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  • My Awesome Awful Popularity Plan Book Review: My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan by Seth Rudetsky
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Daughter of the Centaurs

Joint Review: Daughter of the Centaurs by Kate Klimo

By Ana On January 27, 2012 · 8 Comments · In 2 Rated Books, Book Reviews, DNF Books

Title: Daughter of the Centaurs

Author: Kate Klimo

Genre: Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Fantast, Young Adult

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication date: January 24th 2012
Hardcover: 384 pages

Malora knows what she was born to be: a horse wrangler and a hunter, just like her father. But when [...]

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Hollow Pike

Book Review: Hollow Pike by James Dawson

By Ana On January 26, 2012 · 3 Comments · In 5 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Hollow Pike

Author: James Dawson

Genre: Horror, Young Adult

Publisher: Orion Children’s Books
Publication date: February 2nd 2012
Paperback: 314 pages

Something wicked this way comes… She thought she’d be safe in the country, but you can’t escape your own nightmares, and Lis London dreams repeatedly that someone is [...]

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Article 5

Book Review: Article 5 by Kristen Simmons

By Thea On January 26, 2012 · 3 Comments · In 5 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: Article 5

Author: Kristen Simmons

Genre: Dystopian, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult

Publisher: Tor Teen
Publication Date: January 2012
Hardcover: 384 pages

New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned.

The Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes.

There are no more police [...]

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The Rook

Book Review: The Rook by Daniel O’Malley

By Thea On January 25, 2012 · 13 Comments · In 8 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: The Rook

Author: Daniel O’Malley

Genre: Speculative Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Thriller

Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
Publication Date: January 2012
Hardcover: 496 pages

“The body you are wearing used to be mine.” So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by [...]

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The Way We Fall

Joint Review: The Way We Fall by Megan Crewe

By Ana On January 24, 2012 · 6 Comments · In 7 Rated Books, Book Reviews, Joint Review

Title: The Way We Fall

Author: Megan Crewe

Genre: Thriller, Survival/Apocalyptic (sort of), Young Adult

Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
Publication date: January 2012
Hardcover: 304 Pages

It starts with an itch you just can’t shake. Then comes a fever and a tickle in your throat. A few days later, you’ll be blabbing your [...]

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Megan Crewe

Guest Author: Megan Crewe on Inspirations & Influences

By Ana On January 24, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Inspirations and Influences

“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 cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild and write about anything they want. It can be about their new book, series or [...]

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My Awesome Awful Popularity Plan

Book Review: My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan by Seth Rudetsky

By Ana On January 23, 2012 · 3 Comments · In 4 Rated Books, Book Reviews

Title: My Awesome/Awful Popularity Plan

Author: Seth Rudetsky

Genre: Contemporary, LGBT, Young Adult

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication date: January 24th 2012
Hardcover: 288 pages

Justin has two goals for sophomore year: to date Chuck, the hottest boy in school, and to become the king of [...]

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Awesome Jean Grey

Smugglers’ Stash & News

By Thea On January 22, 2012 · 3 Comments · In Smugglers Stash

Hello, everyone! Happy Sunday!

Before I drive myself crazy in anticipation for the 49ers game, here are some of the things we have planned for the week, as well as some cool news and other tidbits.

World Book Night 2012

As Lavanya posted about earlier today, World Book Night is [...]

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World Book Night 2012

World Book Night 2012

By Thea On January 22, 2012 · 6 Comments · In Miscellaneous

Hello fellow Smugglers!

I’m here today to talk to you about an exciting new opportunity — Nope, that sounds like an infomercial. Thea and Ana are kind enough to let me guest post about World Book Night America, so let’s get to down the basics, shall we?

What is [...]

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The Pleasures of Men

On the Smugglers’ Radar

By Ana On January 21, 2012 · 9 Comments · In On the Radar

“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new 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 born. Because we want far more books than we can possibly buy or review [...]

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