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…
Friendly readers, Thea is away this weekend and usually when that happens, I take over and throw a party and go all EXTREME when writing the stash but ALAS, I have contracted the Flu of Doom and I feel…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
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…
Title: One Crazy Summer Author: Rita Williams-Garcia Genre: Historical MG (Mid-sixties) Publisher: Amistad Publication Date: January 2010 Hardcover: 218 pages Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, abandoned her and her younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern,…
Book Review: The Demon Trapper’s Daughter by Jana Oliver
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…
Smugglers’ Ponderings: on the Book Blogger Convention and the relationship between Bloggers and Publishers
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…
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…
Book Review: What We Keep Is Not Always What Will Stay by Amanda Cockrell
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…
Hello folks, and welcome to another Sunday edition of our Smugglers’ Stash & News. Big Fat I’m-Not-Going-to-BEA-but-I-Want-Books-Too Giveaway Winners: The contest has closed, and the sorting hat has spoken. The winners of our BEA-inspired giveaway are: Batch 1: Equations…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Title: A Monster Calls Author: Patrick Ness (inspired by an idea by the late Siobhan Dowd) and with illustrations by Jim Kay Genre: Fantasy/Contemporary YA Publisher: Walker UK / Candlewick US Publication date: 5 May 2011 (UK) / 27…
Title: The Demon’s Surrender Author: Sarah Rees Brennan Genre: UF/YA Publisher: Simon Pulse UK / Margaret K. McElderry US Publication date: June 9 2011 (UK) / June 14 2011 (US) Paperback/Hardcover: 400 pages The Goblin Market has always been…
Title: The Warrior Heir Author: Cinda Williams Chima Genre: Contemporary/Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Hyperion/Disney (US)/Indigo (UK) Publication Date: April 2006 (US)/September 2011 (UK) Hardcover: 432 Pages Before he knew about the Roses, 16-year-old Jack lived an unremarkable life…
Title: Burn Bright Author: Marianne de Pierres Genre: Dystopian YA Publisher: Random House Australia Publication date: March 1st 2011 Paperback: 316 pages In Ixion music and party are our only beliefs. Darkness is our comfort. We have few rules…
Title: Undead Author: Kirsty McKay Genre: Horror, Speculative Fiction, Zombies, Apocalypse, Young Adult Publisher: Chicken House Publication Date: September 2011 Hardcover: 304 Pages It was just another school trip… When their ski-coach pulls up at a cafe, and everyone…
Hello everybody! As you know, we were both attending Book Expo America and the Book Blogger Convention last week and we had an absolute blast, with the conventions, the books we got (close to 100 each, all things combined),…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…
Title: The Wikkeling Author: Written by Steven Arntson, Illustrated by Daniela J. Terrazzini Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Middle Grade Publisher: Running Press Kids Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 256 Pages Young Henrietta is about to uncover a mystery she…
Title: Spinning Out Author: David Stahler Jr. Genre: Contemporary YA Publisher: Chronicle Books Publication date: May 25 2011 Hardcover: 288 pages High school senior Frenchy has little ambition beyond hanging out at the smoking rock until his best friend,…
Not going to BEA? Tired of listening to everybody babbling about how they are having a good time and getting tons of FREE books? Well dear friend, despair no more! We, The Book Smugglers have the solution to your…
Title: Plague Author: Michael Grant Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: April 2011 Hardcover: 497 Pages It’s been eight months since all the adults disappeared. GONE. They’ve survived hunger. They’ve survived lies. But…
Title: How I Stole Johnny Depp’s Alien Girlfriend Author: Gary Ghislain Genre: Science Fiction / YA Publisher: Chronicle Books Publication date: June 8 2011 Hardcover: 208 pages David Gershwin’s summer is about to take a turn for the weird.…
Hello everybody! Ana here… as you read this post, I shall be making my way to the airport to catch my flight to New York to meet Thea, go to Book Expo America and the Book Blogger Convention next…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was…























