Title: A Skinful of Shadows Author: Frances Hardinge Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Macmillan / Amulet Publication date: September 2017 / October 2017 Hardcover: 416 pages This is the story of a bear-hearted girl . . . Sometimes, when…
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Title: Buried Heart Author: Kate Elliott Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Little, Brown Publication Date: July 25 2017 Ebook: 448 Pages The explosive finale to World Fantasy Award finalist Kate Elliott’s captivating, New York Times bestselling young adult series In this…
We are over at Kirkus for our regular column! It’s Thea’s turn today, with a look at a recently published science fiction epic in the vein of Arthur C. Clarke and Kim Stanley Robinson: Noumenon by Marina J. Lostetter.…
Title: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue Author: Mackenzi Lee Genre: Historical YA, Romance Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Publication Date: June 27 2017 Hardcover: 513 Pages Henry “Monty” Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but…
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Pride 2017 Guest Review: The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller
As part of Pride 2017, we are highlighting new and upcoming LGBTQIA books. Today, we are giving the floor over to Charles Payseur, reviewer extraordinaire and a Book Smugglers Author, to talk about the upcoming YA novel The Art…
Title: All Systems Red Author: Martha Wells Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tor Publication Date: May 2017 Ebook: 144 Pages A murderous android discovers itself in All Systems Red, a tense science fiction adventure by Martha Wells that blends HBO’s…
Ana continues her adventures in Discworld, with the next City Watch novel, Feet of Clay Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and…
Title: A Conjuring of Light Author: V. E. Schwab Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Tor Publication Date: February 21 2017 Hardcover: 624 Pages Witness the fate of beloved heroes – and enemies. THE BALANCE OF POWER HAS FINALLY TIPPED… The precarious…
Title: The Stars are Legion Author: Kameron Hurley Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Saga Press Publication Date: Febraury 2017 Hardcover: 400 Pages Somewhere on the outer rim of the universe, a mass of decaying world-ships known as the Legion is…
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Old School Wednesdays Review: Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
Ana continues her adventures in Discworld, with the next Night Watch novel, Men at Arms. Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and…
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Old School Wednesdays Review: Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett
Old School Wednesdays is a weekly 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 Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews a 2016 book, Viscera by Gabriel Squailia. It’s EXCELLENT. Go over there to learn why.…
Title: The Obelisk Gate Author: N.K. Jemisin Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: August 18 2016 Hardcover: 448 Pages THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS… FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades…
Title: Scythe Author: Neal Shusterman Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Young Adult Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication Date: November 22, 2016 Hardcover: 448 Pages In a world where disease has been eliminated, the…
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Joint Review: Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (Illuminae Files #2)
Another spectacular, gut-wrenching beauty of a book. Title: Gemina Author: Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Genre: Science Fiction, Epistolary Novel, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication Date: October 2016 Hardcover: 608 Pages The highly anticipated sequel…
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OLD SCHOOL WEDNESDAYS HARRY POTTER RE-READ: HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS
Old School Wednesdays presents an epic reread of The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. THIS MONTH ON THE RE-READ: we get to the last book and we say goodbye to the series and the re-read. For now. Old…
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Joint Review: The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
Title: The Star-Touched Queen Author: Roshani Chokshi Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Publication Date: April 26 2016 Hardcover: 342 Pages Fate and fortune. Power and passion. What does it take to be the queen of a…
All the llamas. Title: The Geek Feminist Revolution Author: Kameron Hurley Genre: Nonfiction, Essays, Reviews, Literary Criticism, Popgeekery Publisher: Tor Publication Date: June 2016 Hardcover: 272 Pages A powerful collection of essays on feminism, geek culture, and a writer’s…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reviews an extraordinary novel: The Sunlight Pilgrims by Jenni Fagan A sneak peek of the review: A painfully beautiful story of the apocalypse, it would be easy to dismiss…
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Old School Wednesdays Harry Potter Re-Read: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Old School Wednesdays presents an epic reread of The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. THIS MONTH ON THE RE-READ: we dive into the drama of book 5. Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came…
Apocalypse NOW, get thee to a shelter (or a generation ship, if you can): the sophomore novel by Corinne Duyvis is as bit as good as I was expecting. Title: On the Edge of Gone Written by Corinne Duyvis…
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Old School Wednesdays Harry Potter Re-Read: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Old School Wednesdays presents an epic reread of The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. THIS MONTH ON THE RE-READ: we take a look at book 3, our favorite in the series. WILL IT STAND THE TEST OF TIME.…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus for our regular weekly column! Today Thea reviews the deluxe collectible edition of Wayward (Book 1) by Jim Zub with art from Steven Cummings. The deluxe edition collects the first…
A spectacular, gut-wrenching beauty of a book. Title: Illuminae Author: Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Genre: Science Fiction, Epistolary Novel, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication Date: October 2015 Hardcover: 599 Pages This morning, Kady thought…
In a word: HARROWING. Title: The Traitor Baru Cormorant Author: Seth Dickinson Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Tor Publication Date: September 2015 Hardcover: 400 pages THE TRAITOR BARU CORMORANT is an epic geopolitical fantasy about one woman’s mission to…