When we were brainstorming our plans for the final week of our YA Appreciation month, we realized the need to do a second Apocalypse/Dystopia day. And, when looking over what titles we both wanted to read, we decided to…
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YA Appreciation Month: (Post-) Apocalypse/Dystopia Day 2
Two weeks ago, we had our first day of Bleak Post-Apocalyptic Dystopian Book Goodness – and since we love this genre so much, we decided to have a reprisal. Today, we take a look at some old favorites and…
Title: Newes From the Dead Author: Mary Hooper Genre: Historical Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Bodley Head Children’s (Random House UK) / Roaring Book Press (Macmillan US) Publication Date: April 2008 (UK & US) Hardcover: 320 pages Stand alone or…
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Joint Review: A Countess Below Stairs by Eva Ibbotson
Title: A Countess Below Stairs (UK Title: The Secret Countess) Author: Eva Ibbotson Genre: Historical, Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Speak (US) / Young Picador (UK) Publication Date: 1981 Paperback: 400 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel. Why…
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Young Adult Appreciation Month: Stash, News and Bonus Week Schedule
Greetings earthlings! Before you get the wrong idea and start throwing us into “prawn” slums, we have some breaking news before we give you the skinny on our final week of Young Adult Appreciation Month: District 9 totally, completely…
Since July 19th, we have been celebrating all things Young Adult with guest posts, authors interviews, reviews and giveaways. Now it is time to open the floor to you, dear reader so that you can be part of the…
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KILLER UNICORNS ATTACK! Diana Peterfreund on Inspirations & Influences (and Giveaway)
Earlier this year, after Thea read (and loved) Secret Society Girl, Diana Peterfreund’s debut novel, we Book Smugglers started to follow her blog and look for more titles and news from this talented author. When we first heard about…
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KILLER UNICORNS ATTACK! Joint Review: Rampant by Diana Peterfreund
Title: Rampant Author: Diana Peterfreund Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: August 2009 Hardcover: 416 pages Stand alone or series: Book 1 of a planned series, though can be read on its own. Why did…
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Soul Screamers Special: Rachel Vincent on Inspiration and a giveaway
Rachel Vincent is a popular UF novelist, author of the Shifter series. Her first book in her new Young Adult Soul Screamer series has just hit the shelves and Ana reviewed it here. We invited the author to be…
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Soul Screamers Special – Book Review: My Soul to Take by Rachel Vincent
Title: My Soul to Take Author: Rachel Vincent Genre: YA – Fantasy/Romance Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publishing date: August 1, 2009 Paperback: 384 pages Stand Alone or series: It is the first full length novel in the Soul Screamers series.…
Title: The Poison Garden Author: Sarah Singleton Genre: YA – Mystery/Fantasy/Historical Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Date: 5 May 2009 Paperback: 288 Pages Stand Alone or series: Stand Alone Summary: It is the 1850’s, and a young boy,…
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Series Review & Giveaway: The Devouring & Soulstice by Simon Holt
I happen to love horror. I love the thrill of mortal fear, the rush of terror that washes over you and drowns your logical mind, the giddy and jittery sense of having experienced something truly terrifying. Ever since I…
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Book Review: Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan
Title: Tender Morsels Author: Margo Lanagan Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Young Adult (US) / David Fickling Books (UK) Publication Date: October 1998 (US) / July 2009 (UK) Hardcover: 448 pages Stand alone or series: Stand alone novel…
Title: Going too Far Author: Jennifer Echols Genre: YA – Romance Publisher: MTV Publishing Date: March 17, 2009 Paperback: 256 pages Stand Alone or series: Stand Alone Summary: All Meg has ever wanted is to get away. Away from…
Title: Dull Boy Author: Sarah Cross Genre: Speculative Fiction, Superheroes, Young Adult Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Publication Date: May 2009 Hardcover:308 pages Why did I read this book: I’d had my eye on Dull Boy since last year, and kept…
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Young Adult Appreciation Month – Guest post: a Chat with The Story Siren
For our Young Adult Appreciation Month, we invited a few bloggers to guest post about Young Adult books. This week’s guest is Kristi, from The Story Siren blog, whom we chatted with about her YA reading. The Story Siren…
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Young Adult Appreciation Month: Stash, News and Week 4 Schedule
Hello, welcome and good Sunday to all! Week 3 of our Young Adult Appreciation Month is down – 2 more to go! This week on The Book Smugglers Monday – Kristi, the Story Siren, is interviewed by us on…
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Young Adult Appreciation Month: A Day In The Life of a Teen Librarian
Since July 19, we have been running our Month-long (+One Extra Week) Young Adult Appreciation event in which we exclusively review YA novels and talk about the genre. We are lucky enough to have been able to invite some…
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Young Adult Appreciation Month: (Post-)Apocalypse/Dystopia Day
The apocalypse is nigh, and the world will never be the same. Today, we bring you three books about the end of the world as we know it…and what happens in the aftermath. ********** (I feel like channeling Rod…
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WHY HAVEN’T I READ THIS BOOK?!: Monster by Christopher Pike
Today, we bring you two reviews for pretty well-known books that for some reason we hadn’t picked up yet. Before the onslaughts of “I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU HAVEN’T READ THAT?!” begin, let us just offer our profuse apologies. We…
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WHY HAVEN’T I READ THESE BOOKS?!: The Uglies Trilogy by Scott Westerfeld
Today, we bring you two reviews for pretty well-known books that for some reason we hadn’t picked up yet. Before the onslaughts of “I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU HAVEN’T READ THAT?!” begin, let us just offer our profuse apologies. We…
Title: Intertwined Author: Gena Showalter Genre: YA (Fantasy) Publisher: Harlequin Teen Publishing Date: September 1, 2009 Hardcover: 448 pages Stand Alone or series: book 1 in a planned series Summary: Most sixteen-year-olds have friends. Aden Stone has four human…
Title: Zombie Blondes Author: Brian James Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Zombies Publisher: Feiwel and Friends Publication Date: June 2008 Paperback: 240 pages Stand alone or series: From what I can tell, this appears to be a stand alone novel…
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Book Review: Furnace – Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith
Title: Furnace: Lockdown Author: Alexander Gordon-Smith Genre: YA (horror) Publisher: Faber’s Children’s Books Publishing Date: 5 March 2009 Paperback: 304 pages Stand Alone or series: First book in a planned trilogy. Book two is called Furnace: Solitary and book…
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Series Review: The Books of Bayern by Shannon Hale
Until recently, I had not been introduced to the works of Shannon Hale, though her book Princess Academy is a Newberry Honor award winner, and Goose Girl comes highly recommended from basically everyone who has read it. Though embarrassingly…