It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus!! Today, Ana takes a look at Katie Williams’ first adult novel. If you remember, Ana LOVED the author’s YA novel The Space Between Trees way back when. Anyways, this new novel…
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We are over at Kirkus today for our regular column! It’s Thea’s turn today, with a review of City of Lies by Sam Hawke. The debut novel from Sam Hawke, City of Lies is the story of a culturally…
Women To Read is a monthly column from A.C. Wise highlighting female authors of speculative fiction and recommending a starting place for their work. Welcome to another Women to Read! This time around, I have two novels and two…
Its Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, I read the third Murderbot Diaries novella, Rogue Protocol. I loved it of course! Go over there to check it out.…
You don’t have a self until you have a secret. Kit had never known ambition until she met Diane. It was as though Diane’s brilliant mind showed Kit everything she could be, everything she ought to be, everything she…
We are over at Kirkus today for our regular column! It’s Thea’s turn again, with a review of Annex by Rich Larson. The debut novel from Rich Larson, Annex is a story of an alien invasion–told from the perspective…
We are over at Kirkus today for our regular column! It’s Thea’s turn, with a review of City of Bastards by Andrew Shvarts. The sequel to last year’s fantastic Royal Bastards, City of Bastards follows a group of illegitimate…
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Old School Wednesdays: The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt
Old School Wednesdays is a regular Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Title:Latchkey Author: Nicole Kornher-Stace Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, YA, Adventure, Post-Apocalypse/Dystopia Publisher: Mythic Delirium Books Publication date: July 10 2018 Paperback: 336 Isabel, once known as Wasp, has become leader of the fearsome upstarts, the teen girl acolytes who…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus!! I have been reading a lot of great books lately and have a mini-list of recs: This Story is a Lie by Tom Pollock, Witchmark by C.L. Polk and Latchkey by…
Old School Wednesdays is a regular Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Title: Spinning Silver Author: Naomi Novik Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Del Rey Publication Date: July 2018 Hardcover: 448 Pages A fresh and imaginative retelling of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale from the bestselling author of Uprooted, which was hailed as “a…
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Book Review Roundup: TEMPESTS AND SLAUGHTER by Tamora Pierce + THE POPPY WAR by R.F. Kuang
I’ve been reading a lot of fantasy lately, and two novels have recently struck me with their thematic similarities (though both are intended for wildly different audiences): Tempests and Slaughter by Tamora Pierce and The Poppy War by R.F.…
IT’S FRIDAY WOOHOOOOOO (and there is a Brazil x Belgium World Cup game in the horizon). We are also over at Kirkus – this time, with a review of The Calculating Stars. I LOVE IT GO READ IT.…
Old School Wednesdays is a regular Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
It’s Monday and we are over Kirkus! GUYS! GUYYYYYYYS! I so freaking loved Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse! <3 Go over to Kirkus to read more.…
We are over at Kirkus today for our regular column! It’s Thea’s turn this time, with a review of Awakened by James S. Murray & Darren Wearmouth. A summer horror blockbuster in book form, Awakened is the story of…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus!! Today, Ana reviews Bruja Born by Zoraida Córdova, the sequel to last year’s Labyrinth Lost. I love it! Go over to Kirkus to read more!…
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Guest Book Review: Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller
Today, we are giving the floor over to Charles Payseur, a member of our Smuggler Army with his monthly column X Marks the Story and a Book Smugglers Author, to talk about Sam J. Miller’s recently published novel Blackfish…
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Old School Wednesdays: The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus #1) by Jonathan Stroud
Old School Wednesdays is a regular Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
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Series Review: The Queens of Renthia by Sarah Beth Durst
In which Thea reviews the first I’m doing something a little different—I’ve recently read all three books in the Queens of Renthia trilogy by Sarah Beth Durst and I have some feels. Today’s review is a roundup of all…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews Artificial Condition, the long-awaited sequel to All Systems Red by Martha Wells featuring the one and only Murderbot. It’s super great! Go over to Kirkus to learn more.…
We are over at Kirkus today for our regular column! It’s Thea’s turn this time, with a review of Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman. Unbury Carol is a western with a killer premise–about a woman who has died multiple…
We are over at Kirkus today with a review of a NEW DIA REEVES NOVEL WHAT That’s right, there is a new Dia Reeves novel out there set in the world of Bleeding Violet! Go over to Kirkus to…
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Old School Wednesdays: The Wicked Heart by Christopher Pike
Old School Wednesdays is a regular Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
