Title: The Swallows Author: Lisa Lutz Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Mystery Publisher: Ballantine BooksPublication date: August 13 2019Hardcover: 368 pages What do you love? What do you hate? What do you want? It starts with this simple writing prompt from…
Title: Gideon the Ninth Author: Tamsyn Muir Genre: Science Fiction + Fantasy + Murder Mystery Publisher: Tor.comPublication date: September 10 2019Hardcover: 448 pages The Emperor needs necromancers.The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and…
Title: The Liars of Mariposa Island Author: Jennifer Mathieu Genre: Historical YA Publisher: Roaring Book PressPublication date: September 17 2019Hardcover: 256 pages From the author of Moxie comes a stunning novel told in three voices about the lies families tell to…
Title: Missing Person Author: Sarah Lotz Genre: Thriller Publisher: Mulholland BooksPublication date: September 3 2019Hardcover: 480 pages Reclusive bookseller Shaun Ryan has always believed that his uncle Teddy died in a car accident twenty years ago. Then he learns the truth: Teddy fled…
Title: To Be Taught, If Fortunate Author: Becky Chambers Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton UK / Haper Voyager USPublication date: August 8 / September 3 2019Hardcover: 135 pages In her new novella, Sunday Times best-selling author Becky Chambers imagines a future…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus – for the last time. Kirkus are launching a new website and they will be discontinuing the columns. It’s been a huge pleasure to work with them for the past 7…
I’ve been busy this summer, reading thrillers – most of them, I am happy to report, fantastic! I’ve listened to the audiobook of Something in the Water, written and narrated by Catherine Steadman and right off the bat, I…
Title: All the Bad Apples Author: Moïra Fowley-Doyle Genre: YA, Magical Realism Publisher: Penguin UK / Kathy Dawson Books USPublication date: August 1 / August 27 2019Hardcover: 352 pages When Deena’s wild and mysterious sister Mandy disappears – presumed dead – her family…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus – Ana read the debut novel by Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire. She loved it! Go over there for the full review.…
TW: abuse, rape. Debut YA thriller The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu is a portrayal of a toxic friendship, abuse cycles and the frayed, complex in-betweens. It opens with the death of Remy’s beloved boyfriend Jack. Remy is a…
Title: Wilder Girls Author: Rory Power Genre: Horror, YA Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: July 7 2019 Hardcover: 368 Pages It’s been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since the Tox hit and…
Trigger warning: rape. Touted as a feminist thriller for the #metoo era, Whisper Network by Chandler Baker is an unflinching portrayal of sexual abuse in the workplace. Featuring a narrative that alternates between its four main female characters, the…
Hello friends! It’s Friday and Ana is over at Kirkus with Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s new novel, Gods of Jade and Shadow. I loved this book so goddamn much. Go over there for the full scoop.…
Today, we are giving the floor over to Charles Payseur, a member of our Smuggler Army with his regular column X Marks the Story with his review of Serial Box Publishing’s series The Vela by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon…
The Rise of Kyoshi is more than a worthy companion to the series – it is essential read for anyone who loves the Avatar world. …
We are over at Kirkus today for our regular column! It’s Ana’s turn today, with her review of the highly anticipated (and much buzzed about) This Is How You Lose The Time War–the new joint effort from powerhouse SFF…
Title: The Gone World Author: Tom Sweterlitsch Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s SonsPublication Date: February 2019Paperback: 400 pages “I promise you have never read a story like this.”—Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter Inception meets True Detective in…
Hello, we are over at Kirkus with our regular column. Today, Ana review Recursion by Blake Crouch which is TOTALLY an unexpected time travel book! Yay! Go over there for the full review.…
Title: The Lesson Author: Cadwell Turnbull Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Publication date: June 18 2019Hardcover: 275 pages An alien ship rests over Water Island. For five years the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands have lived with the Ynaa, a race…
As you know, I am now a commuter who spends 5+ hours daily travelling (I KNOW!) and I am reading so much and most of it are audiobooks. All this time is also allowing me to be more eclectic…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana reads this delightful space opera by Megan E. O’Keefe: It is soooooo good. Go over to Kirkus to read all about it!…
Title: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing Author: Hank Green Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: DuttonPublication date: September 2018Hardcover: 352 pages The Carls just appeared. Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like…
Title: With the Fire on High Author: Elizabeth Acevedo Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Harper TeenPublication date: May 7 2019Hardcover: 400 pages With her daughter to care for and her abuela to help support, high school senior Emoni Santiago has to make the tough decisions,…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus with a review of Sarah Gailey’s novel Magic for Liars Go over to Kirkus for the full scoop.…
Title: Unraveling Author: Karen Lord Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Daw BooksPublication date: June 4 2019Hardcover: 304 pages Dr. Miranda Ecouvo, forensic therapist of the City, just helped put a serial killer behind bars. But she soon discovers that her investigation…