Title: Quicksilver Author: R.J. Anderson Genre: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Carolrhoda Lab Publication Date: March 2013 Hardcover: 320 Pages Back in her hometown, Tori Beaugrand had everything a teenaged girl could want—popularity, money, beauty. But she…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana is reviewing the SciFi novella “On a Red Station, Drifting” by Aliette de Bodard, recently nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Novella. Go HERE to see what…
Title: Strands of Bronze and Gold Author: Jane Nickerson Genre: Historical (with minor supernatural elements), Fairytale retelling, Young Adult Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers Publication Date: March 12 2013 Hardcover/Paperback: 352 Pages Seventeen-year-old Sophia Petheram has been sheltered…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea’s up at bat with her review of Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed. This book came out in early 2012, and Thea jumped on it now…
Title: Orleans Author: Sherri L. Smith Genre: Post-Apocalypse, Dystopia, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Publisher: Putnam Juvenile Publication Date: March 2013 Hardcover: 336 Pages First came the storms. Then came the Fever. And the Wall. After a string of devastating…
“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 best part about I&I posts? Writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Title: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz Genre: Realistic YA, Romance, LGBT, POC Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Publication date: February 21st 2012 Hardcover: 359 pages A lyrical novel…
Welcome to Smugglivus 2012! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2012, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2013. Who: Sarwat Chadda,…
It’s Friday so this means we are over at Kirkus! This week, Thea reviews Urban Fantasy (with a twist of historical fantasy) novel Daughter of the Sword by Steve Bein. With only some reservations, Thea loved this book for…
“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 best part about I&I posts? Writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Title: Crow Country Author: Kate Constable Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Allen & Unwin Publication date: May 4 2012 Paperback: 252 pages From the author of the Chanters of Tremaris series comes a contemporary time travel fantasy, grounded in…
Title: And All the Stars Author: Andrea K. Höst Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult, PoC, LGBT Publisher: Self-published Publication date: October 1 2012 Paperback: 193 pages Come for the apocalypse. Stay for cupcakes. Die for love. Madeleine Cost is…
It’s Friday so this means we are over at Kirkus! This week, Ana reviews Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone… …a Fantasy novel that rescued her from a reading slump. It is AWESOME, folks. Go forth and read the…
Title: Drama Author: Raina Telgemeier Genre: Contemporary, Middle Grade, Graphic Novel Publisher: GRAPHIX Publication date: September 1st 2012 Paperback: 240 pages Raina Telgemeier, the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of the Eisner Award winner, SMILE, brings us her next…
Title: Adaptation Author: Malinda Lo Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication date: September 2012 Hardcover: 400 pages Reese can’t remember anything from the time between the accident and the day she…
Title: Vessel Author: Sarah Beth Durst Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Publication date: September 11 2012 Hardcover: 424 pages In a desert world of sandstorms and sand-wolves, a teen girl must defy the gods to save…
“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 best part about I&I posts? Writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Title: Come August, Come Freedom: The Bellows, The Gallows and The Black General Gabriel Author: Gigi Amateau Genre: Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, PoC Publisher: Candlewick Publication Date: September 11, 2012 Hardcover: 240 Pages An 1800 insurrection planned by a…
“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 best part about I&I posts? Writers are given free rein so they can go wild…
Title: Unspoken Author: Sarah Rees Brennan Genre: Gothic, Paranormal Romance, Young Adult Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (US) / Simon & Schuster Children’s Books (UK) Publication date: September 11 / September 13 2012 Hardcover/Paperback: 370 / 384…
Title: The City’s Son Author: Tom Pollock Genre: Urban Fantasy, YA Publisher: Jo Fletcher Books (UK) / Flux (US) Publication date: August 2 (UK) / September 8 (US) 2012 Hardcover: 480 pages Expelled from school, betrayed by her best…
Title: The Broken Lands Author: Kate Milford, illustrated by Andrea Offermann Genre: Historical Fantasy, Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Clarion Books Publication date: September 4 2012 Hardcover: 464 pages A crossroads can be a place of great power. So begins…
Title: Gullstruck Island/The Lost Conspiracy Author: Frances Hardinge Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade/Young Adult, PoC Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books Publication date: January 2009 Hardcover/Paperback: 512 pages On Gullstruck Island the volcanoes quarrel, beetles sing danger and occasionally a Lost is…
Today at Kirkus, Ana is reviewing another book in our self-imposed challenge to read as many titles as we can from this non-European- fantasy-novels-penned-by-female-authors list . Go HERE to read Ana’s review of Aliette de Bodard’s Servant of the…
Title: Preloved Author: Shirley Marr Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Black Dog Books Publication date: April 2012 Paperback: 272 pages If you had a second chance at love, would you do it all over again? Amy has enough to…