Title: The Hangman’s Daughter Author: Oliver Pötzsch, Translated by Lee Chadeayne Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Publisher: Amazon Crossing/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication date: December 2010 (Amazon)/August 2011 (HMH) Hardcover: 448 pages (HMH) Magdalena, the clever and headstrong daughter of…
Title: Heaven’s Shadow Author: David S. Goyer & Michael Cassutt Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Ace (US)/Tor (UK) Publication Date: July 2011 Hardcover: 416 Pages The science fiction epic of our time has arrived. Three years ago, an object one…
Title: Fuzzy Nation Author: John Scalzi Genre: Science Fiction Publisher: Tor Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 304 Pages Jack Holloway works alone, for reasons he doesn’t care to talk about. Hundreds of miles from ZaraCorp’s headquarters on planet, 178…
Title: A Fine and Private Place Author: Peter S. Beagle Genre: Speculative Fiction (Magic Realism) / Romance Publisher: Tachyon Publications Publication date: This edition, 1997. (First published in 1960) Paperback: 296 pages For nineteen years, Jonathan Rebeck has hidden…
Title: The Freak Observer Author: Blythe Woolston Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Carolrhoda Books Publication date: August 2010 Hardcover: 208 pages The Freak Observer is rich in family drama, theoretical physics, and an unusual, tough young woman Loa Lindgren.…
Title: Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children Author: Ransom Riggs Genre: Speculative Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Quirk Books Publication date: June 2011 Hardcover: 352 pages A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious…
Title: Wrapped Author: Jennifer Bradbury Genre: Mystery, Historical, Regency, Young Adult Publisher: Athenium (S&S) Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 320 Pages Agnes Wilkins is standing in front of an Egyptian mummy, about to make the first cut into the…
Title: Haunting Violet Author: Alyxandra Harvey Genre: Historical, Mystery, Supernatural, Young Adult Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens (US & UK) Publication date: June 2011 (US)/July 4 (UK) Hardcover: 352 Pages (US) Violet Willoughby doesn’t believe in ghosts. But they believe in…
Title: Naamah’s Blessing Author: Jacqueline Carey Genre: Fantasy, Alternate History Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Publication Date: June 2011 Hardcover: 624 Pages Returning to Terre d’Ange, Moirin finds the royal family broken. Wracked by unrelenting grief at the loss of…
Gay and Lesbian Pride Month is celebrated each year for the month of June and since we are both allies, we decided to join our voices to the celebrations today with a list of some of our favourite LGBT…
Title: What They Always Tell Us Author: Martin Wilson Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult, LGBT Publisher: Delacorte Books Publication date: August 2008 Paperback: 293 pages James: Popular, smart, and athletic, James seems to have it all. But the only thing…
Title: After the Golden Age> Author: Carrie Vaughn Genre: Urban Fantasy, Super-heroes Publisher: Tor Publication date: April 2011 Hardcover: 304 pages Can an accountant defeat a supervillain? Celia West, only daughter of the heroic leaders of the superpowered Olympiad,…
Title: The Dead Author: Charlie Higson Genre: Apocalypse, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult, Zombies Publisher: Hyperion (US)/Puffin (UK) Publication Date: June 2011 (US)/September 2010 (UK) Hardcover: 496 Pages THE DEAD begins one year before the action in THE ENEMY,…
Title: The Fecund’s Melancholy Daughter Author: Brent Hayward Genre: New Weird, Speculative Fiction, Fantasy Publisher: ChiZine Publications Publication date: May 15th 2011 Paperback: 250 pages The city is crumbling… Clouds over Nowy Solum have not parted in a hundred…
Title: The 10PM Question Author: Kate de Goldi Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Templar (UK) / Candlewick (US) Publication Date: August 2010 / September 2010 (First published in NZ in 2009) Paperback/Hardcover: 252 pages Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons is a…
Title: Leviathan Wakes Author: James S.A. Corey Genre: Science Fiction, Mystery/Noir, Space Opera Publisher: Orbit Publication Date: June 2011 Hardcover: 592 Pages Humanity has colonized the solar system – Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond – but…
Title: Bumped Author: Megan McCafferty Genre: Dystopian, Satire, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Balzer + Bray (Harper Teen) Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 336 Pages When a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-be parents pay…
Title: The Boy at the End of the World Author: Greg Van Eekhout Genre: Speculative Fiction (Post-Apocalyptic), Middle Grade Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication date: June 21, 2011 Hardcover: 224 pages Fisher is the last boy on earth-and things are not…
Title: The Midnight Palace Author: Carlos Ruiz Zafón (translated by Julia Graves) Genre: Mystery, Historical, Speculative Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown (US) / Orion (UK) Publication date: May 30 2011 / June 2 2011 Hardcover: 306 pages…
Title: Beauty Queens Author: Libba Bray Genre: Satire, Humor, Adventure/Survival, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Scholastic Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 400 Pages The fifty contestants in the Miss Teen Dream Pageant thought this was going to be a…
Title: Divergent Author: Veronica Roth Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (Harper Teen) Publication Date: May 2011 Paperback: 487 Pages In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the…
Title: Imaginary Girls Author: Nova Ren Suma Genre: Contemporary – Speculative Fiction YA Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group Publication Date: 14 June 2011 Hardcover: 352 pages Chloe’s older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for,…
Title: The Lost Heiress (formerly Interrex in the UK & Australia/NZ) Author: Catherine Fisher Genre: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Dial (US)/Red Fox Books (UK) Publication Date: June 2011 (US)/February 1999 (UK) Hardcover: 384 Pages The second installment…
Flowing from Steph Su Reads, the next stop on the MundiMoms’ LUMINOUS Blog Tour is….us! Title: Luminous Author: Dawn Metcalf Genre: Speculative Fiction / YA Publisher: Dutton Publication date: June 30 2011 Hardcover: 304 pages As reality slips and…
Welcome to BEA Appreciation Week 2011! As is our annual tradition, this week we bring you reviews of some of the titles we have scooped up at BEA, as well as some general news and ponderings concerning the trade…