Title: Huntress Author: Malinda Lo Genre: Fantasy / YA Publisher: Little, Brown (US)/ Atom (UK) Publication date: April 5 / May 5 Hardcover/ Paperback: 384 pages Nature is out of balance in the human world. The sun hasn’t shone…
Title: The Dark City Author: Catherine Fisher Genre: Young Adult/Middle Grade, Science Fiction-Fantasy Publisher: Red Fox (original) / Dial (reprint) Publication Date: August 1998 / May 2011 Hardcover: 384 Pages Welcome to Anara, a world mysteriously crumbling to devastation,…
Title: America Pacifica Author: Anna North Genre: Speculative Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian, Literary Fiction Publisher: Little Brown & Co. Publication Date: May 2011 Hardcover: 294 Pages Eighteen-year-old Darcy lives on the island of America Pacifica—one of the last places on…
Title: Well Wished Author: Franny Billingsley Genre: Fantasy / Middle Grade Publisher: Atheneum; Reprint edition Publication date: February 1, 2000 Paperback 176 pages One wish for a lifetime… In the village of Bishop Mayne there is a magical Wishing…
Title: Blood Magic Author: Tessa Gratton Genre: Southern Gothic / YA Publisher: Random House Children (US)/ Doubleday Children’s (UK) Publication date: 24 May 2011 (US)/ 7 July 2011 (UK) Hardcover/Paperback 416 pages The murder of her parents has left…
Hello folks, happy Sunday! Down to business… Giveaway Winners: We have a few giveaways to close out! First, our winner of Kate Noble’s Follow My Lead has yet to claim their prize, and so we are announcing a new…
“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…
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Joint Review: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M Valente
Title: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making Author: Catherynne M Valente; Illustrations by Ana Juan Genre: Fantasy / YA Publisher: Feiwel & Friends Publication date: May 10th 2011 Hardcover: 256 pages Twelve-year-old September…
Title: Warm Bodies Author: Isaac Marion Genre: Speculative Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Zombies, Horror, Romance Publisher: Atria Publication Date: April 2011 Hardcover: 256 Pages R is a young man with an existential crisis–he is a zombie. He shuffles through an America…
Title: Follow My Lead Author: Kate Noble Genre: Historical Romance Publisher: Berkley Publication date: May 3, 2011 Paperback: 384 pages Jason Cummings, Duke of Rayne is feeling the weight of his responsibilities – one of which is to get…
Today we are thrilled to be the second stop on Justin Cronin’s official video blog tour to celebrate the paperback release of the first novel in his post-apocalyptic vampire saga, The Passage. As The Passage was Thea’s favorite book…
Title: Juniper Berry Author: M.P. Kozlowski, Illustrations by Erwin Madrid Genre: Young Adult/Middle Grade, Horror, Fantasy Publisher: Walden Pond Press (HarperCollins) Publication Date: April 2011 Hardcover: 240 Pages Juniper Berry’s parents are the most beloved actor and actress in…
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Juniper Berry Blog Tour & Giveaway: M.P. Kozlowsky on Inspiration & Influences
Hello everyone, and welcome to our stop on the Juniper Berry official blog tour! Today we are thrilled to have debut author M.P. Kozlowsky over to celebrate the release of his YA/MG novel – a tale of terror and…
Internets! I am writing this post right now, from my kitchen table and looking outside from our french doors and seriously, in the past five minutes, we’ve had torrential rain followed by sunshine and strong winds and look, a…
“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 Hidden Goddess Author: M.K. Hobson Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk/Gaslamp, Speculative Fiction, Alternate History Publisher: Spectra Publication Date: April 2011 Paperback: 384 Pages In a brilliant mix of magic, history, and romance, M. K. Hobson moves her feisty young…
Hello everybody! Today we are going to be talking about – and celebrating – Diversity in YA. Diversity in YA Fiction is a website and book tour founded by two young adult authors, Malinda Lo (author of Ash and…
Title: Mare’s War Author: Tanita S. Davis Genre: Historical/Contemporary YA Publisher: Knopf Books Publication date: June 2009 (reprint edition 2011) Paperback: 352 pages Meet Mare, a World War II veteran and a grandmother like no other. She was once…
Title: Toads and Diamonds Author: Heather Tomlinson Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Fairy Tale, Retelling Publisher: Henry Holt & Co. Publication Date: March 2010 Hardcover: 288 Pages Diribani has come to the village well to get water for her family’s…
Title:Late Eclipses Author: Seanan McGuire Genre: Urban Fantasy Publisher: DAW Publication date: March 1 2011 Paperback: 400 pages With Blind Michael and his Hunt safely behind her, October “Toby” Daye is doing her best to settle back into a…
Hello all!! Thank you for all the comments in our SHIFT giveaway. We have a couple of winners to announce. Winner of Prize #1: signed copy of Shift plus a Newgrange magnet: Book Sp(l)ot (comment #136) Winner of Prize…
Giveaways Smuggled!
Shift Blog Tour & Giveaway: Jeri Smith-Ready – Newgrange & the Mysteries of Ireland
Hello everybody and welcome to our stop on the Shift blog tour! To celebrate the release of the second book in the Shade trilogy – about a world where only the young can see ghosts – we are super…
Ahoy, mateys! Welcome to another Sunday edition of the stash! Giveaway Winners: We have a few giveaways to announce! First up, the lucky winner of Follow My Lead by Kate Noble is… Lynnd (comment #61) And the winner of…
“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…
Book Reviews Smugglers Ponderings
Smuggler’s Ponderings: Thoughts on The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham
Warning: some spoilers ahead We were supposed to be posting our joint review of The Dragon’s Path by Daniel Abraham today but alas, Real Life has conspired against us and Thea was unable to finish the book in time.…