Yolen and Midori Snyder comes a tale of two…
Title: A Dark Matter Author: Peter Straub Genre: Horror, Literary Fiction Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: February 2010 Hardcover: 416 Pages The charismatic and cunning Spenser Mallon is a campus guru in the 1960s, attracting the devotion and demanding sexual…
On this edition of “Chat With An Author” we bring you the ineffable Peter Straub – horror author, poet, and occasional guest star on soap opera One Life to Live. It’s no secret we’re fans of Mr. Straub’s work…
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Book Reviews & Giveaway: Fade & Gone by Lisa McMann
Today, we welcome you to our very own launch party for the third novel in Lisa McMann’s “Wake” trilogy! First, we offer a double feature review of Fade and Gone. Then, we invite YOU dear readers to enter our…
“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’…
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Joint Review: Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer by Laini Taylor
Title: Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer Author: Laini Taylor Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Publication Date: June 2007 Paperback: 448 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 in two book series called “Faeries of Dreamdark” Magpie Windwitch is…
Title: Impact Author: Douglas Preston Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller Publisher: Forge Publication Date: January 2010 Hardcover: 368 pages Wyman Ford is tapped for a secret expedition to Cambodia… to locate the source of strangely beautiful gemstones that do not…
Title: Veracity Author: Laura Bynum Genre: Speculative Fiction, Dystopian, Thriller Publisher: Pocket Books Publication Date: January 2010 Hardcover: 376 pages Harper Adams was six years old in 2012 when an act of viral terrorism wiped out one-half of the…
“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’…
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Joint Review: Archangel’s Kiss by Nalini Singh
Title: Archangel’s Kiss Author: Nalini Singh Genre: Paranormal Romance Publisher: Berkeley (US) / Gollancz (UK) Publication Date: February 2010 (US) / March 2010 (UK) Paperback: 352 pages Stand Alone or Series: Book 2 in the ongoing Guild Hunter series…
Title: Captivate Author: Carrie Jones Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury (USA & UK) Publication Date: January 2010 (USA) / April 2010 (UK) Hardcover: 336 pages Zara and her friends knew they hadn’t solved the pixie problem for…
Title: Mr. Shivers Author: Robert Jackson Bennett Genre: Horror, Historical Fiction Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: January 2010 Hardcover: 336 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel How did I get this book: Review Copy from the publisher Why…
Following Bloomsbury’s Whitewashing Cover Fiasco ’09-’10 (Justine Larbalestier’s Liar and Jaclyn Dolamore’s Magic Under Glass), readers were able to make some small positive change resulting in the publisher’s book jacket retraction and subsequent re-issuance of new, race-conscious covers. This…