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7 Rated Books Book Reviews

Book Review: Silence by Michelle Sagara

Title: Silence Author: Michelle Sagara Genre: Urban Fantasy, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: DAW Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 256 Pages It began in the graveyard… Ever since her boyfriend Nathan had died in a tragic accident, Emma had been…

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Book Review: The Chaos by Nalo Hopkinson

Title: The Chaos Author: Nalo Hopinkson Genre: Speculative Fiction, Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books Publication date: April 17th 2012 Hardcover: 256 pages Sixteen-year-old Scotch struggles to fit in—at home she’s the perfect daughter, at school she’s…

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Book Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Title: Insurgent Author: Veronica Roth Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: HarperTeen Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 525 Pages One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in…

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Giveaways

Unrest Blog Tour & Most Awesome Giveaway

Today are happy to be a spot on Michelle Harrison’s blog tour celebrating the release of her new novel Unrest and to be hosting a MOST Awesome Giveaway! ABOUT THE BOOK: Seventeen-year-old Elliott hasn’t slept properly for months. Not…

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Smugglers’ Stash & News

Hello everyone and HAPPY SUNDAY! Thea here, extremely excited to report that she has completed her thesis, has defended it, and is now gradually returning back to sanity. Lots of meat to cover, so let’s get down to business,…

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Book Review: Enchanted by Alethea Kontis

Title: Enchanted Author: Alethea Kontis Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retellings, Young Adult Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books Publication Date: May 2012 Hardcover: 305 Pages It isn’t easy being the rather overlooked and unhappy youngest sibling to sisters named for the…

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Book Review: Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig

Title: Blackbirds Author: Chuck Wendig Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: Angry Robot Publication date: April 24th 2012 Paperback: 384 pages Miriam Black knows when you will die. She’s foreseen hundreds of car crashes, heart attacks, strokes, and suicides. But when…

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Book Review: Blue Thread by Ruth Tenzer Feldman

Title: Blue Thread Author: Ruth Tenzer Feldman Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Time Travel, Feminism Publisher: Ooligan Press Publication date: February 1st 2012 Paperback: 296 pages The women’s suffrage movement is in full swing in 1912 Portland, Oregon—the last holdout state…

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Smugglers’ Stash and News

Hello everybody! Ana here: I am back from holidays reenergised and ready to catch up with reading and reviewing! GIVEAWAY WINNERS: The five winners of 172 Hours on the Moon are: LB Jessica T Gilly Christina Kit Justine The…

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On the Radar

On the Smugglers’ Radar

“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar…

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Book Review: Company of Liars by Karen Maitland

Title: Company of Liars Author: Karen Maitland Genre: Historical, Speculative Fiction, Medieval Publisher: Michael Joseph Publication date: January 2008 Paperback: 576 pages In this extraordinary novel, Karen Maitland delivers a dazzling reinterpretation of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales—an ingenious alchemy of…

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Book Review: White Horse by Alex Adams

Title: White Horse Author: Alex Adams Genre: Horror, Apocalypse, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books Publication Date: April 17, 2012 Hardcover: 292 Pages Thirty-year-old Zoe leads an ordinary life until the end of the world arrives. She is cleaning…

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Book Review: Changeling by Delia Sherman

Title: Changeling Author: Delia Sherman Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Viking Juvenile Publication date: August 2006 Paperback 256 pages A determined heroine, a quest adventure galore! Neef is a changeling, a human baby stolen by fairies and replaced with…

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Smugglers’ Stash & News

Hello everyone, and happy Sunday! Ana is returning from vacation this week, meanwhile I’m buckling down and putting the final touches (ok, frantically writing) my thesis. But enough about us! We’ve got some winners to announce. Giveaway Winners: The…

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