Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Adele Walsh,…
Ana’s Smugglivus 2011 Feats of Strength
The Feats of Strength are an integral part of our annual Smugglivus Tradition. In previous years, the Feats of Strength were a challenge in which we dared each other to read a book that we knew was so far…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Matthew J.…
2011 is over, 2012 has begun, and Smugglivus is nearly complete! Which means that we must also undergo another very important ritual… The Airing of Grievances (in which we air out any dirty laundry from 2011. Warning: plenty of…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Amy of…
Smugglivus 2011 The Best of the Rest Guest Blogger: Lavanya Narasimhan
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Our movie-reviewing…
Smugglivus 2011 Guest Blogger: April of Good Books and Good Wine
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: April of…
Clearly, both Ana and Thea are bananas, and in addition to reading and reviewing obscene amounts of books, we also obsess over multiple television shows, movies, video games, and all other manner of geekery. With that in mind, we…
Smugglivus 2011: Ana’s Best of the Rest (Movies, TV, etc)
Clearly, both Ana and Thea are bananas, and in addition to reading and reviewing obscene amounts of books, we also obsess over multiple television shows, movies, video games, and all other manner of geekery. With that in mind, we…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! To celebrate the arrival of 2012 and the final week of Smugglivus, we prepared a Most Excellent Giveaway. One winner gets to take home 5 books: – 2 books chosen by Ana from her Top 10…
Ana: Hello, I’m Ana. Thea: And I’m Thea. Ana & Thea: And we are…[Wyld Stallyns] BOOK SMUGGLERS!!!!!!! *play facemelting riffs on air guitars* We’ve brought you some of our favorite authors and bloggers with their reflections on 2011 and…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Janine, a…
Title: Cinder Author: Marissa Meyer Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publication date: January 3rd 2012 Hardcover: 387 pages Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Martin Wilson…
Hello everybody! For months now, we have been toying with the idea of creating a Book Smuggler Newsletter and we thought that the upcoming celebration of our fourth anniversary would be the perfect time to get it up and…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: The wonderful…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Karen Healey,…
Title: Nightspell Author: Leah Cypess Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Greenwillow Books (HarperCollins) Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 336 pages Here be ghosts, the maps said, and that was all. In this haunted kingdom, ghosts linger—not just in the deepest…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Stephanie, of…
Smugglivus 2011 Guest Author (& Giveaway): Sarah Rees Brennan
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Sarah Rees…
Title:Trance Author: Kelly Meding Genre: Urban Fantasy, Superheroes Publisher: Pocket Books Publication Date: October 25 2011 Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages Kelly Meding’s war-ravaged Los Angeles is ground zero for the ultimate Meta human showdown in this sexy, action-packed…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Michelle Paver,…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Kristen, of…
Title: The Woman in Black Author: Susan Hill Genre: Horror, Gothic, Historical Publisher: Knopf Doubleday (originally published by Hamish Hamilton, UK) Publication Date: September 2011 (originally October 1983) Paperback: 176 pages A classic ghost story: the chilling tale of…
Smugglivus 2011 Guest Blogger/Author: Lenore of Presenting Lenore
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Lenore Appelhans…