As you know, Halloween is coming, and with it, our annual Halloween Week shenanigans. The first official event to kick off our yearly celebration starts TODAY, as we are proud to present you, dear readers, with our first contest…
“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…
Title: Fox & Phoenix Author: Beth Bernobich Genre: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Viking Juvenile Publication Date: October 2011 Hardcover: 336 pages Once upon a time, the king of Lóng City held a contest for a lot of…
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild…
Title: The Princess Curse Author: Merrie Haskell Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: HarperCollins Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 328 pages Twelve princesses suffer from a puzzling—and downright silly—curse. Ridiculous though the curse may be, whoever breaks…
Title: How to Safe a Life Author: Sara Zarr Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Publication Date: October 18th 2011 Hardcover: 341 pages Jill MacSweeney just wants everything to go back to normal. But ever since her dad…
Title: Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow Author: Daniel Nayeri Genre: Speculative Fiction, Western, Young Adult, Novellas Publisher: Candlewick Press Publication Date: October 11th 2011 Hardcover: 432 pages Written entirely on an iPhone, this quartet of YA novellas…
Title: Dark of the Moon Author: Tracy Barrett Genre: Historical Fiction, Greek Mythology Retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Harcourt Children’s Books Publication Date: September 19th 2011 Hardcover: 320 pages Ariadne is destined to become a goddess of the moon. She…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Hopefully some of you have nice long weekends that you are enjoying. Let’s get down to business. Giveaway Winners: We have a couple of giveaway winners to announce. First up, the winner of an…
“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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Dark Days Blog Tour & Giveaway: Claudia Gray’s 10 Interesting Facts About The Titanic
Hello everyone and welcome to the fourth and final week of our stint on the official Dark Days Blog Tour, a celebration of the upcoming fall lineup of paranormal and supernatural YA titles from Pitch Dark Books at Harper…
Title: The Radleys Author: Matt Haig Genre: Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Simon & Schuster (US) / Walker (UK) Publication Date: September 20, 2011 (US) / July 2010 (UK) Paperback: 384 pages Just about everyone knows a family like…
Title: Everybody Sees the Ants Author: A. S. King Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication date: October 3rd 2011 Hardcover: 288 pages Lucky Linderman didn’t ask for his life. He didn’t ask his…
Today we are thrilled to be a stop on the Steampunk! anthology blog tour. The anthology includes authors the likes of Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, M.T. Anderson, Cory Doctorow, and Holly Black, spinning strange stories of science fiction and…
Title: Breadcrumbs Written by Anne Ursu Illustrations by Erin McGuire Genre: Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling, Middle Grade Publisher: Walden Pond Press (HarperCollins) Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 313 pages Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends.…
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Breadcrumbs Blog Tour & Giveaway: Anne Ursu on Inspirations & Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild…
Title: Every You, Every Me Author: David Levithan with photographs by Jonathan Farmer Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication date: September 13th 2011 Hardcover: 245 pages In this high school-set psychological tale, a tormented…
Helloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Internets! I am back from holidays and trying to catch up with you all. The lack of Internet almost drove me bananas and I am still struggling to read all my posts on my feed reader. You were…
“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…
Hello everyone and welcome to the third week of our stint on the official Dark Days Blog Tour, a celebration of the upcoming fall lineup of paranormal and supernatural YA titles from Pitch Dark Books at Harper Teen! We…
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Joint Review & Giveaway: All Men of Genius by Lev A.C. Rosen
Title: All Men of Genius Author: Lev A.C. Rosen Genre: Comedy, Steampunk, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Tor Publication date: September 2011 Hardcover: 416 pages Inspired by two of the most beloved works by literary masters, All Men of Genius takes…
Title: Ultraviolet Author: R.J. Anderson Genre: Young Adult, Speculative Fiction, Contemporary Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab (US) / Orchard Books (UK) Publication Date: September 2011 (US) / June 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 306 pages “Once upon a time there was a girl…
Title: Cold Fire Author: Kate Elliott Genre: Fantasy Publisher: Orbit (US & UK) Publication Date: September 2011 (US & UK) Paperback: 640 pages Only one thing is certain: when Hallows’ Night comes, the Wild Hunt will ride – and…
Title:Goliath Author: Scott Westerfeld / Illustrations by Keith Thompson Genre: Steampunk, Young Adult Publisher: Simon Pulse (US & UK) Publication Date: September 20th 2011 / September 29th 2011 Hardcover: 537 pages Alek and Deryn are on the last leg…
Title:Unforgettable Author: Loretta Ellsworth Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Walker Books Publication Date: September 27th 2011 Paperback: 256 pages Baxter Green isn’t like everyone else. While most people would forget about the little details of everyday life, Baxter never…