“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a 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 was…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus – for the last time. Kirkus are launching a new website and they will be discontinuing the columns. It’s been a huge pleasure to work with them for the past 7…
I’ve been busy this summer, reading thrillers – most of them, I am happy to report, fantastic! I’ve listened to the audiobook of Something in the Water, written and narrated by Catherine Steadman and right off the bat, I…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a 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 was…
As of September 2019, I (Ana) am offering freelance editing services! I have thought long and hard about what I wanted to do with myself since Book Smugglers Publishing ceased operations at the end of 2018. After taking a…
Title: All the Bad Apples Author: Moïra Fowley-Doyle Genre: YA, Magical Realism Publisher: Penguin UK / Kathy Dawson Books USPublication date: August 1 / August 27 2019Hardcover: 352 pages When Deena’s wild and mysterious sister Mandy disappears – presumed dead – her family…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a 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 was…
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus – Ana read the debut novel by Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire. She loved it! Go over there for the full review.…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a 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 was…
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YA Round-up: The Best Lies, The Kingdom and Girls with Sharp Sticks.
TW: abuse, rape. Debut YA thriller The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu is a portrayal of a toxic friendship, abuse cycles and the frayed, complex in-betweens. It opens with the death of Remy’s beloved boyfriend Jack. Remy is a…
Title: Wilder Girls Author: Rory Power Genre: Horror, YA Publisher: Delacorte Press Publication Date: July 7 2019 Hardcover: 368 Pages It’s been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since the Tox hit and…
Women To Read is a regular column from A.C. Wise highlighting female authors of speculative fiction and recommending a starting place for their work. Welcome to another Women to Read! I’m writing this in the depths of summer, so…
Trigger warning: rape. Touted as a feminist thriller for the #metoo era, Whisper Network by Chandler Baker is an unflinching portrayal of sexual abuse in the workplace. Featuring a narrative that alternates between its four main female characters, the…
Hello friends! It’s Friday and Ana is over at Kirkus with Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s new novel, Gods of Jade and Shadow. I loved this book so goddamn much. Go over there for the full scoop.…
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Series Review: THE VELA by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon and SL Huang
Today, we are giving the floor over to Charles Payseur, a member of our Smuggler Army with his regular column X Marks the Story with his review of Serial Box Publishing’s series The Vela by Yoon Ha Lee, Becky Chambers, Rivers Solomon…
Hello everybody!! The Kickstarter for Uncanny Magazine Year 6: Raise the Roof, Raise the Rates! is now up and running and delighted to be hosting a guest post from incoming Managing Editor Chimedum Ohaegbu telling her story of being an Uncanny reader as a teen,…
The Rise of Kyoshi is more than a worthy companion to the series – it is essential read for anyone who loves the Avatar world. …
In times of trouble, people often reach for sources of strength. For me, in this moment, I reach for stories that inspire. Not by ignoring the corruption that infects our world, but by imagining ways to push back, to…
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Over at Kirkus: THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
We are over at Kirkus today for our regular column! It’s Ana’s turn today, with her review of the highly anticipated (and much buzzed about) This Is How You Lose The Time War–the new joint effort from powerhouse SFF…
We are over at Kirkus today for our regular column! It’s Thea’s turn today, with a list of recommended summer reading: the Horror Edition. Largely inspired by The Hunger–Alma Katsu’s horrifying, supernatural take on the ill-fated Donner Party–Thea examines…
We are delighted to be hosting the cover reveal with an excerpt for Leanna Renee Hieber’s latest Steampunk Fantasy A SANCTUARY OF SPIRITS , out this November. Without further ado, here is the smugglerific cover! About the book: Souls…
Hello everybody! Today we are delighted to host a cover reveal (with a giveaway) of an upcoming Romantic Fantasy novel by Pat Esden, out on October 22. Without further ado, check out the smugglerific cover: About the book: The…
Title: The Gone World Author: Tom Sweterlitsch Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s SonsPublication Date: February 2019Paperback: 400 pages “I promise you have never read a story like this.”—Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter Inception meets True Detective in…
Hello, we are over at Kirkus with our regular column. Today, Ana review Recursion by Blake Crouch which is TOTALLY an unexpected time travel book! Yay! Go over there for the full review.…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a 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 was…
